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Orange County Board approves $4.1 million request, votes to send budget ask to county commissioners
Summary
The Orange County Board of Education approved a continuation operating budget and expansion requests that ask county commissioners for $4.1 million to cover an anticipated 3% salary increase, benefits and pay supplements; board members and public commenters pressed for mental-health and school-level program funding.
The Orange County Board of Education on April 7 approved its fiscal-year 2025–26 operating budget request, asking county commissioners for $4.1 million to cover a projected 3% legislative salary increase, benefit cost growth and proposed pay supplements.
The board’s budget presentation said the district’s projected average daily membership (ADM) for next year is 6,908 students — the enrollment number used to determine state funding — and that a $1.8 million continuation request would cover a 3% salary increase, retirement and health insurance increases and higher non-salary costs. Expansion requests included increases to certified teacher supplements, a raise for the lowest-band classified employees and a bus-driver hourly…
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