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Board weighs budget trade-offs and signals comfort reducing reserve to about 13% while preserving housing allowance
Summary
The Berkeley County Schools board and staff discussed budget options for the coming year and indicated a willingness to use a modest portion of reserves to keep this year—s employee housing allowance while funding several priorities.
The Berkeley County Schools board and staff spent much of a work session discussing how to close a gap between projected revenues and proposed spending, and flagged a likely willingness to draw reserves modestly to preserve an employee housing allowance.
Staff presented a preliminary revenue picture: a $5.6 million estimate in state aid, $3.4 million in levy revenue and roughly $2.66 million in new expenses tied to planned staffing and other changes, leaving about $747,005.53 available in the draft plan. Speaker 3, a staff presenter, said the district is…
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