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Spartanburg 1 finance staff outlines budget uncertainty as House scales back teacher raise
Summary
District finance staff compared the governor's proposed $3,000 teacher increase with a House Ways and Means $1,500 proposal, flagged a pending health insurance premium increase and set a timeline for the local budget process and public readings.
Finance staff gave trustees a preliminary update on the 2025–26 budget and the variables that will shape local decisions, including a differing teacher pay proposal in the state House and a recently announced state health-insurance premium increase.
"If you remember at our last board work session, we talked about the governor's budget request... and what came out of House Ways and Means was a little bit different," the presenter said, contrasting the governor's $3,000-per-teacher proposal with the House Ways and Means plan that included a $1,500 increase and other changes.
The presenter provided district cost estimates: a $3,000 increase would…
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