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School board approves amended budget and salary schedule to meet state requirement; debate over fund balance and supplements
Summary
The school board approved an amended budget (option 4) and an updated salary schedule to comply with a Tennessee Code Annotated requirement. Members debated use of fund balance, supplements for leadership teams and timing for a separately funded $2,000 teacher bonus from the state.
The school board voted July 1 to approve an amended budget and an updated salary schedule intended to comply with a Tennessee Code Annotated requirement for this year, a measure supporters said was necessary to meet a state salary scale.
Board member Miss Resters moved to accept option 4 of the budget package with the superintendent’s bonus restored at half; another board member seconded the motion and it carried after discussion with two no votes. The board later authorized staff to amend and post the salary schedule reflecting the budget changes.
The move follows a separate, state-funded $2,000 teacher bonus program that the district must administer. Mr. Boyd, a staff member who briefed the board, said the district submitted its list of…
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