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Colleton board approves first reading of 2025–26 budget after executive session; plan shows $1.78 million deficit
Summary
The Colleton County School District board approved the first reading of the 2025–26 budget after tabling the measure and returning from executive session. The draft holds the current 116.42 millage rate, budgets a state-mandated $1,500 pay-scale increase for certified staff, projects $58.4 million in revenue and a $1,776,888 deficit.
The Colleton County School District Board of Trustees approved the first reading of its fiscal 2025–26 budget after returning from executive session, voting 5–2 in favor of the first draft.
The move follows an earlier vote at the same meeting to table the budget until after executive session (5–2). Trustees subsequently removed that tabling motion from the table and proceeded to consider the first-reading draft.
Superintendent Jessica Williams told the board the draft is based on the House Ways and Means proposal and maintains the district's current…
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