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Board of Education requests $5.1M over maintenance-of-effort; commissioners direct MOE planning as negotiations continue
Summary
The Board of Education presented a FY2017 request about $5.1 million above the county's maintenance-of-effort (MOE), driven largely by negotiated salary step changes and rising fixed charges; commissioners asked the school system to plan initially on MOE while labor negotiations conclude in the coming weeks.
Superintendent Scott and school finance staff presented the Board of Education's FY2017 budget request, which the schools characterized as predominantly personnel-driven. The BOE package requested roughly $103.1 million total (about $5.1 million over last year's highest appropriation), reflecting a combination of negotiated step increases for employees, a placeholder for ongoing labor negotiations, and one-time capital requests for textbooks and technology.
Superintendent Scott told commissioners the larger share of the increase results from steps that will become effective per negotiated agreements across…
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