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Commissioners direct staff to model reduced school increase, debate SROs and teacher compensation
Summary
The board asked staff to prepare a recommended budget that models a 3% increase for the Board of Education, debated resource officers and school security, and heard the school system describe negotiated compensation costs of about $3.5 million so far.
St. Mary’s County commissioners spent a major portion of their March 19 budget work session on school funding, school security and teacher compensation, asking staff to model a reduced Board of Education request while debating whether to add more school resource officers (SROs).
School-system representative Dr. Martirano reported a memorandum outlining current negotiations: the total negotiated cost to date across bargaining groups is about $3.5 million. He told commissioners the approximate planning factors staff used were about $1.2 million for a COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) and roughly $2.4 million for steps when applied across all employee…
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