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Hamblen County board approves $140.2 million budget, authorizes county funding request
Summary
The Hamblen County Board of Education approved its 2025–26 budget and a contingency plan that asks the county commission for $1.365 million to fund pay raises, a CDC teaching assistant and technology needs.
The Hamblen County Board of Education on Tuesday approved its 2025–26 budget and authorized Superintendent’s staff to request $1,365,000 from the county commission to cover pay raises, a special-education teaching assistant and technology needs.
The board approved a general fund budget of $119,141,223.66, a federal fund budget of $6,647,276.22 and a school nutrition program budget of $14,431,352, for a total program budget of $140,219,851.88. Board members voted unanimously to approve the budget and contingency at the meeting.
Board approval followed a lengthy presentation by staff explaining a small shortfall found in earlier drafts had been removed. “We found another way to do some attrition, so we’ve got that zeroed out,” staff member Mr. French said as he summarized adjustments that balanced the draft budget.
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