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Pickens County schools approve FY25 amendment and tentative FY26 budget amid rising benefit costs
Summary
The Pickens County School Board approved a FY25 budget amendment and the tentative FY26 budget after a presentation from Chief Financial Officer Amy Smith that highlighted rising state benefit costs and near-complete revenue collections. A public hearing on the FY26 budget drew no speakers.
The Pickens County School Board on Monday approved a FY25 budget amendment and voted to adopt a tentative budget for fiscal year 2026 after a financial update from Chief Financial Officer Amy Smith.
Smith told the board the district had collected roughly 99.56% of its budgeted general fund revenue to date and that, at the moment of her report, expenditures were about 93.44% of budgeted amounts. "The total general fund expenditure total is 63,000,000, $809,822," Smith said during the presentation. She cautioned that the June report was not final and that some late bills would be posted in July.
The budget presentation stressed two mandated cost increases that drove much of the FY26 pressure: a…
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