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Union County commissioners detail school funding, stop short of forcing teacher supplements
Summary
Union County Board of Commissioners received a staff briefing on school funding and debated whether the county could or should direct teacher supplements, after public speakers urged a $2,000 stipend and staff explained a bifurcated education tax rate generated $8.8 million for schools.
Union CountyBoard of Commissioners on Tuesday received a staff briefing on how the county funds Union County Public Schools and debated whether local officials or the school board should determine who receives proposed teacher supplements.
County manager Bridal Matthews told the board the countys general fund is roughly $215 million and that about $139 million of that goes to Union County Public Schools; additional county-funded services related to schools (school resource officers, behavioral health partnerships and school nurses) add roughly $9.4 million in support. "When you take their rate and the value change, it yielded them an additional $8.8 million in revenue," Matthews said, describing how the bifurcated education tax rate produced the extra funding without a countywide tax increase.
The discussion centers on a school board request that would cost an estimated $14.6 million to fully cover operating needs, including a proposal…
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