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Board backs county sales-tax referendum intended to boost teacher and frontline pay
Summary
The board passed a resolution urging Guilford County voters to consider a fraction-of-a-cent sales-tax referendum on the Nov. 2024 ballot to fund a local supplement for teacher and frontline worker pay; the measure was presented as not applying to essentials and estimated to address a 35% local pay gap vs. peer counties.
The Guilford County Board of Education voted Aug. 13 to adopt a resolution supporting a Guilford County sales-tax referendum on the Nov. 2024 ballot intended to generate local supplemental funds for teacher and frontline-worker pay.
Board member Pastor Shores introduced the resolution, which cites a June 20, 2024 directive from the Guilford County Board of Commissioners asking that the…
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