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Georgetown County board adopts $117.4 million 2024–25 general fund budget after brief presentations
Summary
The Georgetown County School Board adopted a 2024–25 general fund budget after staff presentations on revenue sources, staffing increases and federal program allocations. Administrators said the plan relies on $2 million from fund balance and anticipates an 8.5% rise in expenditures.
Chairman Gaskins presided as the Georgetown County School Board held a public hearing and voted to adopt the 2024–25 general fund budget recommended by administration.
Miss Johnson, presenting the budget on behalf of district administration, told the board and public that the budget encompasses roughly $117.4 million in revenues and expenditures and asked the board to vote for adoption. "At the conclusion of the presentation... we will ask you to vote to approve the general fund budget of a $117,400,000 in revenues and expenditures," Miss Johnson said during her presentation.
The administration described the spending plan as an 8.5% increase in expenditures over last year driven largely by compensation and benefits: "87.2% is salaries and benefits," Miss Johnson said, and the…
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