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Presenter cites Tennessee Comptroller guidance as board reviews SSO pay for coaches
Summary
A lengthy presentation at the Cannon County workshop reviewed how School Support Organization donations and salary supplements for coaches must be board-approved and routed through finance to ensure tax compliance; some members questioned local practices and called transparency and legality into question.
A presenter at the Cannon County Board of Education workshop on Apr. 9 urged the board to formalize how School Support Organization (SSO) donations pay salary supplements for coaches and other school employees, citing guidance from the Tennessee Comptroller's office.
"You cannot pay employees of the school directly," the presenter said, summarizing the Comptroller's procedural manual and describing salary supplements as payments for services rendered that must be routed through the board…
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