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District launches FY27 budget season; staff lists mandated costs and presents salary‑increase options
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Price and staff launched the FY27 budget process, stressing revenue projections are pending. Staff listed state and federal mandates, fixed-cost pressures and presented Lexington 1 salary options (a $500 minimum bump to preserve a $2,000 cushion above the state scale and alternative $1,000–$2,000 options).
The Lexington County School District One leadership formally opened the FY27 budget season and told trustees that revenue forecasts from state and local sources are still pending, so tonight’s session was an introduction rather than a prioritization exercise.
Doctor Price summarized three focus points for the budget process: honor the salary study committee recommendations (maintain a cushion above the state's starting scale), sustain low student–teacher ratios using established FTE guidance, and address facility needs identified in the ongoing facilities study. Staff warned that several mandates and fixed costs (including a food-service fringe transfer, an anticipated 2%…
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