Budget Battle Again

Here's more on the budget battle shaping up between the School Board and County Commission. 

And, here are the basics:

The County Commission's Budget Committee rejected the proposed $198 million school budget

That budget was $7.6 million over available revenue

The County Commission has granted its employees raises for the past couple of years while school system employees haven't seen a raise in 4 years. 

Apparently, Commissioners Paul Decker and Trish LeMarbre are willing to vote for at least a 10 cent property tax increase to fund a portion of the shortfall.

Commissioner Chris Hughes was willing to at least move the discussion to the full County Commission for discussion.

The task now falls to the School Board to resubmit a budget. 

The School Board will make decisions on a new budget at its July 17th meeting.