Bulloch County Board of Education members offered verbal support last week for a proposed half-mill increase in the school system’s tax rate. If approved, the school board portion of the millage rate would rise from 9.45 to 9.95 mills, which equates to about a $20 tax increase per $100,000 of taxable property. “We reviewed staff furloughs, school programs, overhead … everything,” said Edwin Hill, a school board member.