Bulloch County Board of Education members will continue discussion tonight on the 2012 fiscal year budget facing hard choices and less funding to deal with the choices. During its regular meeting beginning at 6:30 in the central office boardroom on Williams Road, Board members will consider recommendations cutting about $3 million from the budget and dipping into the general fund balance to make up the remaining $2.3 million shortfall for the next fiscal year. Last year, the school board approved a millage rate increase from 9.45 to 9.95 mills, but no tax hike is planned for this year, said Edwin Hill, a school board member.
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