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No millage rate increase for schools
Given options A and B, board chooses C
W Charles Wilson
Superintendent Charles Wilson
Officially the budget is still tentative, subject to final approval June 25, but there will be no increase in the property tax rate for school funding in Bulloch County this year. After Superintendent Charles Wilson on Thursday night presented an Option A, with a 1.25-mill tax increase, and an Option B, with no tax increase, the Board of Education instead created an Option C. Approved by a 7-1 vote, this option will fund raises for non-teaching employees and teachers, along with all other costs in Option A, but with no tax increase. Instead, the added spending is projected to reduce the school system’s current $19 million general fund balance by $5.7 million.
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