The Sullivan County Board of Education voted to retain the budget request is made back in May, one that the County Commission Budget Committee last week voted to reject in what the chairman called a procedural" move.
The Sullivan County Board of Education voted Tuesday afternoon to resend its same budget, which included funding for 15% raises for all school employees, back to the county’s Budget Committee.
The Sullivan County Board of Education again will address the 2024-25 general fund budget at a called voting meeting 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, in the first-floor meeting from of the health and education building.
The request from the Sullivan County Board of Education would require a 37-cent increase in the county property tax rate and give 15% across-the-board races to most school system employees, including teaches.