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 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.
Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower is pushing a plan to increase the frequency of county property reappraisals to more closely match market values and stop local governments from losing tax revenue.