ELIZABETHTON â The Budget Committee of the Carter County Commission spent Tuesday night going through the budget for the Carter County School System. The proposed budget was unanimously approved by the School Board on Thursday night and forwarded to the commission. The general purpose school fund projects expenditures of $43,198,312 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. That includes a total of $36,839,821 in salaries and $6,358,491 in operations costs.
The three other proposed budgets for the new fiscal year includes expenditures of $3,589,096 on the school cafeteria fund; expenditures of $1,246,968 in the Head Start fund; and $725,000 in the capital projects fund.
County Finance Director Brad Burke said the general purpose school fund tentatively meets the state maintenance of effort requirements for local funding of the schools. The budget also meets another state mandate of maintaining a big enough unassigned fund balance to equal 3% of the yearâs operating expenditures of $
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Legislative Update: Session adjourns with major bills passed in education, health
Joey Hensley
The Tennessee General Assembly adjourned the 2021 legislative session on May 5 after acting on major bills to increase scholarship opportunities for students and help turn around struggling schools.
The year began with passage of landmark legislation in a special session to boost student literacy and to recover learning losses suffered in one of the most turbulent school years in state history due to the pandemic. The regular legislative session saw action to strengthen Tennessee’s economic recovery, expand broadband, prepare students for 21st century jobs, protect Second Amendment rights, support the state’s first responders, improve health care, and take care of some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens. Below is a look into some of the key pieces of legislation that was passed during the 112th Session of the Tennessee General Assembly.
New Rutherford Co. school nurses to be paid slightly less than predecessors to increase staff
School board passes new pay scale 4 to 3
New school nurses will be paid less than their predecessors in Rutherford County to hire additional medical professionals, according to the school board.
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WTVF) â New school nurses will be paid less than their predecessors in Rutherford County to hire additional medical professionals, according to the school board. Our level of care where we are concerning, said School Board Member Tiffany Johnson.
The state s Basic Education Program funds 1 nurse for every 3,000 students. In Rutherford County, it covers about 14 nurses. To meet the health needs of all the students in the district, local taxpayers cover the additional school nurses on staff.
Tennessee lawmakers reflect on legislative session
Tennessee lawmakers reflect on legislative session By Arianna Poindexter | May 7, 2021 at 4:49 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 6:31 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - From gun legislation to bills targeting LGBTQ youth, the Tennessee legislature had a year filled with controversial legislation.
“We’re on an extreme path and it comes from the top,” said Senate Minority Leader, Jeff Yarbro, (D) Nashville. Yarbro was among other Democratic leaders who expressed disappointment with some legislation passed this session, including permitless carry, a bill spearheaded by Governor Bill Lee, that would allow most adults to carry handguns in the state without a permit.
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