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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.
The Sullivan County Commission's Budget Committee chairman, David Akard, plans to collect commissioner questions about the school board-proposed 2024-25 school system budget of $97.67 million and then seek answers next week before the next committee meeting Mary 22.
An idea to form a committee to look at nonprofit donations by the Sullivan County Commission is off the table, but it will still be looked at by a sole 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 Sullivan County Commission approved the third and final resolution for a $17 million bond issue after seeing a conceptual plan for the former Blountville Elementary and Blountville Middle schools and their campus.