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(Continued from Page 1) income-related, reductions would also lower revenues the county can expect to receive, he added. Schools About 70 Per Cent
The biggest chunk of the county’s proposed $3.2 million budget comes from school expenses. Superintendent William Bloomer was at Monday’s public hearing along with four board members to explain the $2,279,186 school appropriation request to the supervisors.
In the synopsis of the proposed school budget advertised for public hearing, instruction for regular day school, which includes teacher salaries, is the largest single item at $1,056,891. Bloomer noted that teachers and all other school employees will receive a 12.4 per cent “cost of living raise" under the proposed budget.
Of fixed charges covering social security, retirement and insurance payments, the second largest item in the school budget, $140,648 of the total $288,374 will be reimbursed by the state, according to the superintendent. For the first time this year, the line item also includes partial payment of medical insurance premiums for all school employees.
The budget for 1981-82 reflects only one staff addition, a half-time speech therapist “needed to meet state and federal mandates for providing services to the children,” Bloomer said.
For another major item, $247,460 in transportation services. Bloomer said he figured the price of gasoline at $1.80 per gallon. for regular and $2 for unleaded.
The proposed budget
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