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richer” and the county’s composite index has climbed from .611 to .644, Dr. Gangel reported. And that means the county will get only 36 percent of the dollars it would have received, had the shifted transportation money remained in categorical — rather than basic — aid, he explained.
More fuzz on the revenue picture comes from the governor’s plan to apply only 51 percent of the composite index this year, a proposal Dr. Gangel couldn’t even begin to explain.
To wipe away the fuzz will take not only the final actions of the General Assembly, but clarification from the state Department of Education on a score of points. Dr. Gangel said he expects to have a clearer revenue picture before the public response to the superintendent’s proposed budget next week and the School Board’s work sessions set for the remaining Tuesdays in March.
But for Tuesday’s budget presentation, he estimated state revenue will be $1,328,255 for 1988-89, up 16 percent from this year’s $1,142,485. Dr. Gangel also expects $212,750 from the federal government, an 18 percent increase, and $384,218 in sales tax revenue, about seven percent more than this year. That will leave the county’s share of the proposed school budget for 1988-89 at $1,903,281 compared to $1,727,950 this year.
But the picture on the expenditure side of the ledger is in sharp focus. The superintendent said his spending proposals reflect “in financial terms” the educational goals set in this school division’s six-year plan and are aimed at attracting the best people to jobs in Rappahannock’s public schools.
Dr. Gangel proposes seven percent pay increases for all school employees (except substitute teachers). His plan would move the starting pay for beginning teachers from $16,358 to $17,503. Applied to the existing salary index and coupled with the index’s step increases for experience, it would mean most teachers would get approximately 10 percent more.
The superintendent also proposes a salary scale for administra
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