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schools $28K
By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
If the budget for education submitted by outgoing Governor Gerald Baliles is approved by the General Assembly, Rappahannock County will receive $28,000 less in state aid for its schools next year than is expected this year. In addition the state money for education will be another $28,000 less for the 1991-92 year than for 199091.
Superintendent David Gangel gave the School Board this news at the board’s January meeting last Tuesday, which was rescheduled from Jan. 9 because of snow. The General Assembly may elect to make additional changes in the Baliles budget proposal, he pointed out.
The state has increased funds for basic aid in the new budget and asked the localities to grant a 5.6 percent salary increase to teachers, but other funds have been cut. Specifically, funds for regional vocational centers, such as Piedmont Technical Education Center in Culpeper County, are not included in the budget. Restoring those funds was part of the legislative agenda adopted by the School Board, and Rappahannock’s representatives have been lobbied to support restoring the money.
If monies for Piedmont are restored by the legislature, Rappahannock’s funds from the state for education will be the same next year as this, but any increase in spending for education will have to come from local tax monies.
Last Tuesday’s School Board meeting was also scheduled for public input into the budget. After learning of the decrease in state funding, the board members received several requests for increases to the local budget.
See SHORTFALL, p. 12
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