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There is also funding for a superintendent of schools.

Paying for these extra employees accounts for most of the difference between the state’s estimate of Rappahannock’s cost per pupil and the actual cost.

In calculating the cost of basic aid, the state uses salary figures that are typical for the state. The salary amounts that are funded are $28,113 for elementary teachers, $30,400 for secondary teachers, $44,950 for an elementary school principal, $50,305 for a secondary school principal, $9,381 for teacher’s aides and $67,285 for the school superintendent.

Other figures included in the basic aid formula are $262,370 for bus transportation, $11,079 for the school board, $106,687 for fringe benefits for support employees and $5,405 for student health care, Mr. Rickman said.

Then the state subtracts $32.81 per pupil because the state figures the school system can recover that amount by selling or renting textbooks and supplies. The state also

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