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subtracts $19,547 for fringe benefits. The reason for this was not clear. All of this amounts to $2,709,250.50, and that divided by the expected 904 enrollment comes to $2,997.
Then, Mr. Rickman explained, the state subtracts another $115, leaving the amount in basic aid at $2,882. The $115 per pupil is the state’s estimate of the cost of giving teachers a five percent raise this year, and it comes to the county as another category of state aid labelled “teacher incentive.”
The school budget shows $36,313 in state aid as “teacher incentive,” about 35 percent of the $115 per pupil.
The end result of the state funding about 35 percent of those costs it says the county needs, while the county funds 100 percent of other programs the School Board says the county needs, is that the state share of the education budget is 29.9 percent, with another 10.8 percent coming from the one percent of the state sales tax that is returned to the localities based on school-aged population.
94.7%