School board votes on budget Thursday
The Anderson County Board of Education will vote on a new budget for next year along with other measures at its meeting this week.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday [April 10] on the top floor of 101 S. Main St.
It involves a total expenditure of $83,712,862.
There will be a deficit of $476,755, but Director of Schools Tim Parrott said a fund balance will take care of this difference.
If the budget is approved, the school system would also increase its lowest teacher salary to $50,000, ranging to and its highest salary would be $80,416.22 depending on experience and academic degree. The full salary schedule and budget are available on the school system’s agenda page on its website acs.ac.
Another vote will involve a resolution accepting bonuses for teachers from the Educational Freedom Act of 2025 while still voicing opposition to the law’s vouchers that parents can use at private schools.
Also, up for a vote on Thursday but unconnected to this budget is a shorter-term budget measure giving two million to the construction of a new elementary school in Claxton.
