Greenville County Schools approves teacher salary raise
The Greenville County Schools board of trustees approved the proposed FY 23 General Fund Budget by a 9-1 vote following a second reading on Monday evening.
The proposed budget will include a $2,000 increase to "every cell on the GCS teacher salary schedule." The additional $2,000 means entry-level teacher pay will go up to $44,515, one of the highest starting salaries for public school teachers in the state.
Sarah Dulin who voted against the budget attempted to file a substitute motion to approve the budget with a $1,000 raise instead.
"It seems irresponsible to adopt a budget when we don't know what the state's contribution will be," Dulin said.
"I wonder if we could approve it today with $1000 teacher raises that we know we can afford on the low end with the state's contribution. If they adopt the House version and it comes back $10 million more, then we would have the funds for the second half of the raise."
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Dulin failed to get a second motion.
The FY 23 budget is balanced, as required by policy, and reflects revenue and expenditures totaling $789,524,000 and is based on the Senate's current version of the state budget.
Alexis Hamilton is a Beaufort, SC native covering higher education in the Upstate. Reach her at 727-514-5734 or ahamilton@gannett.com
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