MONTGOMERY BOARD APPROVES SCHOOL BUDGET

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 22, 1992                   TAG: 9201220361
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Greg Edwards
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Short
MONTGOMERY BOARD APPROVES SCHOOL BUDGET
The Montgomery County School Board voted 8-1 Tuesday night to send a budget to the Board of Supervisors based on what it considers to be the county's educational needs, rather than on the current economic realities.
The budget would require roughly $11.5 million in new county funding. The total budget would be $52.3 million compared with current year's spending of $39.4 million.
The only changes the board made Tuesday night were a reduction in the amount the board is willing to pay for family health care coverage for employees and an addition of $220,000 for a contingency fund.
The county's participation in family health care coverage would be reduced to one-half the premium cost. The county would continue to pay the full premium for single employee coverage.
The proposed budget contains a raise for teachers that averages 15.24 percent.
The School Board will present the new budget to the board of supervisors in early February.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB by Archana Subramaniam by CNB