[MurrayMatters] Reminder

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Board of Supervisors Public Hearing
The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on its budget  
proposal, which includes the allocation of funding for the School  
Division.
Date:             March 7

Time:               6 p.m.

Location:         Lane Auditorium, Albemarle County Office Building,

401 McIntire Road in Charlottesville

You may sign up to speak beginning at 4:00 PM, please come even if  
you do not wish to speak!
Parent Council will provide refreshments at 5:00 PM in Room 235  
outside of the Lane Auditorium.
Remember you can email the Board of Supervisors at  
mailto:bos at albemarle.org.

Brian Wheeler, At-Large Member of the Albemarle County School Board  
runs a blog with issues related to the Albemarle County Public  
Schools.  This blog is not an official communication of the Albemarle  
County School Board but has some information that I thought you might  
find interesting related to the Budget.  The link is http:// 
schoolmatters.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/03/fy2008_budget.html.


School Board Funding Request Summary
Ø     The Albemarle County School Board has sent a $151 million  
Funding Request for the 2007-08 school year to the Albemarle County  
Board of Supervisors.


Ø     The School Board’s Funding Request assumes the county property  
tax rate, which generates most local revenue, will not change. The  
Board of Supervisors recently placed $0.02 of the current tax rate in  
reserve for a possible tax break for residents or for other  
purposes.  A cut in the current tax rate will reduce School Division  
funding by slightly more than $1.9 million. Should the Board of  
Supervisors reduce the current tax rate, the School Board will make a  
proportionate reduction to its Funding Request.


Ø     The School Board and Board of Supervisors agreed during a  
recent joint meeting to remove the living wage initiative from the  
2007-08 budget development cycle.

  
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