Nelson County Public Schools administration has introduced a $40 million operational budget for fiscal year 2024. Balancing that budget requires an additional $1.3 million from the county beyond the $17.1 million the county contributed to the schools in fiscal year 2023.
NCPS Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Shannon Irvin’s Jan. 9 budget presentation to school board members was preliminary; the board is scheduled to meet for at least two more budget work sessions before it delivers a final budget to county administration in March, and the budget is expected to evolve during that time.
Irvin explained the NCPS 2024 proposed budget includes a 5% cost of living increase for employees because the biennium budget the General Assembly approved last year included funding for a 5% raise for SOQ, or Standards of Quality, funded positions in both 2023 and 2024.
According to Irvin the NCPS budget also includes a 1% retention bonus …