ABSS Receives Additional $4M From County Commissioners for Next Fiscal Year

ABSS receives additional $4M from county commissioners for next fiscal year

The funding can be used partially for general expenses, including teacher supplements, and to pay school resource officers.

Alamance County Board of Commissioners increases ABSS funding by $4 million to avoid potential litigation

The Alamance County Board of Commissioners has agreed to increase funding for the Alamance-Burlington School System by roughly $4 million. The agreement comes just days after the county commissioners adopted a budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

School board initiates dispute process to challenge county budget's ABSS allotment as inadequate

Alamance-Burlington school board members have voted, 7-0, to begin the statutory dispute process of challenging the county commissioners’ adoption of the budget that school board members allege provides inadequate resources for the school system. This is the first time that long-festering tensions between the commissioners and school board has resulted in the challenge process. The board emerged after spending about an hour and half in closed se…