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Berkeley School Board OKs $167M budget.

The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

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Byline: Mindy B. Hagen

Jun. 28--MONCKS CORNER -- Berkeley County School Board members were bracing for a meeting packed with naysayers who would criticize the district's proposed budget and call for a lower tax rate.

Instead, fewer than 20 residents attended a public hearing on the spending plan Tuesday night and only five people voiced their opinion on the $167 million operating budget.

The board later voted 8-1 to adopt the budget, which represents an 8.1 percent increase from the current 2005-06 fiscal year budget of $154.5 million.

The budget passed without a tax increase, as the general operations tax rate remains at the same level as…

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