Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Mecklenburg County commissioners have clashed over budget proposals before. This time, they agreed the state isn’t pulling its weight.
CMS leadership presented its $2.1 billion budget proposal to Mecklenburg County commissioners Wednesday afternoon. In years past, the school district’s funding request has provoked heated conversations about how much the county should fund. This year’s discussions, though, have been relatively smooth.
County leaders indicated this would be a tight year for the budget at a joint meeting with CMS board members in January. At that time, the county projected around $49 million in revenue growth to fund new items without a tax increase…