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In addition to the continuation budget items above , information from <br /> Ed Regan of the N.C . Association . of County Commissioners regarding <br /> bus driver salaries and funding for assistant principals will be <br /> of interest to you. <br /> The General Assembly is considering an expansion budget request that <br /> would provide $10 . 3 million of State funds for bus drivers . This would <br /> raise the pay to $6 . 02 per hour plus fringe benefits and is aimed at <br /> providing more adult drivers for school buses . Ed ' s opinion was this <br /> had a good chance of being enacted as there is a lot of interest among <br /> the Legislators in replacing 16 and 17 year old drivers with adult <br /> drivers . <br /> Also, a separate bill is being considered that would hold everyone <br /> harmless under the new, allocation plan that is used by the State in <br /> funding assistant principals . Again, Ed feels positive about the <br /> chances of this bill and is therefore doubtful that any school system <br /> will lose any assistant principals . <br /> One final area that has sparked considerable interest is teacher <br /> supplements . For your information , a schedule comparing the local <br /> supplements paid by each County is attached to this memorandum. <br /> neth R. Thompson <br />