By Ryan McCarthy

A $209 million budget that includes salaries totaling $132 million and employee benefits of $41 million won approval Thursday by Fairfield-Suisun School District trustees.

Laneia Grindle, director of fiscal services for the school district, had said at the June 9 meeting when the proposed 2016-17 budget was presented that more than 80 percent of spending was on staff, a figure she said matches the statewide average.

Textbooks and supplies total $13.2 million in the budget.

Source: Trustees OK $209M budget for Fairfield-Suisun School District