Baldwin County Schools Superintendent Eddie Tyler declared Tuesday that the permanent penny sales for public schools passed by the County Commission was the start of a new partnership between the two bodies.

During a school board work session at Silverhill Elementary, Tyler asked for a unanimous vote in favor of the second piece of plan: giving the County Commission 55 percent instead of 40 percent of a second penny sales tax dating back to 1984. The county would receive some $5 million in additional revenue for roads and bridges, and the school board would receive the 40 percent split.

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