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Education Funding in Orange County <br />Figure 4. Annual General Fund Appropriations for Education <br />Fiscal <br />Year <br />Ending <br />Current <br />Expense <br />Appropriation <br />Recurring <br />Capital <br />Debt <br />Service <br />Long <br />Range <br />Capital <br />Capital <br />Reserve <br />Total <br />Total <br />General <br />Fund <br />Budget <br />Education <br />% of Total <br />GF Budget <br />1990 <br />$11,403,973 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$1,792,275 <br />$3,450,300 <br />$0 <br />$18,146,548 <br />$42,494,467 <br />42.70% <br />1991 <br />$13,057,549 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$2,636,842 <br />$2,044,661 <br />$01$19,239,052 <br />$46,351,500 <br />41.51% <br />1992 <br />$14,861,157 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$2,963,400 <br />$1,827,627 <br />$0 <br />$21,152,184 <br />$50,935,148 <br />41.53% <br />1993 <br />$15,713,450 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$2,879,475 <br />$2,603,953 <br />$0 <br />$22,696,878 <br />$53,887,298 <br />42.12% <br />1994 <br />$17,258,306 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$4,879,002 <br />$2,606,048 <br />$0 <br />$26,243,356 <br />$60,852,952 <br />43.13% <br />1995 <br />$19,098,062 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$5,717,540 <br />$1,408,581 <br />$0 <br />$27,724,183 <br />$66,581,662 <br />41.64% <br />1996 <br />$21,175,309 <br />$1,500,000 <br />$8,524,408 <br />$3,049,749 <br />$476,048 <br />$34,725,514 <br />$73,099,271 <br />47.50% <br />1997 <br />$24,604,074 <br />$1,624,500 <br />$8,318,118 <br />$4,058,571 <br />$494,442 <br />$39,099,705 <br />$79,259,530 <br />49.33% <br />1998 <br />$27,197,822 <br />$1,856,528 <br />$8,767,660 <br />$1,999,147 <br />$618,843 <br />$40,440,000 <br />$85,483,019 <br />47.31% <br />1999 <br />$30,422,520 <br />$1,949,6521$9,318,0871$2,353,225 <br />$649,884 <br />$44,693,368 <br />$92,685,103 <br />48.22% <br />2000 <br />$34,537,104 <br />$2,043,675 <br />$8,968,3051$2,597,5471 <br />$224,804 <br />$48,371,4351$100,251,148, <br />48.25% <br />In fiscal year 1999 -00, total funding for education increased by more than $3.6 million (8.23 percent). <br />This is lower than the average of the past five (just over 12 percent) and ten (11.5 percent) years. Major <br />factors influencing increases in the past years are: <br />• Repayment of debt associated with three voter approved bond referenda and private <br />placement funding for school facilities. <br />• Increases in annual current expense funding each year. <br />• Increases in recurring capital appropriations. (From $750,000 per school system in fiscal <br />years 1990 through 1996 to a dedicated three cents on the property tax rate currently). <br />• Creation of a capital reserve <br />fund for School/Park <br />projects. <br />The chart to the right projects funding <br />$160 <br />levels for the school systems if the Board <br />$140 <br />of Commissioners elected to fund the <br />$120 <br />schools at the historical rates. Should the <br />$100 <br />historical percentage increases continue, <br />appropriations for public schools would <br />$so <br />more than double over the next ten years. <br />$40 <br />Sao <br />$20 <br />$o <br />MUBOSS or Mum <br />2001 2= 20n1 3004 2" 3n 2OU/ 2006 2009 2010 <br />1999 -00 Average — 5 Year Average — 10 Yeaz Average <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />