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27 <br />Education: Orange County supports two school units, the Orange County school system <br />and the Chapel Hill - Carrboro school system. This category includes appropriations made to <br />the designated school system for Recurring Capital items. Recurring Capital funds are used <br />for general maintenance, purchase of new equipmentlumishings and vehicle maintenance. <br />Non - Departmental: Contributions to agencies providing cultural and social services outside <br />the formal structure of county government Other , expenditures include equipment <br />replacement and contingency funds.. Although there are no employees generated by this <br />category, it has been included as an operating expenditure. It will be included in Section 4, <br />'Total Annual County Expenditure." These expenditures will be calculated on a per capita <br />basis as opposed to a per employee basis. <br />Per Student Expenditures: Information regarding expenditures required to provide <br />educational services and revenues received are based on the approved school system <br />budgets for the fiscal year in which the project is considered for approval. All information <br />derived from the approved budgets remains constant throughout a fiscal year (July -June) and <br />is changed only with the approval of new budgets. <br />Expenditure information is compiled on a per student basis for County Govemment Current <br />Expense, School District and State appropriations. County Government Current Expense <br />funds are used for general operation purposes including Instruction and Support Services. <br />Federal revenues and expenditures and other local revenues such as Fund Balance have <br />not been included since they are not directly growth related. Per student figures are derived <br />by dividing the total appropriation for educational purposes from a particular source by the <br />estimated number of students to be enrolled in the applicable school system for the year in <br />which the project is considered for approval. Student enrollments are obtained from the <br />approved school system budgets. <br />County Government Expenditures in this category are based on appropriations to the <br />school systems by Orange County for Current Expense. The minimum level of per student <br />appropriation is determined by the State Board of Education. <br />School District: Expenditures in this category are unique to the Chapel Hill- Carrboro school <br />system and are based on the level of expenditures possible through assessment of a <br />supplementary school tax. <br />State: Expenditures in this category are based on appropriations from the State Board of <br />Education.' <br />School District Per Employee Expenditure: Expenditures per employee based on County, <br />School District and State appropriations, and the total number of school district employees. <br />Employees Per 1000 Population: The number of employees in a particular service category <br />per 1000 population. <br />