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4 <br />APPROVED <br />SCHOOL FUNDING OPTIONS TASK FORCE <br />MEETING SUMMARY <br />February 15, 2000 <br />■ County thinking in terms of "targets" vs. "open- ended" school funding requests that leave us <br />increasingly unable to address other needs — County might set a target, ask schools to meet it, if <br />they say they can't then we'll come back and talk about it - not looking at a hard cap. <br />■ Review of the scenarios for school funding options from County's August 1999 report. <br />Extensive discussion about how tax base growth would affect the issue of school funding, and the <br />notion that 48% in schools may not necessarily reflect overinvestment in schools, but <br />underinvestment in other areas of County services. There was also discussion that funding needed <br />for education may or may not be affected by the same economic forces that affect funding needed <br />for other County services. <br />■ County representatives' view that the task force needs to provide some kind of recommendation <br />back to full BOCC. <br />Discussion about the impacts of mandates and concerns that some kind of cap would have on <br />ability to meet those. <br />Items for next meeting: <br />• what portion of school funding increases last five years have gone to mandates? <br />• reasonable questions for constituents to ask <br />• schools propose a model if they like, bring to table next time <br />• Nick Didow will try to take his proposal for a "Model 6" to some greater level of specificity <br />