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School Related Debt Service — repayment of principal and interest on School related debt including general obligation bonds and private placement loans. North Carolina statutes require counties to pay for school related capital items such as acquisition and construction of facilities. In instances where counties borrow funds to pay for such items, the State mandates counties to repay the debt. The amount of money counties borrow for school related projects is discretionary and varies from county to county. Fair Funding — represent funds, split equally between the two school districts, to offset costs of safety and health services such as School Resource Officers and School Social Workers. The State does not mandate counties to provide funding for these resources. It is important to note, the 48.1% target only includes funding for the items identified above — current expense, recurring capital, long-range capital, and school related debt service and fair funding. It does not include additional non-mandated County financial support Orange County Commissioners commits to schools. Examples of such appropriations include supplementing state funding for school health nurses in order to staff each school with at least one school health nurse. Recommended funding for this contractual agreement between the County Health Department and each school district totals $610,729 for FY201 0-11. This agreement/contract has been in place since 2001. In addition, County departments provide a number of services and programs to each school district. An example of such a program is the Tobacco Cessation program operated through the Orange County Health Department. The County also financially supports non-profit agencies such as Communities in Schools that provide after school programs for middle school students. The chart below summarizes Orange County's financial support to the two school districts. Orange County Financial Support to Chapel Hill - Carrboro City and Orange County Schools FY2010-11 Recommended Budget CurrentExpense ................................................................................................ RecurringCapital ............................................................................................... Long-Range Capital ........................................................................................... School Related Debt Service ............................................................................. FairFunding ........................................................................................................ School Health Nurses ........................................................................................ School Social Workers ...................................................................................... School Resource Officers .................................................................................. Proceeds from CHCCS Special District Tax ....................................................... Total Orange County Support to Local Schools Districts ................................... Total 59,3717992 31000,000 21590,117 18,182,682 988,000 610,729 642,374 531,255 187599,595 1 04,516,744 During tonight's work session, Commissioners will have the opportunity to dialogue with the Boards of Education about county funding and anticipated State funding for schools next year. Attachments 1 and 2 provide additional information of how Orange County compares with other counties within North Carolina related to Current Expense funding per pupil, Actual Effort, and other educational related funding issues.