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Expansion Items The Superintendent's Recommended Budget includes expansion items in four areas at a total cost of $512,268. The first item consists of five full -time and two part -time positions to meet new and growing needs in exceptional education. We anticipate adding a system level class at Carrboro High School that will require one teacher and two assistants. There also are plans, based on current pre - school enrollments, to add a system level elementary class staffed with one teacher and two assistants. The request includes $10,600 for start-up expenses for supplies and technology. We also need to make the ECHHS program facilitator full -time and provide a half -time program facilitator for CHS (The full -time ECHHS program facilitator assumed responsibility for CHS as well when it opened.). This will require an additional .5 program facilitator. We also are recommending to add a .5 vocational planning teacher for exceptional education high school students. The total increased costs in the area of exceptional education are $327,033. The second area is English -as-a- Second Language. We are requesting $40,000 for translations services due to the growing needs in this area. This budget line has been overspent in recent years. Third, we have the need to put another bus into service to meet a variety of needs including those associated with district programs such as LEAP and Dual Language. The $31,235 would cover the cost of an additional driver. Finally, it is readily apparent that the technology in our high schools can no longer be supported by one technology specialist supplemented by itinerant technician services. Consequently, we are recommending that three technology assistant positions be added; one for CHHS, one for ECHHS, and one that would serve CHS primarily, but also would support Phoenix Academy. The cost is $114,000. In order to fund the continuation and expansion budget requests, we are recommending $1,183,000 in budget reductions and increasing the appropriated fund balance by $515,379. For the third year in a row, no salary or wage increases or step increases are provided for in the budget request. We do not anticipate that the state will grant any increases. State Budget There is great uncertainty over the state budget due to the funding cliff referred to earlier and the unknown dynamics between a Democratic Governor and a Republican controlled House and Senate. At this point, we have three pieces of information: hypothetical reductions submitted by the Department of Public Instruction; the Governor's budget; and spending targets issued by the leadership in the General Assembly. The Department of Public Instruction developed the following scenario for implementing a 10% reduction (implications for CHCCS are indicated): Classroom Teachers -42.50 FTEs ($2,339,540) Instructional Support -6.00 FTEs ( $371,112) 1 -3