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(Mandated <br />Appropriation, <br />Discretionary <br />Dollars <br />School Related $18,182,682 $17,519,486 ($663,196) -3.6% <br />Debt Service <br />(Mandated <br />Appropriation) <br />Fair Funding $988,000 $988,000 0$ 0.0% <br />(Non Mandated <br />Appropriation) <br />Total School $84,132,791 $83,508,447 ($624,344) -0.7% <br />Funding (1) <br />of County 48.0% 47.4% 0.0% <br />General Fund <br />Revenues <br />(1)-Does not include additional County funding for School Health Nurses, School Social <br />Workers, school Resource Officers. Total Education appropriation % for FY 2010-11 including <br />these components totaled 49.01 %, and would be 48.46% given the above preliminary amounts <br />for FY 2011-12. <br />Calculation of Current expense/Per Pupil Appropriation <br /> FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 Difference % Change <br />Projected # of 19,177 19,141 -36 -0.2% <br />Students <br />Projected Per $3,096 $3,102 $6 0.2% <br />Pupil Allocation <br />Frank Clifton made reference to the word of caution about Elementary School #11 and <br />said that if the County obligates itself to debt service, it has to pay it with the available funds <br />and whatever growth takes place will be eaten up by this debt service. In other words, this <br />cannot happen without a tax increase. There will be no room to grow current expense or other <br />operational costs unless there is a tax increase. <br />Debbie Piscitelli asked about the increase in tax and asked if this was to provide the <br />same funding and not an increase. Frank Clifton said that the debt service would be $1.8 <br />million in debt service and the County's appropriation for education would go up $1.8 million, <br />but there would be no extra in the classroom. <br />Debbie Piscitelli wants to be sure that they will at least be able to maintain the budget <br />and not get a decrease. <br />Frank Clifton said that deferring Elementary School #11 for one year would be a huge <br />help to address other things. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that the Elementary School #11 debt is not the only debt <br />proposed. There is also a lot of economic development infrastructure proposed. <br />Chair Pelissier reminded the Board that the County is currently above the debt ceiling. <br />Frank Clifton said that the Board has not discussed how it will pay for the economic <br />development infrastructure if the '/4-cent sales tax is not passed. <br />4. Quarter cents sales tax <br />