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. Construction and funding standards far elementary, middle and high schools . School construction impact fees to offset cost of new school construction . Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance and Memorandum of Understanding {SAPFO) to pace development with the County's fiscal ability to build new schools Joint venture in bus transportation! maintenancelfueling Funding Equity Between the Two Systems Remains a Challenge ^ In the early 1990's, after examining numerous approaches and tax rate impacts associated with achieving funding equity between the two school systems, BOCC adopted "Equitable School Funding Goal" ^ Funding equity remains a challenge for the BOCC . In accordance with State statutory formula, local current expense funding for schools is driven by the number of students in a school district . Historically, annual student growth in CHCCS has outpaced OCS . CHCCS special district tax has contributed to funding disparity Methods for School Merger in North Carolina North Carolina Statutes Provide Four Ways to Merge School Systems Merger of Units in Same County Initiated by boards of education Requires approval of board of county commissioners Merger of Units in Adjoining Counties Involves merger of county school units in one or more adjoining or contiguous counties with a city school administrative unit Requires approval of the "tax-levying body for the school units" Merger of units by local boards of education City school unit notifies State Board of Education that it is voluntarily dissolving itse If State Board required to adopt a merger plan for the administrative unit ^ County Commissioner Initiated Merger Board of County Commissioners adapts plan for consolidation and merger of local administrative units located wholly within the county into a single unit ^ Appendix F of report contains excerpts from North Carolina General Statutes explaining the types of school mergers in further detail County Commissioner Initiated Merger Preparation and approval of this type of merger consistent with a school administrative unit initiated consolidation and merger with three basic exceptions: 1. County Commissioners must provide local funding for all students at the highest level of any local school administrative unit in the county during the preceding five fiscal years before the merger 2. Boards of education "shall not participate in preparing, entering into, submitting, or agreeing to the plan" 3. "The plan shall not be contingent upon approval of the voters" In accordance with North Carolina General Statute 115C-67, after the plan of consolidation and merger is approved by the State Board of Education, the plan becomes final