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Draws on statutory provisions, experience of jurisdictions that have <br />considered andlor implemented merger <br />Intent of analysis is to present factual information rather than opinion <br />Examples of questions not addressed in analysis: <br />. What school would mV child attend in a merged system? <br />. What programming, {e._q. elementary foreign lan_guage instruction) would be <br />Merger Consideration in Orange County <br />^ BC?CC appointed School Merger Study Commission in 1985 to examine potential <br />impacts of merger <br />^ Recommendations of Study Commission (Appendix E} <br />^ Equalize per pupil funding countywide <br />^ Fund construction of new schools based on cooperative facilities plan <br />developed by both systems <br />^ Encourage school districts to investigate areas where economies may be <br />affected by joint operations such as transportation, food service & <br />maintenance <br />^ Encourage school districts to pursue areas of educational cooperation <br />such as special services <br />Collaboration Efforts <br />. Since 1988, funding for school construction and renovation projects has <br />totaled $277 million <br />. Includes four voter approved school capital bond referenda {1988, 1992, 1997 and <br />2001) <br />. BOCC approved policies, standards and funding <br />. Capital funding policy that earmarks annual non-debt revenues available for <br />school and County capital proiects <br />. Construction and funding standards far elementary, middle and high schools <br />. School construction impact fees to offset cost of new school construction <br />. Joint venture in bus transpartationlmaintenancelfueling <br />Funding Equity Between Systems <br />Remains a Challenge <br />. In early 1990s, after examining numerous approaches and tax <br />associated with achieving funding equity between the two scl <br />BCC adopted "Equitable School Funding Goal" <br />. Efforts in some years to reduce or hold the gap from growing <br />impacted in recent years by need to raise CHCCS district tax <br />new school startup casts <br />. CHCCS special district tax accounts for funding disparity <br />. Produces about $12.5 million for FY 2003-04 <br />. Equates to about $1167 per student in additional funds <br />rate impacts <br />ool systems, <br />have been <br />rate to address <br />