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counties allocate to long -range capital expenditures is discretionary and varies from county to <br />county. <br />School Related Debt Service — repayment of principal and interest on School related debt <br />including general obligation bonds and private placement loans. North Carolina statutes <br />require counties to pay for school related capital items such as acquisition and construction <br />of facilities. In instances where counties borrow funds to pay for such items, the State <br />mandates counties to repay the debt. The amount of money counties borrow for school <br />related projects is discretionary and varies from county to county. <br />• Fair Funding — represent funds, split equally between the two school districts, to offset costs <br />of safety and health services such as School Resource Officers and School Social Workers. <br />The State does not mandate counties to provide funding for these resources. <br />It is important to note, the 48.1 % target only includes funding for the items identified above — current <br />expense, recurring capital, long -range capital, school related debt service and fair funding. It does <br />not include additional non - mandated County financial support Orange County Commissioners <br />commits to schools. Examples of such appropriations include supplementing state funding for <br />school health nurses, providing school social workers, and school resource officers. The total cost <br />for these non - mandated expenses is approximately $1.9 million. In addition, the County also <br />financially supports non - profit agencies such as Communities in Schools that provide after school <br />programs for middle school students. The chart below summarizes Orange County's financial <br />support to the two school districts. <br />Orange County Financial Support to <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City and Orange County Schools <br />FY 2012 -2013 Recommended Budget <br />Current Expense <br />Recurring Capital <br />Long - Range Capital <br />School Related Debt Service <br />Fair Funding <br />School Health Nurses <br />School Social Workers <br />School Resource Officers <br />Total Orange County Support to Local Schools Districts <br />Proceeds from CHCCS Special District Tax <br />Total Financial Support to Local Schools Districts <br />$ 61,109,400 <br />3,000,000 <br />3,724,849 <br />15,352,784 <br />988,000 <br />683,706 <br />692,283 <br />531,405 <br />86,082,427 <br />19,101,442 <br />$ 105,183,869 <br />Both School Districts have requested increases in per pupil funding that would require combined <br />increases in funding ranging between $3 to $6 million dollars. To fund the request of each district, it will <br />require additional revenues from a property tax increase or a reduction in County funded services <br />