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Proposed Per Pupil Appropriation of $2,620 • Orange County Board of Commissioners allocate school funding to each district based on an equal per pupil amount - Commissioners do not appropriate money to the Schools for individual line-items or specific purposes • Increase of $54 over the FY 2003-04 allocation of $2,566 • Both systems experiencing increases in student membership - Orange County Schools - 127 students - Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools - 277 students • Cost to fund increase in students totals $1,036,664 or the equivalent of 1.03 cents on the tax rate Cost Required to Fully Fund School Requests On the Horizon • Factors shaping County budgets, policies, and programs for 2005-06 and beyond: - Future BOCC decisions on school funding equity • Collaboration opportunities befi+veen the two school systems • Educational Excellence Work Group • Assessment of the efficiency of school resources - Operatinglmaintenance/support services for new facilities • Orange County satellite campus of Durham Tech, Senior Centers, Justice Facility, Animal Shelter, new parks - Operating impacts from the opening of three new schools . OCS Middle School #3, CHCCS High School #3, and CHCCS Elementary #10 - Additional park acquisition and development through 2001 bonds and Lands Legacy program - Sustainability of Orange County government in terms of organizational mission, functions and resources John Link said that his recommended budget is $137 million, and 48.1 °~ goes toward education. He said that if the County Commissioners were to fund all that was requested (countywide}, it would be almost 14.9 cents on the tax rate. He said that the County only has two major sources of revenue -property and sales tax. There will be some tough decisions based on relying on these two revenue sources. He said that CHCCS was #1 in the state for per pupil, based an having the additional district tax. OC5 is ranked #4 in the state, with just the appropriation from the County. Chair Jacobs made reference to the threats to funding in the future years, and said that the optional'12 cent sales tax expires next year and the legislature will be voting whether or not to sunset it or extend it. This could have a major impact on the County's financial situation.