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reduced the amount by about $200,000 because when they enter the school an <br />November 1St, they will only have 6t" and 7t" grades. The expansion items that they were <br />able to provide included three AIG teachers and supplies and materials for the AVAD <br />program. They were not able to add the positions far AVAD, but they added the training <br />and materials. The positions will be added next year. They were also able to add some <br />supplies for science. <br />Dennis Whitling asked if there was a possibility for the Board of County <br />Commissioners to set aside far each school district at budget time an amount of money <br />that could be allocated based on the actual enrollment numbers if they are more than <br />DPI's projections. <br />Rad Visser said that they have discussed this before and the Manager's <br />Recommended Budget included a reserve that could address fair funding considerations <br />or this kind of situation that if a lot mare students showed up. This year the County <br />Commissioners decided to allocate a large portion of the reserve for fair funding. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that DPI's numbers are sometimes wrong. He said <br />that they tried two years ago with the legislative delegation asking them to promote a <br />local initiative for both school systems where the County could be exempt from the rule <br />and allocate money based on the actual number of students who show up in the fall. He <br />encouraged both school boards to push for this, along with the County Commissioners <br />as part of the legislative package. This year, OCS lost $420,000 because of DPI's <br />projections that were off. <br />Chair Jacobs said that attachment 1-d-2, item b is the legislation that <br />Commissioner Halkiotis referred to. He said there was a study before about this issue. <br />The numbers ended up being neutral over a long period of time. <br />d. SchoalslLocal/State Fiscal Relationships <br />Rod Visser said that these attachments reflect same of the things that the County <br />Commissioners, the school boards, and the Triangle J Council of Governments have <br />tried to pursue over the last several years related to school funding, etc. He said that the <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners has a long track record of petitioning the <br />legislature each year to broaden the menu of revenue sources. <br />1. Lottery Proceeds <br />Rad Visser said that they do have the lottery proceeds this year and they have <br />talked about how they will roll those into the capital funding policy. He said that they see <br />this as becoming part of the capital funding policy. <br />Budget Director Donna Coffey said that the first deposit should be in by October <br />1St <br />2. Real Estate Transfer Tax <br />Rod Uisser pointed out the attachment for this, An Excise Tax for Conveyances. <br />There has been no success in getting this legislative authority either. <br />3. Senate Bill 2009 <br />Rad Visser said that this was not new revenue, but it could provide some <br />additional flexibility in the way that the new school construction takes place. <br />Finance Director Ken Chavious said that the County's Bond Attorney Bob Jessup <br />was one of the drafters of this bill. This bill was ratified at the General Assembly 2005 <br />session. The bill authorizes local boards of education to lease school buildings, school <br />facilities, and existing or new facilities. The lease can be far construction, repairs, ar <br />renovations. The law also provides for private developers to contract work and there <br />would be no bidding requirements that currently exist for local governments. The County <br />