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6 <br /> 7) * Smart Start and More at Four - Orange County supports <br /> legislation to increase and ensure secure and stable <br /> funding, enhanced quality early care and education, and <br /> family access and benefits in settings public and <br /> private. The County advocates sustaining teacher <br /> quality; evidence-based learning objectives; healthy <br /> life styles; and community engagement. Quality early <br /> childhood has proven to help alleviate the achievement <br /> gap; curb the need for costly services (including <br /> special education) ; and reduce societal cost by <br /> increasing graduation rates . Orange County Schools and <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are ardent allies, <br /> equally concerned about State actions that could <br /> negatively impact local implementation. Orange County <br /> remains strongly supportive of the Orange County <br /> Partnership for Young Children in the effective <br /> administration and evaluation of services reaching all <br /> children throughout the County (Exhibit A is a summary <br /> from Partnership Director Margaret Samuels . ) ; <br /> 8) County Jail System/Housing State Inmates Reimbursement <br /> - Orange County seeks legislation to protect the fiscal <br /> viability of the county jail system by reinstating a <br /> reimbursement rate for state inmates housed in county <br />