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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 7, 2013 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-g <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution In Support of Smart Start and NC Pre K <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Draft Resolution In Support of Smart Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245- <br /> Start and More at NC Pre K 2300 <br /> Margaret Samuels, Orange County <br /> Partnership for Young Children, <br /> 919-967-9091 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a Resolution In Support of Smart Start and NC Pre K. <br /> BACKGROUND: In the most recent budget years Smart Start and NC Pre K have received <br /> reductions in their allocations from the North Carolina General Assembly. The Board of the <br /> Orange County Partnership for Young Children has requested that the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners consider a resolution supporting, at a minimum, the current level of funding for <br /> both programs, and in fact voicing support for increased funding. A draft resolution is attached. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the draft <br /> resolution. The financial and other impacts of the potential funding reductions have not yet <br /> been determined. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board discuss the draft <br /> resolution, approve the resolution as it may be modified based on Board discussion, authorize <br /> the Chair to sign the resolution; and direct the Clerk to the Board to forward the approved <br /> resolution to Orange County's legislative delegation, the leaders of the North Carolina General <br /> Assembly, and the chairs of the General Assembly's appropriations and education committees. <br />