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K School Districts and Education Requests for Funding Both the Orange County and the Chapel Hill — Carrboro City Schools districts have requested increases in the per pupil allocation that the County provides to each district in the FY2013 -2014 budget. Orange County Schools is requesting an increase in the per pupil allocation from the County of $158 per pupil. This would raise the County's current expense allocation for both school districts to $3,325. This would represent an increase of $3.8 million based the projected average daily membership (ADM) provided by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI) for both systems. This funding request would represent 2.42 cents on the current property tax rate. Chapel Hill — Carrboro City Schools is requesting an increase in the local per pupil allocation of $393. This increase in the local per pupil allocation for current expenses would raise the per pupil allocation to $3,560. This funding level would represent an approximate increase in the current expense for both school districts of $8.5 million. Employee Compensation A budget driver that has not been quantified, but is an issue across all of the departments of the County, is employee compensation. As we interview and attempt to fill vacant positions, we are experiencing difficulty obtaining and maintaining employees due to the constriction of employee compensation. County employees have done an outstanding job of responding to increased demand for county services, provided by a smaller workforce, under difficult conditions. We will attempt to address this issue as we formulate the FY2013 -14 budget. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact as a result of accepting this information. The financial impact will result from funding decisions made during the FY2013 -14 budget process. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board continue to provide guidance to staff in regards to preparing the FY2013 -14 Annual Operating Budget.