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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 6, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Charter Schools <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 2/25/97 CHCCS Letter John Link, x2300 <br /> 4/7/97 FREE Letter <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss the possible impacts of charter schools on local school budgets. <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 25, 1997, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Chair <br /> Mark Royster and Superintendent Neil Pedersen wrote to the Orange County legislative delegation, <br /> expressing concerns about possible negative impacts of charter schools on the funding available nest <br /> fiscal year to CHCCS. On April 7, 1997, Mr. Peter Morcombe, Director of Financial Reform for <br /> Excellence in Education(FREE), also wrote to the Orange County legislative delegation. Both <br /> letters are attached as background information. <br /> The boards may wish to discuss some of the points laid out in these two letters, and/or other aspects <br /> of the impact of charter schools in Orange County. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): As the Board decides. <br />