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13 <br />by increasing graduation rates. Orange County Schools <br />and Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools are ardent allies <br />in ensuring that actions at the state level support <br />local implementation. Orange County remains strongly <br />supportive of the Orange County Partnership for Young <br />Children in the effective administration and evaluation <br />of services reaching all children throughout the County <br />(Exhibit A is a summary from Partnership Director Robin <br />Pulver.) ; <br />6) 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 />jails and increasing the reimbursement rate for state <br />inmates awaiting post -trial prison transfer. The <br />County appreciates past efforts, in particular the <br />establishment of a Statewide Misdemeanor Confinement <br />Program to provide housing for misdemeanants serving <br />periods of confinement of more than 90 days and up to <br />180 days. Orange County does not participate in the <br />program due to limited space in the County Jail. The <br />Program which houses misdemeanants serving periods of <br />confinement of more than 90 days and up to 180 days is <br />