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2 <br />2. Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools ( CHCCS)- Overview of Approved FY 2014 -15 <br />Budget <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools will provide an overview of its FY 2014 -15 Approved <br />Budget, including impacts of Local and State funding. Note: 10 -day Student Membership <br />enrollment information will be provided at the meeting. <br />Attachment 2a: CHCCS September 23, 2014 Cover Letter <br />Attachment 2b: CHCCS FY 2014 -15 Approved Budget <br />Attachment 2c: Funding North Carolina's Public Schools — Changes Since FY 2008 -09 <br />3. Orange County Schools (OCS) — Overview of FY 2014 -15 Budget <br />Orange County Schools will provide an overview of its FY 2014 -15 Budget, including <br />impacts of Local and State funding. Note: 10 -day Student Membership enrollment <br />information will be provided at the meeting. <br />Attachment 3a: OCS September 24, 2014 Cover Letter <br />4. Update on Cross - District Courses — Challenges and Opportunities <br />Both School systems will provide information related to Cross - District courses. See <br />Attachment 2a for CHCCS information and Attachment 3a for OCS information related to <br />this item. <br />5. Update on Living Wage — Affirming the Shared Goal <br />Discussion to aspire to provide living wages to all County and School district employees, and <br />to explain the steps being taken by each jurisdiction to move toward that goal. See <br />Attachment 2a for CHCCS information and Attachment 3a for OCS information related to this <br />item. <br />Regarding the County, the FY 2014 -15 Commissioner Approved budget increased <br />the Living Wage from $10.97 /hour to $12.76 /hour, effective July 1, 2014. This affected 95 <br />temporary and seasonal County employees in the General Fund, at an increased cost of <br />$72,790. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact tied directly to the discussion at this work <br />session; however, decisions that the Board of County Commissioners and Boards of Education <br />will make at subsequent meetings are likely to have significant implications for future capital and <br />operating budgets. <br />RECOMMENDATION (S): The Manager recommends that the Boards discuss the issues noted <br />and provide direction to staff, as appropriate. <br />