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37 <br />Guiding Principles <br />• The Association supports efforts to clarify state and county <br />responsibility through legislation that recognizes the follow- <br />ing: <br />• the impact of changing technologies on basic education- <br />al needs and the job market of the future; <br />• the impact of any changes on the facility needs of local <br />school systems; <br />• the need for county commissioners to have the authority <br />to make sure funds appropriated for school facility needs <br />are used accordingly; and <br />• the challenges faced by counties, especially those near <br />metropolitan areas, in balancing growth in school popula- <br />tions with stagnant county revenues. <br />• Taxing authority for local public education should be vested <br />exclusively with boards of county commissioners. <br />• The state should define and support an adequate sound ba- <br />sic education in all local school systems and should appro- <br />priate adequate operating revenue to fully fund its education <br />initiatives. <br />• Effective, standardized classroom technologies and inno- <br />vations and uniform availability provide greater choice and <br />improve education, and should be available to all public <br />schools and community colleges. <br />• North Carolina's community colleges are critical components <br />of the state's integrated efforts to prepare youth and adults <br />for constructive participation in a constantly changing econ- <br />omy. <br />