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Initiative: Driver Education Funding <br />Implementation Timeline and Budget <br />2015 -2016 Amount Notes <br />Driver Education Funds Eliminated ($135,746) <br />Expected Results <br />Orange County Schools will continue to pay for Driver Education using re- purposed local funds. Families will <br />continue to pay $40 to offset the cost which in OCS is approximately $300. The state maximum that can be <br />charged to families is $65. <br />Evidence or Reasoning for this Recommendation <br />Driver Education funds have been phased out over a period of years. As a result, families have been required to <br />pay a portion of the cost for students to participate in the program as school districts have been required to find <br />funds to address the shortfall. North Carolina GS 115C -216 (b) states: "Inclusion of Expense in Budget. - The <br />local boards of education shall include as an item of instructional service and as a part of the current expense <br />fund of the budget of the high schools under their supervision, the expense necessary to offer the driver <br />education course." <br />Contact Person: Donna Brinkley, Chief Finance Officer <br />W <br />