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3 <br />County Support of Local Boards of Education <br />The recommended appropriations for Chapel Hill - Carrboro City and orange County Schools <br />increases the current expense funding by $1,038,946 in FY 2015-16. This includes an increase <br />in per pupil funding from $3,571 to $3,662, an $81 increase for each of the 20,040 students in <br />the two school systems. The recommended funding level represents a total appropriation for <br />both school districts of $96.6 million, which is 49.2 percent of General Fund revenues, 1.1 <br />percent above the target of 48.1 percent established by the Board of County Commissioners. <br />This includes funding for current expense, recurring capital, long -range capital, school related <br />debt service and fair funding. With the inclusion of allocations for school nurses for both school <br />districts and Sheriff Department resource officers in the orange County Schools, the total <br />funding allocation for Schools is $97.6 million, or 49.7 percent of General Fund revenues. <br />Based on the State Department of Public Instruction (DPI) projections for FY 2015 -16, both <br />school systems will see a decrease in student enrollments during the next academic year. The <br />Orange County Schools enrollment projections total 7,626, which represents a decrease of 172 <br />students from the March 2014 projections. The Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools enrollment <br />projections total 12,203, which represents a decrease of 150 students from the March 2014 <br />projections. Both school systems, however, are continuing to experience a growing number of <br />students in charter schools. Current enrollment in orange County charter schools is 476 <br />students, and current enrollment in Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools charter schools is 217 <br />students. The General Assembly requires school systems to pay a per pupil allotment to <br />support charter students within their district. <br />The number of charter students funded as part of the school systems current expense has been <br />maintained at the same level for many years. The recommended budget includes a phase -in of <br />funding for charter school students over a two -year period, with funding for an additional 1 1 0 <br />students in orange County Schools and an additional 50 students in Chapel Hill- Carrboro City <br />Schools in FY 2015-16, with a plan to complete the phase -in in both systems in FY 2016-17. <br />2015 -16 Enrollment Projections <br />Current Expense Funding for Local School Districts: <br />0111sd ITtRNEA I EAa - W5FA09 <br />Original Budget $69,376,382 $62,389,900 $66,079,262 $7271477134 $7371867080 <br />CHCCS <br />OCS <br />Total <br />March 2015 Department of Public <br />Instruction ADM Planning #s <br />127203 <br />77525 <br />197729 <br />Less: out of District <br />131 <br />89 <br />220 <br />127072 <br />77437 <br />197509 <br />Plus: Budgeted Charter Students <br />157 <br />354 <br />531 <br />Total Budgeted Students <br />12,239 <br />7,891 <br />29,949 <br />51.07% <br />38.93% <br />Current Expense Funding for Local School Districts: <br />0111sd ITtRNEA I EAa - W5FA09 <br />Original Budget $69,376,382 $62,389,900 $66,079,262 $7271477134 $7371867080 <br />