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15 <br /> 2012-13 Funding Scenarios <br /> 2012-13 County Appropriation Formulas <br /> County 2012-13 Project Per Pupil Amount <br /> Appropriations Enrollment <br /> Same Dollar Amt as $23,069,574 7,639 $3,020 <br /> 2011-12 <br /> Same Per Pupil Amt $23,696,178 7,639 $3,102 <br /> as 2011-12 <br /> Increase Per Pupil $24,460,078 7,639 $3,202 <br /> Amt by $100 <br /> Increase Per Pupil $25,223,978 7,639 $3,302 <br /> Amt by $200 <br /> Fully Fund $27,508,456 7,639 $3,601 <br /> $4,438,882 in <br /> Funding Losses <br /> Recommending $25,376,758 7,639 $3,322 <br /> $220 Per Pupil <br /> Increase <br /> (Superintendent's <br /> Recommendation) <br /> The Superintendent's Recommended Local Budget Request for 2012-13: <br /> $25,376,758 <br /> Donna Coffey said that OCS thanked the Board of Commissioners for the high priority <br /> put on children. She said that since 2008 they have reverted back to the state and to the <br /> charter schools $10 million. She said that for the last three years OCS has not asked for any <br /> increases in their budget, but they are at a point now that federal funding is going away and <br /> the state continues to turn their back on the schools. They are letting the Board of County <br /> Commissioners know what their needs are. They will trust the Board of County Commissioners <br /> to do the right thing and if need be set aside the 48.1% funding limit. <br /> Commissioner McKee said that he heard that under the funding scenarios and if the <br /> Board of County Commissioners was to hold the current funding as $3,102 per pupil that OCS <br /> would lose the 33 teachers and assistants. <br /> Superintendent Rhodes said that if there is not additional funding from the County <br /> Commissioners, there will be job losses in the classroom. He said that he does not know the <br /> exact numbers. <br /> Steve Halkotis said that the State is balancing the budget on the backs of children and <br /> this is wrong. He said that the schools need the County Commissioners' help because they <br /> are not getting it from the State. <br /> Commissioner McKee asked about the impact of the charter schools reducing the <br /> funding for schools and staff answered that for OCS it is $1 million this year. <br /> Members from the CHCCS Board said that the impact is unknown at this time. <br /> Frank Clifton said that a bond referendum could be done without having to fund on a <br /> per-pupil basis. <br />