Orange County NC Website
t <br /> c <br /> The $39,918.00 for new exceRtAo^al chi!,! -e rvicos 1 ;t listed in our <br /> current 9xponss request originally- and is allocated for exceptional child <br /> services only. This allocation does r A reduce tho elf Aive teacher-pupil. <br /> ratio In that hese students K rat, P ro5t cases, myatn with the special <br /> teacher for a . ull school day, as is roquired by the ;eg'.:,lation. Puther- <br /> mere, the #39JI8.00 in additional state funds for th, K _+ dica..pped is <br /> categorically armarked for program expansion and as s:r& should not be <br /> considered as ands available to n:'_fsot any reduction 4 county funds. The <br /> additional. X14,000.00 for furl will si iply "plug the ,ap" where we had to <br /> trim, our curre I;Jyzed,ly proposers. f. Udge`:. If our ,�llonatid Funds for fuel <br /> increases are it :.�i.l�l. be a nare� t trat we col `v a ver thin p� Y margin. <br /> In addition, the 514 00.9 i -crga,e is nisleadU6. The :state has in the <br /> past (until, this year) alwa ; appropriated an '°apt.,ostn., fuel allowance'' <br /> toward the end Vxf the fiscal )oar. For t: e Orange .: =Q achools this <br /> adjustment allo� ance has averalM 110,000.00 annual.l y , an amount that will <br /> now be folded i to our inat:O +7 5cati.on. By adjuwt.4 zor these two facts, <br /> the proposed $73,080.00 reduction would only replace i.t-'-, i0O.00 with now <br /> state funds, wh ch ldavesai actual net loss ofQ3, W.0_ <br /> To cut the current expense budget by this amou"t in would have to present <br /> the problem to 0 school board for discussion; ho;;evor, the cut would be the <br /> cost of five Q teacher posits Dos. Since the c arrey;. ...parse• budget is <br /> lean, we would . ve no choice tit to recommend reducti n in personnel and/or <br /> in the instruct oral supp•1�;'err?i,a neater allocxiic;n. <br /> In an anallsis of capPol intlay, no Lave an evei greater problem in <br /> that the capital. requests :110` .;eOn eXAnir_ed and eat o7 Vist three times, <br /> to the point that the rejapsted imourt is already NO" minimum. These cuts <br />