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A RESOLUTION OPPOSING STATE MANDATED RESTRICTIONS ON COUNTY SUPPLEMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina is responsible for the basic education of North Carolina pupils, and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners are committed to the constitutional guarantee of each pupil to an equal opportunity for an education, and WHEREAS, the Orange County School Merger Study Task Force has recommended this direction for Schools in Orange County to follow in pursuit of this educational objective, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners have for years pursued a voluntary policy which minimizes the difference in funding levels of the two school systems in Orange County, and WHEREAS, many citizens of Orange County voted to increase their local tax burden to provide needed resources above State funding levels, and WHEREAS, the additional resources are needed to keep pace with living costs and changing local needs of students, and WHEREAS, a Statewide mandated prohibition against county supplements would severely restrict local autonomy and limit ability to respond to unique local needs, and WHEREAS, such a State mandate would create significant pressure for immediate merger of local school systems in the same county without a corresponding infusion of new resources to accommodate such mergers, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners oppose any State legislative initiative which would prohibit counties from using local tax funds for supplements to educational personnel, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the appropriate State and local officials. Adopted this 20th day of January, 1987. Shirl Marshall, Chair Attest: Beverly . Blythe, erk