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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No Y--A. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 5, 1994 SUBJECT: Adopted 1994-95 School Budgets DEPARTMENT Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT Budget Office, ext . 2151 1 . Current Expense Appropriation 2 . Recurring Capital TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 (under separate cover the Chapel Hill Mebane 227-2031 Carrboro City School adopted budget. Durham 688-7331 Note that the Orange County Schools have not yet published a final budget document. This will be forwarded to the BOCC at a later date.) PURPOSE • To report the final local budgets as approved by the Boards of Education for each School District . BACKGROUND The current expense appropriation for each school district equals $1,451 per student, or a total of $19, 098, 062 . The appropriation for recurring capital totaled $1, 696,434 . The Board of Commissioners requested that the Schools report back once the local funds were allocated by each Board of Education. Attachment One updates the worksheet (blue sheet) that was used during budget discussions with the two School systems last June. Note that the General Assembly approved a 7 percent across the board salary increase for teachers paid on the 30-step scale. All other positions received a 4 percent salary increase to base pay plus a 1 percent lump sum payment . The Orange County Schools also increased the local supplement for tenured teachers from 7 percent to 10 percent . Classified supplements increased from 4 1/2 percent to 5 1/2 percent and assistant principals from 5 percent to 6 percent . The local supplement for non-tenured teachers (less than three years experience) remained at 5 percent . These increases are effective as of January 1, 1995 and are being 4