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1 D R A F T MINUTES NON-BINDING TASK FORCE APRIL 14, 1992 The Non-Binding Task Force met on April 14, 1992 at 7: 00 p.m. in the Commissioners' Library in Hillsborough. MEMBERS PRESENT: Moses Carey, Jr. , John M. Link, Jr. , Verla Insko, Mary Bushnell, Jim Ellerbe, Andrew Overstreet, Kay Singer, Ted Parrish and Neil Pedersen. Moses Carey stated that at the last meeting the issues were categorized. The superintendents and County Manager were asked to meet to address these issues. John Link distributed a memo dated 3/12/92 from Gerry House and recommended that the group deal first with short-term issues. Mary Bushnell questioned if equalized funding is expected to occur this Spring. John Link indicated his understanding of the BOCC's decision is that a budget will be presented for an amount per capita and the board will then address the district tax in a separate decision. Moses Carey indicated that they will probably do it the same way they did last year unless they come up with another way to deal with this issue. Verla Insko stated that the,Board has agreed to make an effort to move in the direction of equal funding because they believe that merger is in the_ long-term'' if not in the short-term. As representatives of the .whole county, the BOCC prefer to provide equal access to all programs for all children. Moses Carey stated that this has been approached by defining what the county can afford without focusing on this as an issue but focusing on it separately. Mary Bushnell stated that she understood that this task force would talk about what is involved in arriving at equal funding for each school --to look at the definition. Moses Carey stated that maybe there is a need to review the definition of equity. He asked if equal funding is something this group wants to address and if so when should it be done. Mary Bushnell indicated she would like to know the discrepancy in per pupil funding.