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OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: AUGUST 21, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: STATUS OF COUNTY -WIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT TAX <br />DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER <br />COMMISSIONERS OFFICE <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # TY -A <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _X —No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />JOHN LINK, EXTENSION 2300 <br />MOSES CAREY, EXTENSION 2130 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 - 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To consider establishing a county -wide school district <br />tax to provide funding for the expansion needs of both <br />school systems. <br />BACKGROUND: As a part of the 1989 -90 Manager's recommended budget, <br />a financial model to achieve equity in school funding <br />for both school systems was presented, and endorsed by <br />the Board as a part of the adopted budget. The 1990- <br />91 recommended school budget reflected the continu- <br />ation of the financial model noting that equity in <br />school funding would require the support of the entire <br />community and would involve tax increases to fund it. <br />If the tax alternative chosen by the Board for <br />consideration by Orange County voters was a county- <br />wide school district tax, and if a special election <br />for this purpose was affirmed for November 6 in <br />conjunction with the regularly scheduled elections, <br />the Board would need to take appropriate action at the <br />meeting of September 4. Should the outcome of a vote <br />on November 6 on a special district tax be positive, <br />there would be ample time to include the results in <br />planning for the 1991 -92 budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />