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47 FROM l M IivE- �J�'ri <br />BLYTHE <br />M.b.IOR ]N3%UM <br />'10: Board of County �mmissioner:� <br />From: Alice Gordon <br />+lahjecC Per D tpil yttftding in the Chapel Mill - C.er"rharo and Orange County Schools <br />Da#W Juste 15, 1991 <br />As a result of Our recent budget deliberations, l began to wonder wvh&t the to <br />per I►atp +i funding to otsr scltoaj systems might, be. and whether or not we were <br />making prOgress toward equality of funding. Per pupil funding is a gctsal rtteavure <br />because it Standardizes the fu tdiAg amounts in a meaningful way l3or budget <br />director. in cnn,pf�rati.nf' with the two school systems, cotapiied per pupil funding #or <br />the three yeas of major interest: 19$ 40, #993 -91, and 1991 -92. We now have <br />current exlrettse per pupil funding $mounts for local, state and federal contributions <br />as wfafifi as a tr5t�_I for t�indirtg atnnt�nrs from ail sources combined. Gn the fbilowing <br />Page we have two tables which I typed using the figures supplied by 5aily most, l)ne <br />table gives data for current expenses not including recurring capital, whil <br />tsthie does in elude recurring capital is curre- tt elpease amolmts. e the other <br />The two per pupil funding tables show that we m making some program <br />to�vacd equity_ f'er all lorai funding sources combined, the Change - the per pupil <br />amounts aver three vears shows a narrowing in the percennte gap of' g to 9 %. <br />During that time the revenue realized from the district to dropped from $724 <br />pupil t per <br />o 5704. <br />Another thing worth noting is that the degree of funding equity depends on <br />h.ov equality is definer[. If we examine tote,[ fun4ing from all sources, then we see <br />thstOvOt the three year period the per pupil funding for the orange County Schools <br />has varied from 921 to 94% of that for the Chapel Hill - Carrboro Schools as shOwr in <br />one table, and from 03% to 45% in the other, Thus wa see that for totaa funding, the <br />percentage gap between the Vsums is a few percent and the gap has narrowed <br />somewhat over the three year period. For 1991 -92 the difference is 5 to 6 %. <br />Of course the mostiMportant tiring is to strive for excellence in both school <br />systems, but since the question of equity is in our minds, I thought this information <br />Aniglit be of nsc- <br />cw(d <br />! ~ <br />