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12 <br />1 insurance rate. In total the estimated local cost for these potential state mandates is <br />2 $3,057,231. This represents the estimated amount of funding needed to maintain our current <br />3 educational services, programming, and staff. <br />4 <br />5 District schools and central offices submitted budget requests as part of our budget <br />6 development process. Over $3 million was requested by school improvement teams and district <br />7 administrators to support unfunded educational needs of our students. Over the next two <br />8 months, these requests will be prioritized and may be included in the Board's budget request to <br />9 the Board of Orange County Commissioners. <br />10 <br />11 Superintendent Pam Baldwin and Assistant Superintendent Todd LoFrese made the <br />12 following PowerPoint presentation: <br />13 <br />14 Preliminary 2018 -19 <br />15 Local Budget Review <br />16 Board of County Commissioners Meeting <br />17 February 20, 2018 <br />18 <br />19 2017 -18 District Highlights <br />20 • Restorative Practices & Discipline Data <br />21 • District -wide focus: Culture of Safety <br />22 • Co- located Mental Health <br />23 • CTE Fire and EMT programming <br />24 • Newcomer Graduates <br />25 <br />26 2017 -18 District Initiatives <br />27 • The Innovation Project <br />28 • Northside AVID program <br />29 • Phoenix Evening Program <br />30 • TRAC Grant <br />31 • LAUNCH <br />32 <br />33 Strategic Plan Development <br />34 • Student and Staff Forums <br />35 • Focus Groups <br />36 • Four Key Themes Emerge <br />37 o Whole Child <br />38 o Human Capital <br />39 o Organizational Structure <br />40 o Family and Community Engagement <br />41 <br />42 Commissioner Rich asked if an update about the bus driver situation could be provided. <br />43 Superintendent Baldwin said there are driver sicknesses as well as vacancies that are <br />44 creating some route issues, and CHCCS has advertised this need across the district. <br />45 Todd LoFrese resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br />46 <br />47 Preliminary 2018 -19 <br />48 Budget Drivers <br />49 • Legislative salary and benefit increases <br />