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Section II <br /> 41 <br /> <br /> <br />E. Student / Housing Generation Rate <br /> <br />1. Responsible Entity for Suggesting Change – The updating of this section will be <br />conducted by Planning Directors, School Representatives, and Technical Advisory <br />Committee (SAPFOTAC) and referred to the BOCC for certification. <br />Projections will be distributed to SAPFO partners for review and comments to the <br />BOCC prior to certification. <br />2. Definition – Student generation rate refers to the number of public school students <br />per housing unit constructed in each school district, as defined in the Student <br />Generation Rate Study completed by TisherBise on October 28, 2014. Housing units <br />include single family detached, single family attached/duplex, multifamily, and <br />manufactured homes. <br />3. Standard for: Standard for: <br />Chapel Hill/Carrboro School District Orange County School District <br />See Attachment II.E.1 See Attachment II.E.1 <br />4. Analysis of Existing Conditions: <br />At the January 2014 SAPFOTAC meeting, members discussed the increased number <br />of students generated in both school districts from new development, particularly <br />multifamily housing. The SAPFOTAC recommended further evaluation of the <br />adopted Student Generation Rates and the impacts the number of bedrooms a <br />particular housing type may have on student generation rates. As a result, Orange <br />County entered into a contract with TischlerBise to update the student generation rate <br />analysis. The new student generation rates were approved on May 19, 2015 and are <br />shown in Attachment II.E.1. New rates from the 2014 Student Generation Rates for <br />Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District Report are based <br />on an inventory of recently built units from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2013. <br /> <br />It should be noted that students are generated from new housing as well as from <br />existing housing where new families have moved in. The CAPS system estimates <br />new development impacts and associated student generation, but it is important to <br />understand that student increases are a composite of both of these factors. This effect <br />can be dramatic and can vary greatly between areas and districts where either new <br />57