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The exact pages of the 2018 SAPFOTAC report that the BOCC will be acknowledging and <br />certifying are listed below. The context (i.e.: definitions and standards) of the various SAPFO <br />elements precedes the data to be certified and is within the full Report. <br /> <br />Element <br />Page in <br />SAPFOTAC <br />Report <br />Certification to be made by BOCC <br />Building Capacity with Capital <br />Investment Plan (CIP) changes <br /> <br />(Change from previous year) <br />11 through 16 <br />Building capacity and current year <br />membership for OCS and CHCCS were <br />approved at the December 5, 2016 <br />meeting. <br />Student Membership Projection <br />Methodology <br /> <br />(No change from previous year) <br />20 Certification that the average of 5 models <br />will be used, as noted in #3 on page 20 <br />Student Membership Projections <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(Change from previous year) <br />36 and 37 <br />• Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br />High Schools Student Projections (row <br />that notes average only) (p. 36) <br />• Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br />Middle, and High Schools Student <br />Projections (row that notes average <br />only) (p. 37) <br />Student Membership Growth Rate <br /> <br /> <br />(Change from previous year) <br />38 <br />• Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br />High Schools <br />• Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br />Middle, and High Schools <br />Student/Housing Generation Rate <br /> <br /> <br />(No change from previous year) <br />41 <br />• Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br />High Schools <br />• Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, <br />Middle, and High Schools <br /> <br />Changes in Average Class Size <br />The State of North Carolina enacted legislation in 2017 resulting in a decrease in class size <br />averages from 1:21 to 1:20 for kindergarten to third grade for the 2017-2018 school year. As a <br />result, both school districts experienced a decrease in capacity at the elementary school level <br />this school year. <br /> <br />This legislation also proposed an additional decrease in class size averages from 1:20 to 1:17 <br />for kindergarten to third grade for the 2018-19 school year. Due to significant statewide <br />ramifications as a result of the reduced class size averages, the North Carolina General <br />Assembly unveiled House Bill 90 which allows for a phasing-in process to address the decrease <br />in class size averages over the next four years. Based on House Bill 90, average class sizes for <br />kindergarten to third grade will be phased-in as provided below: <br /> <br />2019 – 2020 1:19 <br />2020 – 2021 1:18 <br />2021 – 2022 1:17 <br /> <br />2