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7 <br /> <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if the demographic breakdown of the charter students that 1 <br />attend charter schools in Orange County is known. 2 <br />Todd Wirt said the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) data indicates that the two 3 <br />largest charter schools in Orange County are 88% are white, and both are 5% free and reduced 4 <br />lunch. 5 <br />CHCCS said its data is similar. 6 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 7 <br /> 8 <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro Charter Students by Grade Level – table - page 16 9 <br /> 10 <br />Orange County Total Funded Students - table – page 17 11 <br />• School Facility Enrollment Decreased by 2.6% 12 <br />• Charter Students Increased by Nearly 25% and Comprise 9.6% of Total Funded 13 <br />Students 14 <br />• Overall 0.8% Decrease in Funded Students 15 <br />• Percentage of Total Enrollment Decreased by 0.63% 16 <br />• Lower Proportion of Funds Allocated by Average Daily Membership 17 <br />(ADM) 18 <br /> 19 <br />Orange County Funded Student History - table 20 <br /> 21 <br />Commissioner Rich asked Travis Myren if he could explain charter school funding. 22 <br />Travis Myren said as part of the ADM calculation, the charter student is funded as if 23 <br />he/she is in the school, and the funds follow the student to the charter school. He said if the 24 <br />student was not included in the funding formula, then the school districts would have to take 25 <br />that out of their current expense budget, and have a lower effective ADM for everybody else 26 <br />who is left in the school facilities. 27 <br />Commissioner Rich said there is confusion of how the money is funneled into the 28 <br />charter schools. She said Orange County is paying for the students, and the school districts 29 <br />are not being penalized for these students leaving. 30 <br />Travis Myren said yes, the per pupil is funded by the County, so that the school districts 31 <br />do not have to take it out of their current expense budget. 32 <br />Commissioner Rich asked if the County is paying double for the charter school students. 33 <br />Travis Myren said there is $4,165 given to the schools, which is then given to the charter 34 <br />school; $8,330 is not given to the schools. 35 <br />Commissioner Price clarified that the County reimburses the schools for the Charter 36 <br />students. 37 <br />Travis Myren said the County gives the schools $4,165 per student, and the school 38 <br />districts pay that to the charter schools. 39 <br />Commissioner Price asked if “hold harmless” could be defined. 40 <br />Travis Myren said if the County did not pay the $4,165 per student, then the school 41 <br />districts would have to take it out of their current expense budget, and, therefore, the money 42 <br />available for all other students in the district would be less. He said there is no state 43 <br />requirement that any County must provide school districts funds for charter students. He said 44 <br />in every other district around the state, the superintendent must take money from the current 45 <br />expense budget to pay for charter students. 46 <br />Todd Wirt said Orange County gave OCS $3991 per student this past year, which 47 <br />includes students in the seats at OCS, as well as those at charter schools. He said the $3991 48 <br />received per charter student is passed through OCS to the charter schools. He said all other 49 <br />counties do not receive the $3991 for charter school students from their local government, but 50