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8 <br /> <br />rather have to pay the charter schools out of current expense budget, thus reducing the 1 <br />remaining funds available for students in the seats of the traditional public schools. 2 <br />Chair Dorosin said all other counties do not give the monies for the students that go to 3 <br />charter schools. 4 <br />Chair Dorosin said holding the schools responsible for the charter school funds not only 5 <br />means less per pupil for the remaining students, but there is often less allocation for teachers, 6 <br />resulting in larger classes, and a reduction in quality curriculum. 7 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 8 <br /> 9 <br />Orange County Charter Students by grade level – table - page 19 10 <br /> 11 <br />Commissioner Rich asked if the charter school students are coming back to graduate 12 <br />from traditional public schools. 13 <br />Todd Wirt said no. He said the greatest return of charter school students does happen 14 <br />at the high school level, but the lower high school numbers in the graph reflect a phased in 15 <br />growth approach at Eno River Academy, where a grade has been added per year. He said 12th 16 <br />grade will be added by 2020. 17 <br />Commissioner Rich said the number of charter students at the high school level could 18 <br />change dramatically as the charter schools add those remaining upper grades. 19 <br />Todd Wirt said it is possible, but OCS hopes to avoid increasing numbers going to 20 <br />charter schools. 21 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 22 <br /> 23 <br />Recommended School Funding 24 <br />• Current Expense – page 152- ( page 20 – slide) 25 <br />• Recommended Current Expense- $84, 957, 670 26 <br />Current Expense Increase of $4,211,823 27 <br /> 28 <br />Per Pupil Allocation History-table- page 21 29 <br /> 30 <br />CHCCS Per Pupil Allocation History with District Tax – table - page 22 slide 31 <br /> 32 <br />Annual Changes in Per Pupil Allocation-graph 33 <br />• $102 average annual increase since FY1984-85 34 <br /> 35 <br />Per Pupil County Comparison 36 <br /> 37 <br />State and County School Funding 38 <br />Annual Changes in Per Pupil Equivalent – graph 39 <br /> 40 <br />State and County School Funding 41 <br />Annual % Changes in Per Pupil Equivalent – table – page 26 42 <br /> 43 <br />Recommended School Funding 44 <br />• Discussion Topic: Orange County Schools Reserve Policy – page 27 slide 45 <br />o Increase Allowable Unassigned Reserve Above 3% 46 <br />o Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Allowable Reserve – 5.5% 47 <br />o No Additional Funding Requested 48 <br /> 49