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Summary of Budget Requests <br />Local Fund Budget <br />For 1999 -00 <br />Growth <br />• Opening costs of Mary Scroggs Elementary School in August 1999 <br />(see Appendix C for the details of the budget request). <br />• Opening costs of East Chapel Hill High Additions in August 1999 (see <br />Appendix C for the details of the budget request). <br />• Increased maintenance costs due to the opening of Mary Scroggs <br />Elementary School and East Chapel Hill High Additions in August <br />1999 (see Appendix C for the details of the budget request). <br />• Local Teacher supplement funds for new state paid teacher positions. <br />• Non - personnel funds for growth in the number of students and. <br />teachers. These funds cover instructional supplies, co- curricular, staff <br />development, etc. allocated to schools on a per student or per teacher <br />State Mandates <br />• Legislature wage increase for Teachers and Principals (8 %) and staff <br />(3 %) for positions established in the local budget. <br />• Health insurance increase of an estimated 35% to $2,344 per full -time <br />employee. The employer -paid cost of health insurance has been the <br />same for seven years. <br />• Substitute teacher pay increase mandated by the state legislature. <br />* Special Education Needs: <br />-One System Level Class preschool autistic teacher <br />- One -half School Psychologist position <br />-Two high school Special Education Resource Teachers <br />- One -half Inclusion Assistant at Glenwood <br />2 -7 <br />BUDGET <br />REQUESTS <br />$918,428 <br />416,650 <br />170,100 <br />67,500 <br />45,900 <br />$1,618,578 <br />$1,210,000 <br />297,000 <br />44,000 <br />49,868 <br />24,934 <br />99,736 <br />11,286 <br />$1,736,824 <br />