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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 19, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-d <br /> SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) — Receipt and <br /> Transmittal of 2019 Annual Technical Advisory Committee Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. SAPFO Partners Transmittal Letter Ashley Moncado, Planner II, 919-245-2589 <br /> 2. Draft 2019 SAPFOTAC Annual Report and Craig Benedict, Director, 919-245-2575 <br /> Larger Scale Projection Worksheets <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the 2019 Annual Report of the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee <br /> (SAPFOTAC) and transmit it to the SAPFO partners for comments before certification in May. <br /> NOTE: The School Capacity Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Needs Analysis projects no new <br /> school capacity needs in the next 10 years for elementary, middle and high school levels for <br /> both Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). <br /> ADDITIONAL NOTE: In 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly unveiled House Bill 90 <br /> which allows for a phasing-in process to address the decrease in class size averages over the <br /> next three school years. Based on House Bill 90, average class sizes for kindergarten to third <br /> grade will be phased-in as provided below: <br /> 2019 — 2020 1:19 <br /> 2020 — 2021 1:18 <br /> 2021 — 2022 1:17 <br /> Reductions in class size averages are expected to create elementary school capacity <br /> issues for the 2021-2022 school year. In order to address these impacts in time, the Schools <br /> Joint Action Committee (SJAC) continues to meet order to review impacts to both school <br /> districts, discuss options, and determine how to implement the school capacity changes into the <br /> SAPFO annual report and 10-year student membership and building capacity projections <br /> sheets. <br /> ADDITIONAL NOTE: Charter and private schools are not included as part of the SAPFO Annual <br /> Report and, as a result, their membership and capacity numbers are not monitored or included <br /> in future projections. SAPFO projections are used for projecting only public school capacity <br /> needs. However, the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee does monitor charter and private <br /> schools and their effect on student enrollment in both school districts. Charter and private <br /> schools numbers are not collected for SAPFO purposes; however, impacts due to enrollment at <br /> these schools are accounted for in SAPFO process with the annual reporting of student <br /> membership and growth rates contained in the 10-year student projections. <br />