Agenda 06-18-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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3 Health and Safety Service Contracts 1 The recommended budget includes $3,629,597 for the Health and Safety Service Contracts for 2 both school districts to cover the costs of School Resource Officers in every middle and high 3 school, and a School Health Nurse in every elementary, middle, and high school in both school 4 systems. 5 6 Deferred Maintenance Funds for School Capital Projects 7 The recommended budget includes $3,000,000 allocated by ADM towards deferred 8 maintenance needs as addressed in both school districts’ assessment of older facilities in the 9 following amounts: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools appropriation of $1,804,200, and Orange 10 County Schools appropriation of $1,195,800. 11 12 School Equity Training 13 The recommended budget also includes $260,000 towards Foundational Equity Training which 14 consists of the following: REI-Ground Water training will provide an historical context related to 15 racism and its fundamental impacts on organizations; and Beyond Diversity training which will 16 provide an in-depth analysis of systemic issues as they relate directly to schools and their 17 communities. It will allow participants to practice their learning in the context of their work in 18 schools. 19 20 School Districts Budget Requests 21 Both School Districts requested increases in per pupil funding for FY 2019-20. 22 23 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools requested an increase of $485.00. This requested increase 24 in the local per pupil allocation for current expenses would increase the per pupil allocation to 25 $4,650. This funding level would represent an increase of $5,530,872 in the current expense for 26 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. 27 28 Orange County Schools requested an increase of $273.00. This requested increase in the local 29 per pupil allocation for current expenses would increase the per pupil allocation to $4,438. This 30 funding level would represent an increase in the current expense for Orange County Schools of 31 $2,729,117. 32 33 County Support of Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community College 34 The recommended funding for the Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community 35 College, located at the Waterstone Development in Hillsborough, provides current expense 36 funding of $723,256, recurring capital of $75,000, and debt service payments of $242,108. In 37 addition, the recommended budget includes $200,000 for 200 scholarships (student tuition for 38 Orange County Residents), which will be paid from Article 46 Sales Tax proceeds instead of 39 through Current Expenses. 40 41 As with local school districts, counties in North Carolina are responsible for supplementing state 42 and federal appropriations to community colleges. For the most part, counties are responsible 43 for day-to-day operating costs such as utilities, security and custodial services. The Counties 44 are not responsible for funding of teaching staff. 45 46 Capital Investment Plan 47 The FY 2019-24 Manager Recommended Capital Investment Plan includes funding of 48 $8,689,391 in FY 2019-20, and a 5-Year total of $39,903,779, for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City 49 Schools; and funding of $25,823,215 in FY 2019-20, and a 5-Year total of $56,604,739 for 50