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24 <br />Human Services: Departments responsible far the provision of health, social, and <br />recreation-related services. <br />Education: Orange County supports two school units, the Orange County school <br />system and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system. This category includes <br />appropriations made to the designated school system for Recurring Capital items. <br />Recurring Capital .funds are used for general maintenance, purchase of new <br />equipment/furnishings and vehicle maintenance. <br />Non-Departmental: Contributions to agencies providing cultural and social services <br />outside the formal structure of county government. Other expenditures ~incl~de <br />equipment replacement and contingency funds. Although there ~ are no employees <br />generated by this category, it has been included as an operating expenditure. It will be <br />included in Section 4, "Total Annual County Expend,iture." These expenditures will be <br />calculated on a per capita basis as opposed to .a per employee basis. <br />Per Student Expenditures: Information regarding expenditures required to provide <br />educational services and revenues received are based on the approved school system <br />budgets far the fiscal year in which the project is considered for approval. All <br />information derived from the approved budgets remains constant throughout a fiscal <br />year (July-June) and is changed only with the approval of new budgets. <br />Expenditure information is compiled, on a per student basis far County Government <br />Current Expense, School District and State appropriations. County Government <br />Current Expense funds are used for general operation purposes including Instruction <br />and Support Services.. Federal revenues and expenditures and other local revenues <br />such as Fund Balance have not been included since they are not directly growth <br />related. Per student figures are, derived by dividing the total appropriation for <br />educational purposes from,a particular source by the estimated number of students to <br />be enrolled in the applicable school system far the year in which the project is <br />considered for approval. Student enrollments are obtained from the approved school <br />system budgets. <br />County Government: Expenditures in this category are based an appropriations to the <br />school systems by Orange County for Current Expense. The minimum level of per <br />student appropriation is determined by the State Board of Education. <br />School District; Expenditures in this category are unique to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />school system and are based on the level of expenditures passible through assessment <br />of a supplementary school tax. <br />State: Expenditures in this category 'are based on appropriations from the State Board <br />of Educatioh. <br />