Agenda - 03-10-20; 8-l - Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) – Receipt and Transmittal of 2020 Annual Technical Advisory Committee Report

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 10, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 8-1 SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) — Receipt and Transmittal of 2020 Annual Technical Advisory Committee Report DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. SAPFO Partners Transmittal Letter Ashley Moncado, Planner 11, 919-245-2589 2. Draft 2020 SAPFOTAC Annual Report and Craig Benedict, Director, 919-245-2575 Larger Scale Projection Worksheets PURPOSE: To receive, in conjunction with the standard and customary annual process outlined in the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance, the 2020 Annual Report of the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) and transmit it to the SAPFO partners for comments before certification in May. NOTE: The School Capacity Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Needs Analysis projects no new school capacity needs in the next 10 years for elementary, middle and high school levels for both Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). ADDITIONAL NOTE: In 2018, the North Carolina General Assembly unveiled House Bill 90 which allows for a phasing-in process to address the decrease in class size averages over the next three school years. Based on House Bill 90, average class sizes for kindergarten to third grade will be phased-in as provided below: 2019 — 2020 1:19 2020 — 2021 1:18 2021 — 2022 1:17 Based on numbers contained in the 2019 SAPFOTAC Report, reductions in class size averages are expected to create elementary school capacity issues for the 2021-2022 school year. In order to address these impacts in time, the School Boards and Orange County Board of Commissioners continue to meet and review options to determine how to implement the school capacity changes into the SAPFO annual report and 10-year student membership and building capacity projections sheets. ADDITIONAL NOTE: Charter and private schools are not included as part of the SAPFO Annual Report and, as a result, their membership and capacity numbers are not formally monitored or included in future projections. SAPFO projections are used for projecting only public school capacity needs. However, the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee does monitor charter and private schools and their effect on student enrollment in both school districts. Charter and private schools numbers are not collected for SAPFO purposes; however, impacts due to enrollment at these schools are accounted for in SAPFO process with the annual reporting of student membership and growth rates contained in the 10-year student projections.