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55 <br /> Section H <br /> E. Student / Housing Generation Rate <br /> 1. Responsible Entity for Suggesting Change—The updating of this section will be <br /> conducted by Planning Directors, School Representatives, and Technical Advisory <br /> Committee (SAPFOTAC) and referred to the BOCC for certification. <br /> Projections will be distributed to SAPFO partners for review and comments to the <br /> BOCC prior to certification. <br /> 2. Definition — Student generation rate refers to the number of public school students <br /> per housing unit constructed in each school district, as defined in the Student <br /> Generation Rate Study completed by TisherBise on October 28, 2014. Housing units <br /> include single family detached, single family attached/duplex, multifamily, and <br /> manufactured homes. <br /> 3. Standard for: Standard for: <br /> Chapel Hill/Carrboro School District Orange County School District <br /> See Attachment II.E.1 See Attachment II.E.1 <br /> 4. Analysis of Existing Conditions: <br /> At the January 2014 SAPFOTAC meeting, members discussed the increased number <br /> of students generated in both school districts from new development,particularly <br /> multifamily housing. The SAPFOTAC recommended further evaluation of the <br /> adopted Student Generation Rates and the impacts the number of bedrooms a <br /> particular housing type may have on student generation rates. As a result, Orange <br /> County entered into a contract with TischlerBise to update the student generation rate <br /> analysis. The new student generation rates were approved on May 19, 2015 and are <br /> shown in Attachment II.E.1. New rates from the 2014 Student Generation Rates for <br /> Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District Report are based <br /> on an inventory of recently built units from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2013. <br /> It should be noted that students are generated from new housing as well as from <br /> existing housing where new families have moved in. The CAPS system estimates <br /> new development impacts and associated student generation, but it is important to <br /> understand that student increases are a composite of both of these factors. This effect <br /> can be dramatic and can vary greatly between areas and districts where either new <br /> 41 <br />