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2 <br /> 1 2019 projections. The district has a current enrollment, as of March 2020, of 166 charter <br /> 2 students, which represents a decrease of 3 students from March 2019. Out of district students <br /> 3 are budgeted at 251, 1 more than budgeted in the current fiscal year. This brings the total <br /> 4 district enrollment to 12,227 for FY 2020-21. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Student Enrollment Projections for the Orange County Schools: <br /> 7 Based on DPI projections, the Orange County School district enrollment for fiscal year 2020-21 <br /> 8 totals 7,381, a decrease of 7 students from the March 2019 projections. The district continues <br /> 9 to experience a growing number of charter students, with a current enrollment, as of March <br /> 10 2020, of 885 students, which represents an increase of 42 students from March 2019. Out of <br /> 11 district students are budgeted at 110 students; 13 more than budgeted in the current fiscal year. <br /> 12 This brings the total district enrollment to 8,156 for FY 2020-21. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 The General Assembly requires school systems to pay a per pupil allotment to support charter <br /> 15 students within their district. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Current Expense <br /> 18 The recommended appropriations for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City and Orange County Schools <br /> 19 increases the current expense funding by $8,394 in FY 2020-21. This includes an increase in <br /> 20 per pupil funding from $4,352.25 to $4,358, a $5.75 increase for each of the 20,383 students in <br /> 21 the two school systems. Local Current Expense funding supplements State and Federal funds <br /> 22 received by each district for the day-to-day operation of schools. Examples of expenses paid <br /> 23 from these funds include salaries and benefits for locally paid teachers and utilities. North <br /> 24 Carolina statutes mandate boards of county commissioners to provide local current expense <br /> 25 monies to school districts. Counties having more than one school administrative unit, as is the <br /> 26 case in Orange County, are required to provide equal per pupil appropriations to each system. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Recurring Capital <br /> 29 Recurring capital for both School districts remains the same as the prior year appropriation of <br /> 30 $3 million dollars. The recommended budget for FY 2020-21 includes $1,799,700 for Chapel <br /> 31 Hill-Carrboro City Schools and $1,200,300 for Orange County Schools. For FY 2020-21, as was <br /> 32 the case in FY 2019-20, debt financing will be utilized, instead of pay-as-you-go funding for <br /> 33 Recurring capital. Recurring capital pays for facility improvements, equipment, furnishings, and <br /> 34 vehicle and bus purchases. State statutes mandate counties to fund recurring capital. However, <br /> 35 the amount of money counties allocate to this function is discretionary and varies from county to <br /> 36 county. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Long Range Capital <br /> 39 The County plans and programs long-range school capital funding through the County's Capital <br /> 40 Investment Plan (CIP). The recommended budget for FY 2020-21 includes $2,455,016 for <br /> 41 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and $1,637,359 for Orange County Schools, for a total of <br /> 42 $4,092,375, which represents an increase of$80,243 from FY 2019-20. A 2% annual growth <br /> 43 rate is included throughout the years of the CIP related to Long Range Capital. For FY 2020-21, <br /> 44 as was the case in FY 2019-20, debt financing will be utilized, instead of pay-as-you-go funds <br /> 45 for Long Range Capital projects. Similar to Local Current Expense funding, the amount of <br /> 46 money counties allocate to long-range capital expenditures is discretionary and varies from <br /> 47 county to county. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 School Debt Service <br />