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8 <br /> 1 o FY2020-21 Students 20,383 <br /> 2 o FY2020-21 Current Expense $88,829,114 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Commissioner Dorosin said the requested continuation budget form CHCCS was an <br /> 5 additional $3.7 million, and he is unsure of OCS. <br /> 6 Travis Myren said the Superintendents can clarify this information, and compare <br /> 7 requested budgets to the Manager's recommended budget. <br /> 8 Commissioner Price referred to page 151, under other school related programs, and <br /> 9 asked if there will be social workers as well, or if this is covered by the schools separately. <br /> 10 Travis Myren said that is included in the local school district budgets, and he does not <br /> 11 know which proportion is County funded versus school funded. <br /> 12 Commissioner Price said Orange County takes care of the SROs and nurses, but social <br /> 13 workers are a different part of the budget. <br /> 14 Travis Myren said yes. <br /> 15 Commissioner Price said they have school equity training as zero, and there is an <br /> 16 indication of a footnote, but she does not see the footnote. <br /> 17 Bonnie Hammersley said that training was a one time cost requested by both school <br /> 18 districts last year, which is likely what the footnote should have said. <br /> 19 Superintendent Felder reminded the BOCC that education is the foundation of their <br /> 20 community. <br /> 21 Rhonda Rath, OCS Chief Financial Officer, made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 22 <br /> 23 2020/2021 Orange County Schools <br /> 24 Budget Request <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Orange County Schools FY2021 Budget Request <br /> 27 Updates since April 28, 2020 <br /> 28 ➢ We remain committed to our 3 FOCI: (1) Literacy (2) Culture/Climate and (3) <br /> 29 Stakeholder Engagement <br /> 30 ➢ Manager's Recommended Budget will not fund our Continuation budget request <br /> 31 particularly our known benefit increases (Slide 3) <br /> 32 ➢ The OCS Board of Education has reviewed the requested per pupil funding and stands <br /> 33 behind the requested $4,673 per pupil. <br /> 34 ➢ We will share the State and Federal emergency allocation planned spending. These <br /> 35 additional funds cover basic needs of remote learning (Slides 4-5) <br /> 36 ➢ Post COVID-19 information we feel underscores our per pupil request (Slides 6-8) <br /> 37 <br /> 38 2020/2021 Recommended County Appropriation Shortfall (chart) <br /> 39 <br /> 40 COVID-19 State and Federal Emergency Allocation <br /> 41 Orange County Schools LEA 680 <br /> 42 State — Governor Cooper's Emergency Funding $226,956 <br /> 43 Federal CARES Act $940,689 <br /> 44 Total One Time Emergency Funds $1,167,645 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 <br /> 47 • Funds restricted and expire <br /> 48 • State funds only expended for school nutrition, school and community based child care, <br /> 49 cleaning and sanitizing schools and buses, protective equipment and remote learning. <br />