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8 <br /> o Per Pupil Rounded up by $0.42 <br /> o FY2020-21 Rounded Per Pupil $4,358.00 <br /> o FY2020-21 Students 20,383 <br /> o FY2020-21 Current Expense $88,829,114 <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said the requested continuation budget form CHCCS was an <br /> additional $3.7 million, and he is unsure of OCS. <br /> Travis Myren said the Superintendents can clarify this information, and compare <br /> requested budgets to the Manager's recommended budget. <br /> Commissioner Price referred to page 151, under other school related programs, and <br /> asked if there will be social workers as well, or if this is covered by the schools separately. <br /> Travis Myren said that is included in the local school district budgets, and he does not <br /> know which proportion is County funded versus school funded. <br /> Commissioner Price said Orange County takes care of the SROs and nurses, but social <br /> workers are a different part of the budget. <br /> Travis Myren said yes. <br /> Commissioner Price said they have school equity training as zero, and there is an <br /> indication of a footnote, but she does not see the footnote. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said that training was a one time cost requested by both school <br /> districts last year, which is likely what the footnote should have said. <br /> Superintendent Felder reminded the BOCC that education is the foundation of their <br /> community. <br /> Rhonda Rath, OCS Chief Financial Officer, made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 2020/2021 Orange County Schools <br /> Budget Request <br /> Orange County Schools FY2021 Budget Request <br /> Updates since April 28, 2020 <br /> We remain committed to our 3 FOCI: (1) Literacy (2) Culture/Climate and (3) <br /> Stakeholder Engagement <br /> Manager's Recommended Budget will not fund our Continuation budget request <br /> particularly our known benefit increases (Slide 3) <br /> The OCS Board of Education has reviewed the requested per pupil funding and stands <br /> behind the requested $4,673 per pupil. <br /> D We will share the State and Federal emergency allocation planned spending. These <br /> additional funds cover basic needs of remote learning (Slides 4-5) <br /> Post COVID-19 information we feel underscores our per pupil request (Slides 6-8) <br /> 2020/2021 Recommended County Appropriation Shortfall (chart) <br /> COVID-19 State and Federal Emergency Allocation <br /> Orange County Schools LEA 680 <br /> State — Governor Cooper's Emergency Funding $226,956 <br /> Federal CARES Act $940,689 <br /> Total One Time Emergency Funds $1,167,645 <br /> • Funds restricted and expire <br />