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12 <br /> 1 Commissioner Dorosin said one of the metrics put out publically, as part of the budget, is <br /> 2 the per pupil number, and this slide shows that amount is actually more than the amount listed <br /> 3 in the budget. He said the actual per pupil amount should be noted, and should be included in <br /> 4 the budget analysis and reports. <br /> 5 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 6 <br /> 7 SLIDE #15 <br /> Recommended School Funding <br /> • Operating Budgel school Funding-page 184 <br /> FY2021-22 Operating Budget <br /> Current Expense. $89,353,187 eaareue oaih rh imnsk <br /> DeN Service M.738,246 "°A10�'�ofumo <br /> Heallh 8 Safety Contracts $3,629.597 a,a saw.au car Faum <br /> IXc�(6y Cmce!b!NGaeartl Hg52Mde <br /> TOTAL 3118,721,936 <br /> CurrentExoense $89.353.167 <br /> Total Projected Studerts 20.461 <br /> =Total Per Pupil Allocation $4,367 <br /> F%.a;raT <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Chair Price asked if it is known how excess funding is spent. She asked if some of the <br /> 11 money could have gone somewhere else like a project advance increase, as opposed to <br /> 12 something else. <br /> 13 Travis Myren said there are certain fixed costs that, regardless of actual students, will <br /> 14 still be incurred. <br /> 15 Chair Price asked if there is any accountability on the funds. <br /> 16 Travis Myren said there is accountability to the voters. <br /> 17 Chair Price asked if money is being used for new teachers, and there are 300 students <br /> 18 who do not come, she wonders where the money goes. She said she is not trying to penalize <br /> 19 the school systems, but wants to understand what happens with the money, and if there is any <br /> 20 discussion on its use even if it is just with the County's finance department. <br /> 21 Travis Myren said the County has never explored that. He said this is an average over <br /> 22 the entire year, so there will be some months when there are more or less students, which <br /> 23 accounts for some of the variability. <br /> 24 Chair Price said she was less worried about 30 versus 300 students. <br /> 25 Commissioner Hamilton said the school board is responsible to make sure educational <br /> 26 services are provided to students, and there are a lot of needs. She said there is room for a <br /> 27 broader discussion about money that does not get spent by the schools, like in the fund <br /> 28 balance. She said this is just part of making sure there are sufficient funds to provide education <br /> 29 to the students. She said it may be wise not to focus in on this aspect versus the large fund <br /> 30 balance, which does need to be talked about. She said the schools have to budget based on <br /> 31 DPI because that is how the system works. <br /> 32 Chair Price said she was fine with it, she was just wondering if the County got any report <br /> 33 back. <br /> 34 Commissioner Dorosin said he is not fine with it, and wants to look at it further. He said <br /> 35 this is a discussion about a couple million dollars over recent years. He said the BOCC has a <br /> 36 responsibility as the funding agency to know how the money is being spent and have some <br /> 37 accountability for it. He said he understands the budget is based on the projection of how many <br /> 38 students will be there, but he would like to have a check in periodically to find out what is being <br /> 39 spent. He said, otherwise, it is poor economic planning to overpay and for the money to go into <br /> 40 the fund balance, or get spent on something else. He said ordinarily budgets are made, then if <br />