Minutes 05-13-2021 Virtual Budget Work Session

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4 school, and a School Health Nurse in every elementary, middle, and high school in both school systems. This represents the same amount of funding as in FY 2020-21. County Support of Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community College Durham Technical Community College (DTCC)— Orange County Campus requested $868,967 for Operations (an increase of$145,711 from FY 2020-21), Capital Outlay funds of$75,000 (no change from FY 2020-21), and $250,000 related to financial aid ($200,000 to continue the funding of 200 scholarships for Orange County residents attending DTCC—this is funded through Article 46 One-Quarter Cent Sales Tax proceeds), and a new funding request of $50,000 for financial aid grants for Back to Work students when their courses are not covered by the State. The recommended funding for the Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community College, located at the Waterstone Development in Hillsborough, provides current expense funding of$777,092 (an increase of$53,836 from FY 2020-21), recurring capital of$75,000 (the same as in FY 2020-21), and debt service of $264,500. In addition, the recommended budget includes $200,000 for 200 scholarships (student tuition for Orange County Residents) and $50,000 for financial aid for Back to Work students when their courses are not covered by the State. Both of these will be paid from Article 46 Sales Tax proceeds instead of through Current Expenses. As with local school districts, counties in North Carolina are responsible for supplementing state and federal appropriations to community colleges. For the most part, counties are responsible for day-to-day operating costs such as utilities, security and custodial services. The Counties are not responsible for funding of teaching staff. Capital Investment Plan The FY 2021-22 Manager Recommended Capital Investment Plan includes funding of $8,318,267 in FY 2021-22, and a 5-Year total of$51,122,108, for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools; and funding of$19,186,597 in FY 2021-22, and a 5-Year total of$40,913,010 for Orange County Schools. Note: these amounts have been revised (represented by yellow highlighting on Attachment 1-F) from the Original Recommended Capital Investment Plan to reflect the revised ADM%, as included in the FY 2021-22 Manager Recommended Operating Budget. Supplemental Deferred Maintenance Program The FY 2020-21 CIP introduced a supplemental funding program for deferred maintenance and life and safety improvements in schools. The program would involve an expenditure of$30 million over a three year period to expedite each School District's backlog of deferred maintenance projects in anticipation of a potential general obligation bond referendum in future years. The total amount was divided between the Districts on the basis of average daily membership in FY 2020-21. As a result, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools was allocated 59.99% or $17,997,000 of the $30 million total while Orange County Schools was allocated 40.01% or $12,003,000 of the total amount. Given this allocation, each District was requested to provide a three year plan for these expenditures.