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ca «y PROPOSAL FOR INSURING THAT EVERY SCHOOL AGE CHILD IN ORANGE COUNTY HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO REACH HIS/HER FULL EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL I.. February 12, 2004 meeting: Consider and act on a decision of whether the school systems should be merged H. If the Board decides to merge the school systems, we should decide on February 12, 2004 to set the Effective Date of Merger for July 1, 2006 or July 1, 2008. III.. If the Board decides to merge the school systems, we should decide on February 12, 2004 to appoint a Citizens Merger Advisory Task Force to work for not more than twelve months (12) after appointment to develop and recommend a Proposed Merger Plan to the BOCC for approval, The BOCC approved plan would be submitted to the State Department of Education in not more than five months (5) after submission to the BOCC by the Citizens Task force. The board should also decide at this meeting to employ a consultant to work with county staff and the Task force to develop a plan that is consistent with state board of education policies. The task force members and the consultant will be appointed within 90 days of the February 12, 2004 meeting. IV. Decide at the February 12, 2004 meeting that one part of the Proposed Merger Plan will include a provision that no student in either system will be involuntarily transferred from the school he /she attends on the effective date of merger within the first three years after the effective date of merger except for those transfers necessary for occupancy of the new high school in southern Orange County and the new middle school in central Orange County. V. Decide at the February 12, 2004 meeting that the BOCC will begin with the 2004/05 Orange County budget to phase out the city school district tax over a three (3) year or five (5) year period (period to correspond with the date selected for the Effective Date of Merger) and increase the general property tax proportionately to fund schools. VI. Decide at the February 12, 2004 meeting to ask each school board whether, they would participate in the development of a proposed merger plan if asked to do so.