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It is important to recognize the fact that there is a potential for charter students to return to the public school systems. The Consideration of Charter Students (page Task Force recommends that as School 33) and County. staffs annually update current and projected student membership, they also update the number of charter students that each system has. The current construction standards identify eight major elements of capital projects including site acquisition, site' Clarification of Project Components (page development, construction costs, fees, 34) technology, moveable equipment, start-up costs and contingency.. The Task Force provides definitions and examples of project components. Both districts identified items specific to meeting State or Local codes. These Allowances for Expenditures Related to particular items have potential to increase meeting State and/or Local Ordinances project costs significantly. The Task Force and Codes (page 35) recommends that, when necessary, the Board allow each system to include these items in the project budgets. Many counties throughout the State have recognized benefits and cost savings by using the same school design time after Use of Prototype Designs (page 36) time. The Task Force recommends that the Board continue to encourage both systems to pursue use of prototype designs as new projects are planned. Members of the Task Force agreed that both districts have adopted some internal measures to address this aspect of project planning. The committee recommends that the Commissioners continue to encourage both systems to pursue value engineering Value Engineering and Life Cycle Costing to the extent possible. The Task Force (page 36) also recommends that the Board consider making the High Performance Building Standards (a report compiled by the Triangle J COG and due out in the near future) an addendum to the County's adopted School Construction. Standards report. 11