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25 <br /> 1 Slide #22 <br /> Per Pupil Allocation Over Time <br /> County Per Pupil Funding Amount History <br /> PAW — — <br /> $51M . <br /> Ss8x7 S&226 <br /> $6, <br /> is <br /> $s,0a9 7s�5a,3ax— 54.a9e <br /> _ __ S3.BG8 53.991 Sa,16S <br /> $4,090 <br /> 52,957 $3,069 $3.206 53.096 53.102 $3,167 �.2 <br /> fis <br /> h <br /> Change in Per Pupil Allocation <br /> 5690.00 5539.46 — <br /> $500.00 5441.09 <br /> $400,00 .09 $a2am ---34°8-00.. <br /> 5300.00 - — <br /> $200.00 - <br /> -541200 $ <br /> - 13Y M $170.50 5174.00 <br /> $102,0 512a.w 612a.Q0 <br /> 5100.00 "M —■ ` `i4:75 <br /> S <br /> $C100.001 ti 1'c y'i 4s�yn �`�4 ti tiw M1� '' 'S <br /> $Izoa.oul �oa.uoy�ati: "P�� �]� 4�`� R� �� ��1 -F'� •F'� F'� "F�~ <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #23 <br /> County Funding Practices <br /> County funding practices have not changed amid declining enrollment <br /> Currently, continuation estimates are created by taking the amount of funding in the current year and increasing it <br /> by an Inflationary factor and accounting for state driven cost increases for personnel <br /> As current expense grows and enrollment declines,the per pupil amount increases at a faster rate than total current expenses <br /> ICounty-wide Budgeted %Change b Change Per- <br /> School Year lEnroltment Enrollment IPer-Pupil Funding �Change Per-Pupilipupil <br /> 2020-21 19,702 0% $ 4,367 $ 15 0.34% <br /> 2021-22 19,747 0% $ 4,367 5 - O.00% <br /> 2022-23 18,648 -6% $ 4,848 $ 441 10.10% <br /> 2023.24 18,515 -1% $ 5,346 $ 538 11.19% 5.22% <br /> 2024.25 18,209 -2°Jo <br /> $ 5,666 $ 320 5,99% average <br /> 2025-26 18,029 -1% $ 5,877 $ 211 3.72% <br /> 2026-27 Mod. 17,506 -3% $ 6,225 5 348 5.92% <br /> Budgeted enrollment has decreased by 2,196 students Countywide since school year 2020-21 <br /> Early projections from Carolina demography indicate that declining enrollment will continue over the next 10 years <br /> Since Covid,the per-pupil amount has increased an average of 5.22%annually <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 1VaRTH CAROLINA <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if the per pupil amount is going up because the county <br /> 7 has never cut expenses. <br /> 8 Travis Myren said the county has never decreased education funding. He said there are <br /> 9 years when they had flat funding. <br />