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26 <br /> 1 Commissioner Portie-Ascott asked if the same number of staff are needed even if there <br /> 2 are less students. <br /> 3 Travis Myren said that's a question for the districts. <br /> 4 Commissioner Bedford said that's what Dr. Trice is looking at. <br /> 5 Commissioner McKee said it was decreased in the past due to economic conditions. <br /> 6 Commissioner Bedford said a decreasing student population is new to commissioners, <br /> 7 and changing the funding method is a different idea to consider. <br /> 8 Chair Hamilton said in an environment of declining enrollment, does the county want to <br /> 9 change its funding practices. She said even with declining students, the schools may not have <br /> 10 declining expenses. She said they would want the schools to address how they've right sized <br /> 11 their staff to match enrollment, and to express the needs they still have after that process. <br /> 12 Vice-Chair Fowler agreed and wanted the schools to show their actual needs in their <br /> 13 continuation budget. She said it may not mean giving them an increase of 3% as shown on the <br /> 14 slide. <br /> 15 Kirk Vaughn said staff have had preliminary conversations with school staff. He said there <br /> 16 are fixed costs for operating a school. He said much of this will come down to communication <br /> 17 about the actual needs for the student, not for their expenditure base. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Slide #24 <br /> County Funding Practices <br /> In order to capture enrollment trends,the continuation budget could be calculated based on an increase to the per <br /> pupil amount instead of the prior year current expense <br /> Wlil6ndr-L-11� Por Pupil Approach <br /> Prior Year Current Expense $111,328,011 Prior Year Per Pupil $5,877 <br /> 3%Increase $114,667,851 3%Increase $6,053 <br /> Total Budgeted Students 78,42(] Total Budgeted Students 18,420 <br /> Total Per Pupil Amount $6,225 Total Current Expense $111,496,260 <br /> Changing the calculation does not have to change the amount that the county funds <br /> The model currently assumes that the budget will include a 5.92%m per-pupil cost increase for the school districts <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 24 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 20 <br /> 21 <br /> 22 <br />