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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Contracts Between CHCCS and OCS and Health Department for School <br />Nurses <br />DEPARTMENT: Health <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Contracts <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rosemary Summers, ext 2411 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the contracts between CHCCS and OCS and the Health Department <br />for School Nurse funding. <br />BACKGROUND: During the budget deliberations in FY 2001-2002, the Board of <br />Commissioners agreed to a four-year plan for achieving a goal of a full-time school nurse in <br />every public school in both Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) and Orange County <br />Schools (OCS). The funds appropriated for Fiscal Year 2001-2002 were to support two <br />additional full-time nurses in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and one additional full-time <br />nurse in Orange County Schools and their associated operating expenses. These funds were <br />authorized for a partial rather than a full year due to budgetary constraints. The budget <br />approved for the 2002-2003 year held the number of nurses in each system funded under this <br />agreement to the same level as FY 2001-2002. However, funding for the entire 10-month <br />school year was included for all three positions. For the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the <br />Commissioners have authorized Year 2 of the four-year plan that details two additional nurses <br />for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School system and one additional nurse for the Orange County <br />School system. The implementation of the Year 2 plan is scheduled for October 1, 2003. <br />With approval of the attached contracts, a total of four nurses for the CHCCS system and two <br />nurses for the OCS system will have been allocated under Years 1 and 2 of the plan. When <br />implemented, and pending BOCC approval, Year 3 of the plan will provide one additional nurse <br />to each system, and Year 4 will provide one additional nurse to the CHCCS system. <br />Implementation of the entire plan through Year 4 will result in a total of six nurses being <br />supported in the CHCCS system and three nurses in the OCS system. It should be noted that <br />the school location assignments of these nurses within each system varies due to individual <br />school and overall system needs and are modified by school officials when necessary. <br />