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1~ ~~~~ ,_3" ;~ _ ~ ~ Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Lincoln Center Merritt Mill ' ~~ ~'I Road ; ~ ~~ ~, I 0 ?..n~?t~ , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516-2881 ~ #~s' ~. s 1~ -. _. The Board of Education Telephone: 919/967-8211 Ext. 226 FAX: (919) 933-4560 Neil G. Pedersen Elizabeth Mason Carter, Chair Superintendent Board of Education Apri17, 2000 Mr. Moses Cazey, Chair Orange County Boazd of County Commissioners P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, North Cazolina 27278 Dear Moses: At its regularly scheduled meeting last evening, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of Education asked that the following feedback be shazed with the Board of County Commissioners regarding the School Funding Options Task Force Report. I have again attached a copy of the February 27, 2000 memo concerning school funding formulas. I believe that consensus was reached by the school board task force members from both districts on the following matters and that these points of consensus have not been adequately recognized publicly: 1. It is not possible to answer the question as to how much of the county budget should be earmarked for education. Factors that impact this issue such as the tax base, anticipated revenues, and the economic objectives for the county as well as an array of needs throughout the county are not known to school board members. 2. It would be more reasonable to sepazate capital funds from operating funds when determining funding allocations because the capital fund decisions are known and predictable. This would lead to a funding approach as proposed by our district in 1VIode16. 3. School Board task force members strongly supported aneeds-based approach to educational funding, as captured in our proposed Mode17. 4. The school boazd members of the task force voiced appreciation for the Board of County Commissioners' consistent struggle and efforts to meet the needs of education in Orange County and acknowledged that the Board of County Commissioners' sound reasoning and good judgment have served education well in the past and will continue to do so in the future. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Boazd of Education encourages a continuing open dialogue with the Board of County Commissioners regarding its budget issues as well as. other issues of common interest between the Board of Education and the County Commissioners. It is believed that discussions need to occur to determine an acceptable definition of "a mandate" and the approaches each boazd pursues to meet its mandates. In addition, discussions are needed regarding the struggles the Board of Education faces in meeting the demands of continual growth within its school system.