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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~--G <br />SUBJECT: Establishment of School Funding Parameters <br />DEPARTMENT: Commissioners/Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Task Force Report <br />(previously distributed) <br />4/7!00 Letter with CHCCS Comments <br />4/13/00 Memo with OCS Comments <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioners Carey & Jacobs, ext 2125 <br />John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968.4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide direction to the Manager regarding school funding parameters, <br />based upon discussion of the report from the School Funding Options Task Farce. <br />BACKGROUND: As one element of their adopted goals for FY 1999-2000, the County <br />Commissioners charged the Manager and staff to prepare a report outlining options for <br />establishing parameters for funding the public schools in fiscal year 2000-2001 and beyond. <br />Staff presented this report in August 1999, and the options therein outlined were discussed in <br />December 1999 in a joint meeting between the BOCC and the two school boards. School <br />board members suggested that a work group composed of school board members and <br />Commissioners be convened to review those options and to make recommendations to the <br />BOCC. <br />In January 2000, the Board appointed a short duration School Funding Options Task Force, <br />consisting of two members each of the Board of Commissioners, the Orange County Board of <br />Education, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. The County Manager, the two <br />Superintendents, and appropriate staff have provided support to the Task Force. The Task <br />Force met twice in February. A draft report from the Task Force was prepared and discussed at <br />the joint work session between the BOCC and the two school boards on March 27, 2000. At <br />that time, both school boards indicated the intention to discuss the report at their respective <br />next meetings. CHCCS reviewed the report at their April 6 meeting, and provided comments in <br />the attached April 7 letter. OCS discussed the report at their April 10 meeting and provided <br />comments in the attached April 13 memorandum. <br />The BOCC discussed this topic briefly at their April 24 budget work session, and indicated their <br />intent to make decisions at this May 3 regular meeting regarding direction to the Manager on <br />