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DECEMBER 19, 1994
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in an adjourned
session with the Iredell-Statesville School Board on Tuesday,
December 13, 1994, South Wing Conference Room, Iredell County
Government Center, 200 South Center Street, Statesville, NC. Those
present for the meeting were:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Stephen D. Johnson
C. Douglas Madison,Jr.
Alice M. Stewart
School Board members present:
Bill Long, Chairman
Jeff Tucker
Tip Nicholson
Jane Laney
Skip McCall
Absent: Steve Austin
Godfrey Williams
Staff present:
Joel Mashburn, County Manager
Alice Fortner, Clerk to the Board
Dr. Jesse Register, School Superintendent
Chairman Haire opened the meeting and welcomed the members of
the Iredell-Statesville School Board and Dr. Register to the
meeting.
Commissioner Boone discussed the political changes in Raleigh
and how it might affect the budgeting process for the schools. He
thought the NCAE had less control over this legislature than in
previous years. He thinks there is an opportunity to have better
schools at a lower cost if changes can be made in Raleigh and
Washington regarding education.
David Boone said he thought they should consider changes that
could be made at the state level regarding (1) Basic Education Plan
(BEP) (which is a very expensive program). The expansion of the
BEP last year prorated out to about $ .5 million for Iredell
County, he said. (2) The Smart Start Program cost the state about
$350,000,000. Iredell County's prorated share is about $4
million. Commissioner Boone said he thought it would be better if
these mandates were done away and take that money and give it to
the schools in the form of block grants and let the schools do what
they want to with it, whether it's Capital Needs or Current
Expense. He thinks if this could be done, it would be a win-win
situation for everybody. A lot of the elementary teachers think
the program is more of a hindrance anyway, because students are
pulled out of classes to have enhancement classes.
Bill Long said for everyone who says that, there is another
one that says the opposite. Mr. Long said Mr. Boone was commenting
about things that are out of the control of the school board. Mr.
Boone said he realized that; he was asking the school board's
opinion on whether they would join with the county commissioners in
asking the state in trying to do something about this.
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