# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-10T17:34:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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With the school year underway, the Orange County Board of Commissioners recently held a joint meeting with the local school boards to hear updates from each district.

The September 25 meeting included presentations from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools boards, focusing on the state budget, updates to the active bond projects, and a future interlocal agreement. The three boards also discussed potential school-related issues to collaborate on in the future.

The state’s biennial budget has been delayed to at least November, and CHCCS Board Chair George Griffin explained how that funding uncertainty also means uncertainty for the local school districts. 

“At this critical moment in our history, it’s more important than ever that we stick together and that we support each other,” Griffin said. “We’re in a time today, literally, where the North Carolina General Assembly has not yet adopted a state budget. There’s nothing on the horizon, so every school district in North Carolina is having to piece together last year’s budget and just hold tight.”

“And this could go on for many more months,” he continued. “So it’s a critical time for us locally to support each other.”

CHCCS Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Scott said the district plans to adopt a continuation budget in lieu of the delayed NCGA budget, which includes a 3 percent salary reserve and creating a $1.75 million reserve by funding non-personal budgets at 75 percent. But he said the district’s focus is rebuilding its fund balance.

For Orange County Schools, the district passed a Mini Budget Bill in July to help mitigate the waiting period. The bill includes step increases for eligible employees and set employer paid retirement and health benefits, and Chief Financial Officer Rhonda Rath explained how OCS is working to plan for the unknown.

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