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Chair urges fixed revenue-sharing percentage with county, citing 2006 MOU and falling ADM
Summary
Board Chair Robert Ealy pressed for a single fixed percentage for revenue sharing with Prince George County after staff said the division is receiving a smaller share under a 2006 MOU tied to average daily membership.
Board Chair Robert Ealy told fellow trustees that the school division’s share of county revenue is calculated under a memorandum of understanding that dates to 2006 and is tied to average daily membership.
"The MOU that the county is using is from 02/2006, which was 43% coming back to the division," Ealy said on the record, adding: "We're now at, like, 32, 30 3 percent coming back to the school division." He said the board has discussed revising the MOU before and that he will press county leaders at an upcoming chair–vice-chair meeting to agree on a single fixed percentage so the division does not continually lose revenue as enrollment changes.
Ealy said preliminary county discussions suggested county staff are willing to listen, but he did not promise immediate change in the current budget cycle. The board said it would discuss outcomes of the Feb. 20 chair–vice-chair meeting and inform the public of any changes in the revenue-sharing arrangement.
The discussion did not include a formal motion or vote; board members framed the item as preliminary direction for upcoming negotiations with county officials.
