Citizen Advisory Committee For Appropriate Funding Of Public Education In Wake County

CAC Final Report

Note: updated funding formula information was incorporated September 22, 2003.

The executive summary and substantive attachments of the Citizen Advisory Committee For Appropriate Funding Of Public Education In Wake County's final report - including the committee's recommendations, 5-year cost estimates and funding formula - is available for download in Adobe Acrobat format. You will need the free Acrobat Reader software, version 4.0 or higher to view or print the report.

Download the CAC's Final Report: 612 KB Acrobat File

The full report, including supporting PowerPoint presentations and the executive summary of the MGT audit of the Wake County Public School System, is available for viewing in the Customer Service Center of the Central Administration Building at 3600 Wake Forest Road.

In order to instill public confidence and to identify possible savings or the need for increased revenue, the Wake County Board of Commissioners and the Wake County Board of Education jointly established a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) to review the operations budget of the Wake County Public School System. The underlying goal of the CAC will be to determine the appropriate level of funding to ensure progress toward having 95% of Wake County students achieve at or above grade level.

Both the Wake County Board of Education and the Wake County Board of Commissioners each selected 7 members of the committee. The co-chairs were jointly appointed by agreement of the chairs of the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education. A designee for each chair was also appointed as an ex-officio, non-voting member.

Members of the committee are:

• Cressie Thigpen, Co-chair;
• Jim Talton, Co-chair;
• Gary Ackley;
• Ken Black;
• Cathy Crossland;
• Dudley Flood;
• Ben Goldstein;
• Barbara Goodmon;
• John Haley;
• John Leaston;
• Jeff Leiter;
• Tom Owen;
• Dwight Pearson;
• Marjorie Salzman;
• Rod Webb;
• Billy Wilder.

County Commissioner Vernon Malone and Board of Education member Tom Oxholm serve as ex-officio members.