Show Data Reveals Increase In School Costs A survey recently completed and submitted by the Utah Taxpayers Taxpayers Tax Tax- rax- rax payers Association reveals interesting statistics pertaining to the current question Has Utah short-changed short its schools This is is' what has happened since 1960 Pupils in average daily dally attendance increased from to or 30 The number of classroom teachers jumped from to or 46 The teacher pupil-teacher ratio dropped from to or 10 Total instructional costs skyrocketed from to 1012 million or Instructional costs per child in average daily attendance advanced from to or 51 57 2885 million has been spent for new and improved school facilities Total administrative costs increased from 17 to 33 million mU- mU lion or 94 Total operating costs jumped from 67 to million or Total operating costs per student in average daily attendance went from to or 68 Total spending including capital outlay and debt service climbed from to million or 99 Average monthly teacher salaries increased from to or 35 Taxpayer contributions for teacher retirement climbed from 15 to 45 million or In addition taxpayers taxpayers' contribute over 24 million to pay for teacher hospital and surgical insurance Total state contribution per distribution unit excluding voted leeway has shot up from to or 43 |