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Show 1982 2, Sun Salma Home Education Gets Tentative Approval Tentative approval on education requirements for parents teaching students in their homes was given by Sevier School District. Because Utah law gives parents the their children at home, the board at its Aug. 26 meeting, agreed on requirements in order to insure children get a proper education with that option. option to teach The Because of the compulsory attendance law, parents must send a letter to the local superintendent or board of education stating they will teach the children at home in branches of learning prescribed by the state and for the duration of time they are taught in the public schools. Superintendent Richard Bell said the board should not require more of private instruction than that required by public education. Parents must also submit a written request on a yearly basis which includes where the students will be taught; names of students who will be involved; that parents will comply with attendance requirements (days per year and hours per day in session ; the time schedule should approximate as nearly as possible the time schedule in the public schools); that the parents will provide a basic school curriculum similar to that provided to public school students. mathematics, science, music, art, social studies and physical education. Middle school requirements include English, social studies, including Utah and U.S. history, mathematics, personal and public health and safety, science, physical education, industrial arts or homemaking, art, and music. school requirements include communications, three units, two of which must be in English language arts; social studies, two units, one of which must be American history and government; mathematics, one unit; unit. science, one unit; health, one-haHigh lf Bell said parents would not be required to provide elective courses for their students. But how do we know they are progressing? The only way they become part of our records is if they choose to take some of our elective classes, he said. The main problem the district will have with the program, said Bell, is at graduation time, since we are not required to graduate them. Private schools come under a different program, said Bell, in that teachers are required to be certified by the state. Research Foundation Explains Salina Property Tax Increase Total property taxes charged for city, county, school, and other purposes in Salina rose this year by 2.43 mills, or $2.43 for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. This was reported by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization, in their latest analysis of properly tax rates in major Utah cities. Salina s overall property tax rate in 1982 is 57.24 mills ($57.24 per Salina Taxpayers Paid 1,697,000 in Taxes Taxpayers in Salina paid $1,697,000 in federal income taxes for the 1980 tax year, and this sum averaged $2,182 for each return filed last year. These were some of the facts gleaned from a Utah Foundation analysis of a report recently released by the Utah State Tax Commission. to the study, Salina According taxpayers filed 778 federal tax returns for the 1980 tax year and reported gross income totaling $12,546,000. Thus, gross income per return averaged $16,126 for that year, and compares with a statewide average of $16,413 per return. Jeannine Baker, Joseph, and a home education advocate, in attendance at the meeting, said she wanted her children to have a religious education. She said with her masters degree she Parents must keep a rollbook of had in California, she needed no attendance, since the State Board of teacher certification there to teach in a Education requires 180 days be held For the state as a whole, Utahns private school. each year. Time requirements include paid $1,359,000,000 in federal and Carl Tuft, assistant superintendent, one-hastate income taxes on their 1980 day for kindergarten; four and one-hahours per day or 22.5 hours per said the home education item was a incomes. Approximately $1,091,000, week for grades one and two; five and new thing in the district, since the first 000 or 80 percent of this total one-hahours per day or 27.5 hours per request was from a parent in Redmond. represented federal tax payments, week for grades three through 12. One reason for the program, said with the remaining $268,000,000 or 20 percent representing income tax Parents must allow school officials to Buck Young, board president, was to the state government. because of of some the feeling religious payments visit the home school upon proper notice. They must also permit their discrimination in this state, but that is Federal and state income tax paystudents to be tested by designated false, he added. ments have multiplied 3.7 times school public personnel during the Bell added that if the board felt the between 1970 and 1980, according to same time students in public schools parents were not providing adequate the Foundation. Adjusted gross inare tested. This is to make sure education for the students, the on the other hand, rose only 3.2 students are progressing satisfactorily board would refer the matter to come, times during this same ten-yein the home education program. juvenile court. period. As a result, the percentage of Final for the will come for gross income going for federal and approval plan Requirements elementary state income taxes in Utah climbed schools include reading, language arts, at the districts next board meeting. from 13.7 percent in 1970 to 15.8 percent in 1980. during the 1980s, however, probably it was during the 1970s, because most Utah taxpayers already are in the highest tax bracket ($7,500 and over). will not be as great as Altogether, 522,528 Utahns filed federal income tax returns for the 1980 tax year. These filers reported total adjusted gross income of $8,577,114, 715, or an average of $16,413 per return. The Foundation notes, however, that this average includes a large number of students and other individuals working in part-tim- e and temporary jobs who filed a return in order to receive a tax refund. As a result, the average income for return may not be a true indicator of average family income in Utah. lf lf lf ar GOPCandidatesAgree (Continued from Page 1) Mandatory jail sentences were adincome tax, Mr. approved a flat-rat- e vocated by both candidates where the Beckham felt certain deductions for basic needs should be included. Mr. use of firearms are invovled in the Nielson said everyone should pay a fair committing of a crime. share for the operation of government. Mr. Nielson added that he would Mr. Nielson said he favors block include the use of any kind of a weapon grants to municipalities but feels local involved in a crime as part of requiring governments should decide how and for a mandatory jail term if the person what these grants should be used. accused is convicted. Mr. Beckham agreed on this and Both agreed that the emphasis has added that while he opposes local money going to Washington and then been on the criminal and not enough on filtered back, we should take advan- the rights of the victim. Both agreed tage of any of this money which is restitution to the victim is needed. available. The mandatory retirement issue Tougher laws concerning juveniles brought a general agreement from both was agreed to by both men. Nielson men, Mr. Beckham said he is opposed said the criminal has too long been to a mandatory retirement age, while favored in the judicial system, while Mr. Nielson added that it is a matter for Mr. Beckham stated that courts are far the individuals and the ability he has to too lenient for first offenders. Both favor a strong military budget work at any age. and support Pres. Reagans stand. Mr. Nielson added that he felt there could be less spending through more ef- ficiency and still have a strong defense program. Concerning Project BOLD, which would allow states to make land ex(Continued from Page 1) changes to provide for contiguous both were in favor. sections, Elton Margene Webster; 9th, H-Multiple use of federal and state Taylor; 9, M-Ray Gless; 9th, lands was also backed by both can- Curtis Marie Bone; Ricker; 10th, A-didates, and both agreed that certain 10th, G-Lynn POulson; 10th, M-areas should be reserved in their Jill Sorensen; 11th, A-Kevin present wilderness state and for future Eppich; 11th, H-Bruce Hoggard; generations to enjoy. Uth, M-Roger Nielsen; 11th, Welfare system reforms were adTeresa Robinson; 12th, A-Jerald vocated by both men, and both opposed Don Flora; 12th, DeMille; 12th, federal subsidies in favor of greater R-Glen Partridge; all new students, incentives by the private sector. Richard White. First Day Of School S-- Major factors accounting for this steady rise in the proportion of gross income going for income taxes have been inflation and the progressive nature of the federal and state income taxes. As incomes increase with inflation, individuals and families are pushed into higher income brackets and a larger proportion of such incomes is taken for taxes. Foundation analysts point out that Congress enacted tax legislation last year which attempts to counter this bracket creep by indexing the federal income tax for inflation beginning in 1985. The purpose of this indexing measure is to remove or lessen the inflation factor from the progressive federal income tax. Similar indexing legislation also has been enacted by about a fourth of the states that have state income taxes with progressive rates. Because of this federal indexing measure and other tax cuts enacted by Congress last year, the Foundation does not expect that the proportion of gross income going for federal income taxes will change appreciably in the years ahead. State income taxes in Utah, on the other hand, will continue to be affected by bracket creep resulting from inflation. The effect of this bracket creep on state taxes Approximately 451,379, or 86.4 percent of the returns filed for 1980, reported a gross income of $30,000 or less, while 71,189, or 13.6 percent, reported a gross income of more than $30,000. Nearly 53 percent of the total federal income tax paid by all Utahns, however, was borne by this relatively small group earning more than $30,000 per year. d Throughout the state, mill levies were raised in 14 counties, reduced in 10 counties, and remained unchanged in five counties. Of the 224 cities and towns located in these 29 Utah counties, 119 increased their levies, 34 reduced their levies, and 71 made no change. Of the 40 Utah school districts, 31 increased their levies, three lowered their levies, and six made no change. county-impose- $1,000 assessed valuation). This compares with a total levy of 54.81 mills last year. Following is a tabulation showing the trend in total tax rate for selected years since 19glL According to the Foundation study, approximately 70.9 percent of the total property tax charged in Salina this year will go for school purposes, 17.9 percent will go for municipal purposes, 7.9 percent for county purposes, and 3.3 percent for special district purposes. A comparison of 1981 and 1982 levies in Salina by purpose is as follows: Mill Levies Purpose Municipal Local Schools County Special Districts Total Despite the levy increases this year, average property tax rates in Utah generally have declined ove rthe past decade. For example, the average levy in the 70 cities surveyed by Utah Foundation declined from 88.14 mills in 1970 to 77.45 milles in 1975, to 72.18 mills in 1980, to 69.92 mills in 1981, before turning up to 73.55 mills in 1982. Foundation analysts point out, The report emphasizes that property taxes charged are the result of two' factors: (1 ) the valuation or assessment placed on the property for tax purposes, and (2) the combined mill levies imposed by the various local units that utilize the property tax. Except for Uintah County and a few selected adjustments made in other counties, no major valuation changes were made this year. Thus, for the most part, the levy boosts imposed in communities across the state reflect increased tax burdens for taxpayers. however, that in most instances the reduction in the average tax rate was more than offset by assessment increases resulting from the property revaluation program and the assessment adjustments ordered last year. These assessment increases were a partial recognition of the inflation that has occurred in real estate values during the period. Thus, while total property tax bills generally have risen, they are in most cases a smaller percentage of market value today than they were in 1970. An examination of the total tax rates imposed in 7 major Utah cities reveals that the overall rate rose in 66 cities, declined in only three cities, and remained unchanged in one city this year. The average total levy in these 70 cities increased by 3.63 milLs from 69.92 mills ($69.92 per $1,000 assessed valuation) in 1981 to 73.55 mills in 1982. At the other extreme, 211,896 individuals in Utah, or 40.5 percent of the total, reported a gross income of $10,000 or less. Only about 4 percent of the total federal income tax collected from Utahns came from this $10,000 and under group. 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