| Show what constitutional amendments I 1 and 2 mean to san juan at the general election on november 8 1938 two amendments to the constitution of the state of utah dealing with the financing of the district schools of the state will be voted on these amendments are vital in maintaining adequate educational facilities for the youth of the state the constitutional amendments provide first the uniform school fund a new state school fund is established second the revenue in the shenew new fund distributed to the school districts will help to 1 equalize educational opportunities tu tuni ties for all youth of the state 2 maintain school standards in utah more nearly on a par with progressive states 3 shift part of the burden of school support from tangible property to other sources of revenue and taxation the amendments transfer land grant revenue to the new fund and give the legislature power to enlarge the fund as the school needs arise in the future our present state school fund will remain the same in amount and manner of distribution 7 the local revenue will not be affected the amendments provide more state aid to the district schools no property taxes may be used for the new fund difficult school problem utah has a more difficult school problem than most other states because utah families are large with the exception of one other state utah has the highest per cent of its population enrolled in schools the youth in utah stay in school over a longer period than in any other state in the union per cent of population between ages 14 and 18 high school ages in school are lowest state 28 per ct U S avera average e 65 per ct utah highest 95 per ct to meet this heavy school burden utah has adopted many economies in school administration utah has only 40 school districts only two states have fewer colorado lids has 2057 districts michigan has districts utah has economized by placing a large number of children per teacher only three states have more utah cannot solve its school finance problems by further economies more revenue is needed san juans school situation while taxable property in san juan has declined school population has increased school attendance has increased in san juan from tsin 1928 29 to students in 1937 38 this is an increase of or 22 per cent the average daily attendance in 1928 29 was in 1937 38 in spite of the high local levy and a very high per cent of state aid san juan usually has much less than average school revenue per student thus in the school year 1935 36 the highest revenue per student in any school district of the state was continued on page four constitutional amendments continued from first page the average 79 while in san juan it was only 70 to summarize the situation 1 san juan is one of the very poorest districts in the stale stae 2 local tax revenue has declined greatly 3 the local tax rate is at the maximum 4 school population has increased 5 no more state funds can be secured under present arrangements 6 adoption of constitutions constitution amendments one and tw two 0 i is s QU essary to give the young peep people of san juan opportunities equal to others in the state |
