OCR Text |
Show Educational Bills Explained By Co. Supt. M. E. Moody Funds Must Be Provided By Legislature to Replace Money Lost By Homestead Exemption; Bills Listed By SCPT. MILTON E. MOODY (Editor's Note: Since education educa-tion plays such an important paTt in the life of Washington county, we asked Supt. Milton E. Moody to present some of the problems relative to education that are expected ex-pected to come before the Legislature. Legis-lature. In the following story he gives some light on the bills that are now pending and just what they will mean to this county.) A number of bills are being presented before the State Legislature Legis-lature at this session which miay influence the school program materially ma-terially because they will increase the available money for school purposes. Most of these bills are modifications and increases to the school equalization fund which this year will reach its maximum of $5.00 per child. Two bills both by Senator Ward C. Holbrook Hol-brook have to do with the High School fund. One of these, S. B. No. 73 increases the state high school appropriation by $700,000 anuually from the liquor control fund. The other, S. B. No. 42 makes possible a different apportionment appor-tionment of this high school fund to supplant losses incurred by reason of the application of the exemption of the homestead amendment passed by the people at the last election. S. B. No. 4 by Senator Herbert B. Maw and H. B. No. 2 2 by Representative Bem'iou outlines uio-. c.::;;.?nrlit"rp of 'money collected collect-ed from sales tax. It is our oi. .. ion that S. B. No. 4 will make more-sure the full quota of both the equalization and the district school fund. Perhaps the most favorable bill (Continued on page four) EDUCATION (Continued from first page) for Washington county, as far as the distribution of the equalization equal-ization fund, is H. B. 3 5 introduced intro-duced by Representative Leland W. Redd. This bill sets a standard stand-ard of ten mills as the uniform local levy and sets a standard of $70 per school child in average daily attendance. The bill will shut about fourteen richer districts dis-tricts from participation in this fund and will raise the standard very materially in districts like our own. Naturally this is being opposed by many populous school districts and by the U. E. A. and other organizations with a majority of their members coming from districts who would be' shut out of this fund. It is feared that this bill will not get a favorable hearing. Because of this opposition Glenn Snow, has Introduced S. B. No. 9 5 which sets the uniform local mill levy at 7 mills. This, Senator Sena-tor Snow thinks, will stand a good chance of passing. This bill will eliminate seven of the richer districts from participation in the equalization fund and will increase in-crease this fund to Washington County from $34,S42 to $50,986, or will increase this fund to 'Washington 'Wash-ington County $5. SI per school child. |