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Show Tentative School Budget: $65, 867. 000 By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON A basic maintenance and operations budget of $65,867,000 up seven percent from last year has been approved as part of the Davis School District's tentative budget. BUT A three mill increase whether in the mill levy or emergency funds has not yet been set by the board, although it gave Board Clerk Roger Glines the go-ahead to incorporate such projected revenues into the budget. Final action on the budget is set for June 16 while mill increase action must be taken in August. With the anticipated roll-backs in other taxes a three mill increase should have minimal impact, at $5 or $6 a vear to the owner of a $50,000 home. THE NEW budget would see an "unappropriated revenue" or surplus of $583,627, up sharply from the $307,000 surplus in the current budget although con- . siderably below what Mr. Glines said would be healthy. The capital outlay budget, for new construction, calls for the sale of $5.5 million in bonds, accounting for the remaining monies approved by the voters meaning a new bond election will be required. THE SCHOOL foods budget is complicated by federal support uncertainty, although the district will work for a program comparable to the past year, he said, with the tentative budget showing a one-fourth federal funding reduction without an increase in student stu-dent fees. A breakdown of fund sources indicates local revenue re-venue will increase 21.3 percent for the coming year, to $13.7 million, while state support will jump by nearly $4 million. But federal support, once at $4 million-plus during the 1979-80 year, will decrease another 53 percent, down to $1,639,000. AN EXPENDITURE analysis indicates 69.6 percent per-cent of the budget, or more than $45 million, will go for salaries along with 18.6 percent, or$12. 1 million, for employee benefits. Of the remaining 12 percent, utilities are pegged at $3.7 million, or 5.7 percent, up $350,000 from the 1980-81 year but down from the more than $4 million expended in 1979-80. Supplies, books and materials will take 4.6 percent, or just above $3 million, representing repre-senting the most spent in that area in the last three years. Only $1.8 million was spent in 1979-80 when the district trimmed $1 .6 million due to federal funding fund-ing cuts. A BREAKDOWN of personnel costs shows teachers receiving 7 1 .5 percent, at the same level as a year ago. Teacher aides have dropped from 3.1 percent per-cent in 1979-80 to 2.6 percent while counselors, social so-cial workers and psychologist have seen a jump from 2.3 percent two years ago to 3.7 percent. That is primarily due to federal regulations, Mr. Glines said. Curriculum supervisors will take 1 .9 percent of the pic vs. 2.2 in 1979-80, or the same as last year, and principals and maintenance and operation staffs will both stay steady, at 7.2 for principals and 7.7 for maintenance and operation. A CUT of 16 bus drivers will help in lowering that from 2.2 to 2.1 percent while administration will continue at six-tenths of a percent, down one-tenth from two years ago while business has jumped from one percent in 1979-80 to 1 .2 percent for the past two budgets. "It has been a very difficult year to budget for," Supt. Lawrence Welling said. "Even until the end of the year it will be difficult." HE CAUTIONED against using the emergency levy, that option open to the board when federal CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Tentative School Budget Stands At $65,867,000 CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE impact aid monies (874) in lieu of taxes not paid from Hill AFB and other federal facilites. "No one at this point knows the ultimate outcome of 874. Let's suppose sup-pose there was some good news from Washington and we got the same amount. If we have the mill in place, then we have to replace it if we get the same amount as this year." Speaking on those same lines was Board Member Sheryl Allen. "If we use a portion of that 874 money we don't have to refund unless we get the total amount. In my highest expectations I can only anticipate antici-pate a small portion (of the previous amount coming from Washington or $1.8 million." "I THINK we can instruct (Mr. Glines) to plan on three mills but I wouldn't feel good about doing it (implementing it) tonight," Board Member Bruce Parry said. The district is projected for 46,694 "weighed pupil units" for the coming year, up by 1 ,500. That equates only roughly to the number of students with extra units given to certain programs and handicapped students, for instance. The district receives $17 from the state for each WPU, with an average of $1,003 per student this year, up six percent from last year's $946. |