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Show School Operating Expense Increases Utah's public schools had total revenue for current operating expense ex-pense of $42,066,343 for the school year 1955-56, compared with $39,-863,694 $39,-863,694 for 1954-55. This fact was revealed in an analysis of school revenues released this week by Utah Foundation, the private nonprofit non-profit tax research organization. According to the Foundation report, re-port, local taxes provided 40.6 of school operating funds in 1955-56 1955-56 and 47.05 in 1954-55. The State portion was 49.5in 1955-56 1955-56 compared with 49.4 the previous pre-vious year. Federal funds made up 2.2 of the total operating funds for Utah schools in both years. Intcrdistrict tuition payments pay-ments and local fees and charges provided small amounts, accounting account-ing for 1.7 of total operating revenue in 955-56 compared with 1.3 in 1954-55. The Utah Foundation report shows that Wayne District received re-ceived 76.2 of its operating funds from state sources and Daggett District received 71.7 of its operating op-erating revenue from the state in 1955-56. If building revenues are added to operation funds, then 93 of all public school revenue in Daggett District came from state sources and only 5 from local taxes. An emergency school building fund grant of $237,313 was the factor accounting for Hiis latter ratio. Washington, Murray, and Garfield Districts also obtained obtain-ed more than 70 of their school operating revenue from state funds in 1955-56. Foundation analysts point out that Jordan and Iron Dislricts made a net contribution from local taxes to the State Uniform School fund. Iron District contributing S69.K30 and Jordan District $J ,-237,751. ,-237,751. These amounts arc in addition ad-dition to the state taxes paid by those districts. |