Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-10-20 | Page 12 | System of Distributing State School Funds Declared Weak

System m of Distributing State a I 0 School Funds f The system of distribution of i E state tc funds for lor schools is weak T declared Dr Dl Jessie B. B Sears Sear p p. p I y fessor es r ot education at the Leland 7 Stanford rd at Palo Alto rT Cal GaI who here Thursday to the Utah Education asso- asso convention T Tho The question o of where we arc Ji going coing to get the money to finance 3 growing educational In- In is one of ot tho the biggest 4 e us toda today stated Dr Sears State funds gathered in int f t I tire being und u-d to equalize the burden burden bur- bur den clen b but lt a more efficient system i can can ean b be emi Y 1 Hit notion of et orInc ncy methods meth- meth 1 V. of utilizing school funds is an V question to be te threshed 4 y j to out t. t The budget idea Is is' is being adA advanced ad- ad A very rapidly in schools and i 1 think the they are making good head head- I way yay ray In more efficient methods hut but there is considerable room for lor improvement improvement im im- provement he said Such a largo percentage large percentage of ot public public pub pub- lic money is used to support the schools that the in general I should be more in its expenditure the tho visitor said Dr Sears asserted that the want schools and are willing to l pay ay for lor them but ho he believes they should get a more effective method in payin paying pay- pay in ins ing for them Dr Sears ears siad that ed ed- edIon Ion has made as much progress as engineering engineering engineering engi engi- medicine or 01 law It is becoming more expensive just as everything else is He Tie said that the school population Is growing Ial rapidly idly and will continue to do so so due to the belief beliet in education which means that the budget for forI I schools should grow It also means trot that the budget must be larger I each year ear because of tho the kind of ot education that is being provided