Show ti 1 t E A. A DRIVES TO GAIN APPROVAL C J FOR SCHOOL FUNDS AMENDMENTS 1 Ie Obscured by the parade of personalities seeking offices twoIe two r j constitutional amendments designed amendments designed to revolutionize methods education slumbered education slumbered almost free from election 4 financing conas con- con rV Friday as the November balloting was little more than la rf weeks ks- ks away way tit N 1 a created rated and blessed by the lasto last Jast t o y 5 stAture late e the amendments await the band hand of ot favor from voters voter 1 11 e election day to become part of ot t constitution at officials ot of i the Utah Education le ie r armed with literature th Tit b distributed wide state an annine and andi be b r i engagements nine ing In speaking peaking or fired tired U the e opening gun of ot their VI re ign to push the proposals up ladder of public approval 1 e to the amendments amendment j ton 4 Opposition 1 v U. U iP to have been marshaled j no not f ems organized organized action but many manye I re e 19 to are expressing deter- deter nation cation o to fU fight approval at the theOD theoa on OD Ie y IS amendments provide 1 the f to ji i following I y of or a new state 1 1 Creation ration Ii e Ll independent fund of and 11 Chool t to affect amounts amount to o be e efrom In iii n a waY from y from the three now in received be known as the thee 1 existence to fund r. r a of as annual revenue Use n Via 12 J Ids from all unclaimed proceeds Proc o and nd dividends of corporations corpora- corpora hares hi organized under Utah laws or from sale of timber Umber and proceeds from state and state mineral t mine wi i lands Income fromy from chool eh and the y and forfeitures ls aches escheat sq from permanent s school hool apt nta fund r the ot e rove revenues excepting epting Th resent resent are Invested and ands present tt rat at Jatter treat these invest- invest 1 interest from only nv ly s o is it used sed 8 as annual revenue I punts menu u 2 Removal oval of limitations on ont r r- r V Se 13 mount amount schools may receive t the throUgh r the new fund with the authorized to make maker stature e It that it appropriation ro to may mayk r any eft k t advisable deem m limita- limita 4 Retention e on of present II property tax q tangible 11 lions on levies v for state school purposes C 4 The third provision draws fire Km critics s of ot the amendments amendment andI andI and rom tone Q I likely be e the tinder for any I ped Pill ill controversy that may de- de de de- t elop Advocates of the amendments J i Advocates old this provision Is necessary as ast unties school funds fund from present t limitations They Theyo r o argue are It complies with the in- in inI I Po ot nt of the framers of the state 1 when they wrote The Theis Theil for the is il shall provide uniform uniform and system maintenance of public of hoo tJ At Sirs present school revenues ras are from local county tax taxies taxa a t net is on tangible property and from hi three state funds fund The latter Dds ads are divided and set by the as follows District I ool ol fund 25 per census school fa Hid lId state equalization fund 5 5 census child and high schooled school S ed d two tenths of a mill levy on ons t. t s Able gible property in the state or ori bout 2 per high school student V i constitutional limits on The he with the urn lun- tat tote fj funds coupled r it'd amount of tangible property in lo local al districts make It Impossible r Ifor many of the districts to achieve factory school standards standard i 1 tits of the education association 2 f Ue t Increased Increased state funds from fron sources other ther than tangible property property prop- prop erty is the only solution of our ourt j finance problem and to dothia do doi i t this thia we must amend the ion Milton bUlton B. B Taylor legislator Weber eber county educator and pres president ident i- i dent nt of ot the association J. J W. W Thorn Thorn- ton n sponsor of the amendments ine In e last state senate and principal the Farrer junior high school at Provo i x J. J research worker for the association and Dr JJR R. R Mahoney of the University of 1 U Utah ah second vice president of the 4 association have led Jed other tors In stumping and preparing literature literature literature lit lit- upholding adoption of the amendments amendment Mr Thornton speaking before members of ot the Women's Women Legislative Legisla Legisla- tive Council of Utah at the capitol Thursday pointed out that should a major oil or mineral development development develop develop- ment be made on state or school lands revenues derived In excess ol ot the amounts amount provided to go to schools under the present state funds would be lost to education In other words word if revenues from the new developments development were enough to provide 50 per child under the district school fund schools would only get 25 as set setup up at present presen although moneys from these sources Purees have been earmarked for educational educational use Opponents of the amendments f feel that arrival of such developments develop develop- ments ment will be time enough to open the gates to schools Many l opponents of the measures measures measures meas meas- ures are agreed that schools may be In need of more revenue but they are not ready to give the legislature wide Hide open power to appropriate unlimited amounts |