Show j SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONSOLIDA CONSOLIDATION nON nONIS IS PASSED Measure for fOI Relief of B Bur Bu Burdened Counties Now Up to Governor Govern r Consolidation of or school dl districts into one county district Is IR the n new w system which Utah wiil adopt If Ir Governor Spry signs Igns house bill No b by the committee com corn on education n which pa passed ed the senate late hate yesterday afternoon The called co-called lIed consolidation con bill is lt one of ot tho the most important measures of tho the session and it is expected It will be approved cd by the governor without ques tion The mO movement nt to to consol consolidate S scho school i districts into on one count county district was start started d some tome time n ago IIO o. o The Tho h plan pl Is' Is gaining widespread favor throughout the country Dr E E. G. G Gowans Cowans state superintendent ent of ot public instruction Isone is isone isone one of or tho the most ardent advocates of or orthe th the tho plan as as a n. measure for efficient and economical school government o While attending the national convention conven tion of or school superintendents In Cincinnati Cin Cm- rec recently Dr Lr Cowans Gowans wired to President W. W Mont Ferry crr of the s senate sen nate n- n ate and Speaker I L. L R. R Anderson of oC the tho hOIl house e Informing them that P. P p P. P Claxton Claxton Clax- Clax ton United States Statts commissioner of ed education education od- od u uc and other prominent educators educators toi tors s in attendance at the convention spoke heart heartily II In favor of or tho the consolidation consolidation consoli consoli- dation plan Will Distribute Burden The Thc bill which has now been boen passed b by both houses houMe and which awaits the th approval of ot the governor provides for forthe the Iho division of oC tho the county into five districts dIe dis tho the districts district to be e designated b by Iho tho county count commissioners In December Decem Decem- ber 1916 at a general school election a n representative ie is to ho bo elected to the county school board from each of or these five Ive districts In each count county Thereat Thereat- tIlT cr tho school government la is to tobo o con con- ducted b by this county count I school chool board In Instead Instead In- In stead of or b by hoards boards in each district Inthe in inthe inthe the count county Duplication of ot costs of or school chool government are aro eliminated by the plan and arid tho the entire burden of the school operation and maintenance nce is placed upon the tho count county an rue a whole In Instead In In- stead of or upon smaller districts district Eliminates Deficits One of the things to be accomplished b by the consolidation plan it has been pointed out B several verol times during the 8 session Is IK tho Iho elimination of deficits In In school districts where tho population Is no fO small all jis as 18 o b bd hO unable to to properly maintaIn the tho schools Each succeeding legislature for several years past has has' been seen called upon to appropriate money for the payment of or teachers in districts hero here the tho funds were vere Insufficient Tho The resent legi legislature slature appropriated for Cor or that purpose Under tho the consolidated consolidated consoli consoli- dated IL plan PLU n whore where the entire county Is la paying for of or its schools no such ns will arise educators explain i iSalt Salt La Lake N t fJ t t J The cons consolidation lon Uda plan however however how- how ever o will l not Salt Lake where the he districts districts' arc alte already d divided dl In such sucha a n manner that consolidation would not not ho be advisable Tho The bill carries carrle a provision pro- pro vision lulon eliminate such etab- etab high s school districts as the Salt Jordan n and districts from the he provisions Of oCth the act Tho The vote ote for tor tho the thol l measure was 16 to toC toC toC C Indicating that thal the plan watt was goner goner- ally favored by members of or the senate satiate Senator Evans announced his intention to o mako a ft motion for reconsideration of or ortho ho tho bill Monda Monday Ho Ito explained that there hero were s several features with which ho 10 was not yet et tull fully satisfied and which he lie would ask to have hav corrected before the tho measure was finally sent Hent to the governor i t |