Show tOOL l COST CO ST L LESS ESS LESSI I UTAH I AH THAN BELIEVED Teacher Says d r Cent of Revenue Per er Goes for Education IOTES STATISTICS Lar Belief Belief That Per Per Cent So Used Is Error Declaration t show that the state of ofis I I ures res to cent of Its 42 per ends is only I Ioner for educational purposes oner Superintendent D. D presented d to of the the Box Elder county Jensen 5 at the Ule meeting mecUm of su- su c of schools In the city ia building yesterday oft aft e n. n T The figures are arc startling In Iii Ino Sty a cherished Batter they 1 I o Iw officials and citizens a at Utah ot of to the estimate of or I au W r the amount ex ex- educational purposes Is for ed double or more than i r cent I per shown by br the Box Elder was ent entitled e d paper r. r Jensens Jensen's Schools Cost of the Public Jn fC h. h He lie takes tho stand that trot the expenditures classed as O r 1 jonal expenditures by the state classified B properly not LoT I are superintend superintend- The Box Elder county count J 1 presented printed a table of figures to Wit I that only 51 2 per cent o of all aU 1913 1313 were expend expend- tues ei levied In were eI for tor school bool purposes Tho total rree ele e was while 9 9 L was expended for tor e uca purposes In 1913 and 1914 Not Education urt urt la In tAble Jensen points out that coOt it spent pent p at for tor juvenile court work wore 1 l HO 30 OOOO for tor agricultural develop develop- t ut t t w were re classed as educational ex ex- I 1 He declared that other I ri j J of QC a similar nature are class class- I r ti as educational expenditures After Uter presenting his figures Mr 11 f n lIe Tte state slate auditor estimates that liter 1 reI er cent o of the entire state tax name esue ue goes to education This k n mistaken to mean that tint cent of ot the entire state stalo revenue upended for tor education Tho The total w e revenue as nearly as I can de de- Inc from data at hand was in ln sears 1913 and 1914 42 per cent of which went education The accurate figures T that less ICES Ulan than hat half of the total If ty t and state revenue go to edu edu- For home homo consumption these J are e more wholesome and help help- than the SS 88 1 per cr cent story are tot cot It a pears appears that about six times Umes as asA asper A per r c capita per annum Is ex- ex d W for tor education In the group of I e schools the tile University of Utah Utah Agricultural I college the tue ch ch Agricultural college Indus- Indus school school for lor tho the deaf and andas Las as as Is expended for elementary IY high school education In cities counties If It the former schools Upwards Ilp of per capita annuM Is It reasonable to expect elementary and high schools of and counties to do efficient k at a per capita cost of about Is it not falso false economy to try to ce e the latter as many of or our cit elt demand td Id Equalize Costs U l mill mm levies in the various lies Ues bring vastly different per returns In Grand count county a 10 lery brings s 20 whilo the thes s e leT lery in ta GarfIeld would bring W 0 per capita of or school pop pop- tt oa In ln other n words Grand co coun- coun un can tho same per pcr capita rev rev- Pith h a 10 mill tax as Garfield tiUi lh a 66 7 mill tax If It it is duty daly f of or the state to provide a on school education Hon to all nIl Its ur og citizens why should the er of Garfield pay six and two two- tunes ines mes as much for the or 1118 child as locH docH the farmer Canner of or Grand There is a vel very simple way of or equalizing tho the cost of or education edu edu- cation Why should it not be bo adopted adopt adopt- ed in Utah The school year for the elementary elemen clemen tary schools varied from 26 weeks to 40 weeks in tho the year 1914 The average average aver aver- age salary of or male malo teachers In tho the former system was 62 62 per month or per year in iii the latter system tern tem tho the avera average o salar salary for male teachers was per month or 60 per year In the former system tom tem the avera average e salary for women teachers was 56 56 per month or per year ear and in the latter latterI I I system the average salary for women I teachers was per month and aud per year Total rato rate of taxation tax I alien allon In the counties in which the former system prevails was 47 8 mills rolUs in 1914 Ch Chances Should Be Equal In the counties in which the latter system form a part tho the total lev levy was mills in 1914 For elementary and high school purposes tho the mill mUl rates in tho the two systems were and 16 3 mills respectively In other words worda one ono system had a shorter school term underpaid teachers and higher taxes While money does not necessarily represent efficiency not all aU children have equal educational educational opportunities as far as It is possible with money to mako make them equal Many counties now are unable under the present law to levy adequate ade de quate taxes to run their schools more than six or seven se school months The now revenue ro law s' which goes Into effect next year will R aggravate the difficulty because it discriminates further against the elementary and high schools which are supported now by the 4 mill count county tax and tho the district taxes In three classes of counties the rate has been unduly reduced and and in transferring the i. i 4 mill county to a state tax a greater proportionate reduction was made macic than was done in other taxes What was tho the object of this discrimination a against the schools of or the masses What effect will it have on our schools next year ear So far as I have been able to determine in the time lime at my disposal it appears that less than half of the tho public revenue is expended ex cx- for education Does it accomplish ac nc- nc less than half haIr the public service ser dono clono the tho tate state of Utah 7 |