Show SURVEY POINTS NEED fOR UTAH SCHOOL UNITY Research Group Recommends 1 Central Control 1 Pointing o out that further re reI restriction restriction re- re st on the cost of education education b tion n in Utah would endanger I Its ts is benefits and that the longtime long- long time time economic outlook does not nott t justify much governmental ex expansion expansion ex- ex control of all public education under a single state oard board is recommended in the r report of the Utah educational survey committee in the hands of Governor Henry H. H Blood Wednesday High tribute to Utah's educators and its school system is paid by bythe bythe bythe the committee established by the 1939 legislature to draft a program or or r consideration by the 1941 legis legis- Placing of all institutions of education under one governing governing gov gov- board is urged and a con- con amendment would woul 3 be to enable one agency to toke toke ke over all education and thus ake ke the position of state indent of public instruction out of it was vas pointed out in the thervey thervey E urvey which was made with the id d of outstanding national leadis leadis lead- lead is rs is in education uIn In view of the heavy burden place on state funds the ommittee opposes establishment JI it any more and suggests that the of criteria for the establishment of any additional ak unior colleges be one of the tasks the state board of higher I Sif ion l Instead the committee holds tat ai he e a state should appropriate 00 biennially for sending students r o of 01 junior colleges rather than It colleges in additional M egions egions to accommodate la Ja ve ye students n Lists of recommended changes school purposes and practices P I build up a suggestion that most everything must be wrong an ith the schools but such a sug- sug estion would be erroneous the report said 1 By and nd large Utah has superior hoots ils and for the group as a as l 1 v hole ole s the record of Utah's teach- teach s administrators and school o sard oard rd members is one of unselfish ervice and devotion to the welfare Is Ithe state and its children Teachers in Utah receive sala- sala Continued on Pale Page Three Column T Two wo Central School Control Urged After Survey Continued from Page One ries that are lower than those paid in many surrounding states Their teaching loads are high common impression to the contrary not not- withstanding They meet high professional professional pro pro- standards for tion on They carry a load of community com corn and church service that certainly is not common in other states tates and because they are teachers teach- teach ers rs they are subjected continuously continuous- continuous ly y to public scrutiny like no other group roup of is ever sub- sub suba More lore Right Than Wrong The committee found that there are re many more things right with the he schools of Utah than are wrong with them and not the least of the things that are right from the nursery ursery schools to the universities is s the general high quality and sound character of the school peole people peo- peo pie le themselves Simple truth and plain lain justice require these things be e said As to problems confronting maintenance of high educational standards the report points out The economic depression con- con And even though the total income of the state has advanced since ince 1933 the past decade has been een one of relatively narrow profits prof- prof profits its is and low incomes The last three years ears have seen industry make some lome profits but agriculture and mining Utah's Ufah's two chief industries industries indus- indus tries ries are still subject to considerable considerable consider- consider able ble fluctuations and economic dif- dif Peak eak to Be Reached Soon The peak of enrollment n senior and junior colleges and senior high schools may be reached in a few years ears as already is the case with elementary schools the report shows hows The committee found that Utah keeps a larger percentage of her population in school than does the nation as a whole and has a low unit cost of school operation Further restrictions on the cost of if education in Utah would clearly endanger reasonable and proper proper standards the report says adding the time long economic outlook does not justify much if any governmental expansion in Utah Placing of motor vehicle registration registration registration regis regis- receipts in the state general fund is recommended with gasoline gasoline gaso- gaso line ine tax receipts used to offset any losses to city street and county road funds Favors Legislative Review Re As a further means of stabilizing ing ng the states state's finance system the favors the establishment of legislative review of the budgets budgets ets of all state departments that are supported by earmarked funds and it t favors the establishment of ol legislative appropriations limited to the demonstrated needs of departments departments departments depart depart- ments the report continues In order to w increase the financial financial financial finan finan- cial ability of the state and its local divisions to accelerate empl employment employment em em- pl to increase the bases ol of public revenues and to encourage both large and small enterprises the he committee recommends that the fhe state adopt a is liberal policy of encouraging existing and potential potentia industry The The- committee also suggested changes to make more flexible the law fixing maximum school levies at the same time approving the principle of statutory limitations upon the powers of local governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental authorities to raise funds by taxation Consolidations s DI Discouraged coura ed Further consolidation of school districts Is discouraged The committee favors the principle prin prin-I prin ciple of teacher retirement bu but holds the law of 1937 places too great a a financial burden upon the state and re recommends that further further further fur fur- ther efforts be made to secure extension of the federal social se security security security se- se system to include teachers Considerable attention is given j tb t to o the youth problem a grave yiew view b eing being taken of the situation If the federal government nt s hould should withdraw its present assistance assistance assist assist- a ance nce to youth in Utah approximately approximately approximately persons 15 to 24 y years ears of age would be out of school a and nd out of work the report says The committee urges that social I industrial and educational programs programs pro pro- grams g rams on youth be tied together a as s never before Educational opportunity is often a meaningless phrase unless there theres I Ir is s opportunity to get ready for r real eal jobs and to create a place for o oneself in the world but the school schooly b by y itself cannot create jobs neither c can an the public school system be c converted into a series of trade s schools S Stresses tresses General Education By and large the employer still stUl wants general education to be th the b of the public school t tem em ern The committee makes a plea for y youth routh when it says Evidence from many sources s hows shows that Utah youths are a superior su- su p product physically educationally t and morally Business leaders leaders lead lead- e ers rs in the state and outside the s state tate should consider Utah's annual I crops of high school and college graduates not as an irritating oversupply oversupply over- over s supply of immature labor but as asa asa asa a very valuable economic asset The committee recommended an expansion of well-planned well vocational vocational voca- voca ional education in Utah limited i in n general to the needs of in industry industry industry in- in within the state and to the available funds Advocates Self-Reliance Self In discussing where Improvements improvements improvements improve improve- ments can be made in the states state's educational establishment the committee said the schools should Continue to drive toward common common cornmon com corn mon honesty self-reliance self and in industriousness industriousness industriousness in- in as basic products of education The committee was appointed last year by Governor Blood after the legislature appropriated for the research The committee comprises State Senator Stanley N. N Child of Salt Lake City chairman State Representative Representative Representative Maude B. B Jacob of Provo vice vic chairman George A. A Critchlow Critchlow Critchlow Critch- Critch low of Salt Lake City secretary George R. R Jill Jr E. E M. M Royle and Mrs James H. H Wolfe of Salt Lake City George D. D Preston Logan E. E G. G Bennett Ogden Mrs Frank B. B Muir Bountiful Heber Bennion L Jr Manila Paul H. H Hunt Keetley Keetley Keet- Keet ley Icy T. T Clark Callister Fillmore S. S M. M Jorgensen Salina Conrad I Manti Mantl and L. L L L. Taylor Moab |