| Show mi IS BACK OF MOVE v boxelder Box elder county editor asks some pertinent questions in regard c 1 to proposed legislation from the boxelder Box elder journal at the request of the utah education association it is stated senator clifford young of utah county aag introduced trod a bill m the senate to amend the law which provides that school boards of the state shall publish ton annual financial statement showing the amount of funds plaid out to whom paid for what purpose the proposed amendment woula strike the FOR WHAT PURPOSE and if passed would mean that the school boards of the state would be under no obligation to publish a detailed report of their expenditures keeping this in utah education association is backing movement to amend section 7 article 13 e the state constitution which would INCREASE the state tax for school purposes from 25 to the d sum of 70 for each person of school age in the state under this new plan 16 out of forty school dis would pay in 69 73 per cent the state school taxes and receive back per cent the loss to the 16 districts would be proximately lap box elder county is one of the sixteen districts grand county is another what is back of the movement does the utah education association propose to more than double the school of the state and then amend the law so the school boards do not have to give a DETAILED report of their expenditures the taxpayers would like to know it is understood the plan is to re pure each school district to levy six mills for the uniform county tend city school districts tax levy and that the state will levy for enough which added to the six mills will give each district 70 per child this will amount to approximately 14 nalls for state school purposes as with four end eight tenths mills for the last year in addition to the six mills sad the statewide levy each district is to be permitted to levy enough more to maintain its schools the net result would be that this liton would be so high that it would actually remove all limitation from the levying power of the school districts and under supreme court decision there is no one who has any control over the expenditures and levying power of the school districts as long ai they stay within the statutory limitations toe editor of the salt lake telegram saya the supporters of such discriminatory legislation argue that the counties should assist the poorer ones but the proposal means that cat least one county would receive three and one times as much as it pays another would receive twice what it contributes and several other districts would receive out of all proportion to what they do for themselves nine per cent or virtually aalf of all the money utah received m state taxes last year went for school purposes puro oses fletcher harper swift able educator lof the sity of Oali forma declared that utah is exerting herself out of all proportion to her ability in supporting education lie concluded after a survey that utah ranks third among the forty eight states in ability to support schools and ranks third m its efforts to support them of course vash should continue to be known for its remarkably good ed system but further inroads into the public funds is shown to be without excuse by theose facts A widely used slogan says what i utah makes makes utah just as surely the pio gresa of salt lake og den and other centers of utah acne fits every section of the state in turn the condition of outlying regions affects the cities the country is dependent on the city and vice versa discriminatory legislation would hurt rural utah every bit as as it hurt the industrial centers it is only old bogies fogies without the least idea of modern economics and the present social order who have not awakened to that truth if the utah education association is sincere in ita efforts to do something for the school districts without railroads and pubic utilities that pay large sums in taxes why not propose an that would pool the school funds of the state and from that fund apportion the school money on a per camter basis |
