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Show Bateman Asks Support of ofSchool ofSchool School AmendmentsCalling Amendments AmendmentsCalling Calling Callmg on school board mem members members , bers to aid md m In an securing securmg approval approval'of approvalof 'of of ' of pro p proposed r o p 0 o s sed e d constItuhonal constitutional constitutionalamendments I , amcndments amendments 3 and 4 E Allen AlienBateman Bateman superintendent supermtendent of ofpubhc ofpublic pubhc public lI1 instruction < ; tructlOn declares that thatcurrcnt thatcurrent thatcurrent currcnt current inequalities mequalltles of wealth wealthin wealthm m in the various school dlstncts districts dlstnctsnow districtsnow districtsnow , now make it jmpoSs ampo5s ble for ev every ery cry child cl1l1d to enjoy the same ed educatlonal educational ucatlonal ucational advantages-a advantages a advantages - a condl condi condlhon condition condition hon tion " \ which hlch the amendments seek seekto seekto seekto to correct correctAid Aid of the school boards was wasurged wasurged urged at a meeting meetmg in the state statecapItol statecapitol statecapitol capItol building bulldmg last week The Thesupenntendent Thesuperintendent Thesuperintendent supenntendent superintendent and others fol followed folloived < ifollowed lowed loived the same theme in addressing ad addressmg addressing dressmg dressing members of the Utah UtahEducat UtahEducat UtahEducal Educat . on association assoclahon whi whl h met metm metin metin m in Salt Lake City the last of the theweek theweek theweek theweekMr week weekMr Mr Bateman Bateman Batemm ; also explained explainedthat explainedthat I that approval of the lmend amend amendments lmendIments ; amendments Iments ments ' would 'Would correct the pre present presentcomplicated presentcomplicated < ; ent entcomphcated comphcated complicated methods of dlStnb distrib distributing distnbuting lutmg dlStnblutmg uting state school aid md to schoolsand schools schoolsand schoolsand and to have the state underwrIte underwrItethe underwritethe underwritethe the cost of a minimum program programof of education to all al1 Utah chIld chIldren children children ren The m nimum mmum program al already already already ready has been defined defmed by law lawas lawas as involving mvolvmg expenditures of at atleast atleast least $3000 3000 $ per year per class classroom classroom classroom classroomThe room roomThe The wide divergence in m as assessed assessed assessed sessed wealth among the 40 40school 40school 40school school districts dlstncts of the state wascited was wascIted wascited cIted by J C Moffitt superm supenn supermten supenntendent supenn.endent supennendent ten tendent . dent of Provo city IClty schools schoolsThe schoolsThe schoolsThe The richest district dlstrJct has an as assessed assessed assessed sessed valuation of $113 113 $113000000 113000000 $113000000on 113000000on $ 000000 000000on on which to provide educatIon educational al opportunities opportumtles for less than than5200 5200 students while 20 of the the40 40 school districts said Moffitthave Moffitt Moffitthave Moffitthave have a combined combmed assessed valu valuahon valuation valuatlon ahon ation of only $109 109 $ 800 000 on onwhIch onwhich onjwhich whIch to plan for Ior education educahon of ofmore ofmore ofmore more than 32000 32 000 students studentsIt It was further stressed that thatadoption thatadoption thatadoption adoption of the amendments amendmentswould amendmentswould amendmentswould would permit the state to carry carryout carryout carryout out a constitutional mandate to toprovIde toprovide toprovide provIde a uniform s system ) stem ofpublic of ofpublic ofpublic public schools | schoolsI I |