Show Federal Aid to Education Grand Grond County bounty Has It ltd Total federal funds fu Including commodities used by or In behalf behalf behalf be be- half of Utah's public elementary and Secondary ry schools amo amounted t to In the 61 1000 school y year This was tt reported In a study of the Federal l Goy Gov G Government v. v role In the public sch schools ls recently completed ted by Utah Foundation the private goV governmental l rese research According to the Foundation study Utah's 40 school districts reported the receipt of In federal funds fund last year Mr In addition Utah's schools received in federal school Chool lunch i funds Cund plus pIus In federal school hool lunch commodities 1 1 In federal mineral mineraI leasing lees leas ing receipts and In federal federal fed fed- eral oral funds used wed for state administrative admin admin- purposes Federal funds accounted for foress less ess than 3 of the regular revenue revenue revenue reve reve- nue receipts of public schools excluding school lunch etc In to Utah during the 19 61 1030 61 school Chool year as reported by the 40 Utah Uta school districts Grand School District reported the receipt o of In I federal funds Cund last las year which amounted accounted for 74 I of ot the total re revenue nue receipts o othe of the district Total revenue re re- I of Grand School District In 1960 dl amounted to The Foundation study cates sates that the battle over federal federal fed fed- eral aid to education has been beci raging for almost a n century Al An attempts to secure passage o of general or massive federal legislation leg leg- have failed railed While there have failed railed While there has been federal f activity In to the field of ot education direct responsibility responsibility for lor general public education education education edu edu- I cation has remained with state and local governments The report observes that supporters sup sut porters of federal aid to education education education tion base their case on the contention con con- that a education Is 15 a n national responsibility b the schools need more money c e there are Inequalities In opportunity opportunity opportunity throughout the nation d the federal government has superior taxing powers and e federal taxes are preferable to I state or local taxes Opponents of federal aid on I the other hand maintain that federal aid a would result n federal control of the schools land and eventual national thought I control b would encourage I wasteful and extravagant spending spendIng spending spend spend- ing since authorities In Washington WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington are not able to ascertain and satisfy school needs as ns well as local officials c would retard retard retard re re- re- re tard progress In eliminating in inefficiencies in- in efficiencies h in iq the public system d would lead lend to eventual centralization centralization centralization cen cen- of all activities In the federal government e Is not wanted by those responsible for administering t the h e schools schools schools- namely the states and the local boards of education and U f Is undesirable because the federal government is in no position lion to launch Into new spending programs programs programs pro pro- grams since Its fiscal condition Is more critical than that of most state and local units An anaf analysis ls of the the federal federa school aid bill pending Ing In Conf Congress Con gress passed the Senate but bu tabled in House Home Is contained Inthe inthe In Inthe the research report The study stud notes that although the federal federa ral school aid t proposal ropo al has a provision provi slon sion stating that there shall be beno beno beno no federal control over lion tion curriculum etc It contains a number of restrictions and requirements re reo- which would regu tegu late the expenditure of funds by state slate and local Units lInUs |