Show Most School Units Able to Finance Own Building Needs Most Utah school districts will willbe willbe be be able abl to finance their school building needs through the 1964 65 school year from local lomi bonding powers and tax tex resources This was the major conclusion contained con coo in a study of the progress made by Utah in meeting Its school building needs just completed completed com corn by Utah Foundation the private profit non governmental research organization The study does mention however that SaYera several several sev SaY era eral of the fast growing districts such as Granite Murray Davis Alpine and Weber may encounter er some difficulties in keeping pace with their expanding enroll enroll- ments The Tho Utah Foundation report j I estimates that the total Utah school building needs backlog i plus estimated future needs to the 65 1964 school year will be approximately million based on existing costs If building cost trends should continue to rise at atthe atthe atthe the same rate as the experience of the past eight years the report points out that this total need figure could be as high as million In order to meet these total building needs by the 65 1964 school year Foundation analysts calculate that Utah would have to spend per year based on existing costs and million per year ye based on proJected projected projected pro pro- increased costs Actually Utah school districts spent nearly nearly near near- ly Iy 22 million for tor this purpose during the 1955 56 school year and a similar amount In 57 1956 Th The Foundation therefore concludes concludes concludes con con- that it seems likely that Utah can meet all of Its school building needs both past and future by spending the same amount for this purpose in the future as it has during the pas past pass year i Utah spent more for school buildings during the year five period 52 1951 through 56 1955 than was spent pent during the prevIous previous previous pre pre- 55 years a of the States State's history hist or ory according to the study DurIng During During Dur Dur- ing the year ten-year period 47 1946 through 1 53 1035 school chool districts in Utah spent a total of for school building construction construction tion remodeling ln and md purchase of sites Approximately three fourths or of this amount I was expended during the past five years past The Utah Foundation report points out that Utah spends a greater proportion of its personal persona person person- a al income for school capital outlay outlay outlay out out- lay and debt service than does any ther state in the nation If the other 47 states made the same relative effort as does Utah an additional in instate instate state stale and local funds would be available in the United States each year for tor this purpose By comparison the Federal-aid Federal school construction bill which was re recently recently re- re defeated in 10 Congress would have provided per year or only 1 I as much during each of the next five years |