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Show I L . . ' . News Ello Hox 6310 I Lincoln, Neb. 60506 ICiwnd School BisMcti Seekkm $2 J MilUmv Bdmf Weikesilm Ui'sidcnts of Grand County will have an opportunity next Wednesday, Juno 15, ut 7:1)0 p.m. to review a proposed budget for Grand County School District which totuls $2,770,651, including items for capitul outlay, as well as for maintenance and operation. The Budget Hearing will be held in tho District Offices on 4th East Street. , The tentative 1977-78 maintenance ' and operation budget of $2.29 million is $342 thousand of 17.6 per cent dent over the $1.95 million estimated to be spent during the current school year. It is 34 per cent over the $1.7 million actually spent, since the District limited expenditures expendi-tures this year to levels considerably below budget figures adopted a year ago. According to and analysis of the budget by the Utah Taxpayers Associ-tion, Associ-tion, 13 per cent of $74,164 of the two year spending increase has come from local sources. $370.3 thousand, or 63 per cent has come from higher state income and the balance from beginning cash balances. In order to balance the proposed budget which will be reviewed next Wednesday, $154 thousand in beginning cash balances will be used. District officials noted that while spending for maintenance and operation has increased some 34 per cent over the past two-year period, pupils in average daily attendance have gone up 5.5 per cent from 1,691 to 1,784, and enrollment is expected to climb even higher as the next school year begins. Although increases in overall budget projections are being sought in the new budget, only a minor increase in the total school mill levy is anticipated. It is expected that when the levy is set in August, an increase from 41.29 mills to 41.3'.) mills will be required to balance revenues against the budget plan if it is adopted following the hearing next Wednesday. During the current school year, a total of $156,513 was spent on capital outlay needs. That figure will bo jumped considerably in next year's budget, up to $249,449. Slight increases are also noted in the School Food Service budget, in Tort Liability and in the Recreation Fund-Grand County School District's: contribution to the City Recreation Program. In Maintenance and Operation, the largest single increase came in the instructional budget, where figures in the proposed budget take into consideration considera-tion the nearly 12 per cent increase in teacher salaries granted for the coming contract year. The 12 per cent figure includes a 7 per cent "across the board" jump, along with longevity increment increases and increases in medical insurance premiums for staff personnel. In his analysis of the proposed budget. Jack Olsen, executive director of the Utah Taxpayers Association says: "Grand has 9.5 classroom teachers for each non-classroom professional. The state average is 7.4; 6.2 in Wasatch; and 7.1 in South Sanpete (Districts of comparable size to Grand). This is good," Mr. Olsen stated. "We would not object to the adoption of this tentative budgetj The general public is invited to attend the hearing next Wednesday, where a detailed, step-by-step analysis of the spending guide will be presented. |