Show UTAH FOUNDATION REPORT Utah Spends Most Mast Per Capita Copito f For r Education in Entire Nation Utah ranks first among states in the proportion of personal in- in income income come spent for education Utah also devotes a higher percent percent- percentage age of combined state and local budgets to education than any other state THESE FACTS were reveal ed in a study of educational spending in Utah by Utah Foundation the private gov gov- gov governmental research organization organization The study says that during the fiscal year education tion spending in Utah was equal to nearl nearly 11 per cent of the total personal income in the state This compares with edu edu- educational expenditures equal to 62 per cent of personal in- in inCOme income COme for the States as asa asa a 74 per cent for the eleven western states and 90 per cent for the eight mountain states THE FOUNDATION report cities data compiled by the Governments Division of the US ruS Bureau of the Census which shows that total public education spending in Utah was equal to 2577 million duro dur- during ing fiscal year This in- in included included 1673 million for local schools elementary and secondary secondary dary million for high er education and 98 million for other education These fig fig- figures ures are arc for public institutions only and ami specifically exclude private schools and colleges APPROXIMATELY per percent percent cent of all Utah expenditures went for public education last year according to the foundation tion study For the nation as asa asa a whole public education made up about per cent of t te and local budget totals lui education constituted per percent percent cent of all state and local gov gov- gov spending in the eleven western states tates and per cent in the eight mountain states Foundation analysts attribute the high proportion of Utah spending for public education to the abnormally high education education- educational al load Utah ranks at or near the top among the fifty states in the percentage of school age population and in the proportion of such children who are act act- actually enrolled in the public schools In addition Utah is on one of the leading states in the pro pro- proportion proportion portion of its population enroll enroll- enrolled enrolled ed in the public colleges and universities of the state BECAUSE OF this extreme extreme- extremely ly lar e public education load the average a amount expended per student is below the nation nation- national al average despite that fact that utah makes a greater ef ef- ef effort fort to support education than does any other state |