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Show : SCHOOLS WiLL i BENEFIT FROM : 1 CHANGE; i ' parage of Amendment in .November Will Mean Ad-j dilional Funds for Wash-j jP2ton County District : . v;s of Washington county i ' .. ;'.'.'..-",,ouId be materially bene-! 't-X'aA a part of the cost of 1 --jining this district would be "id'from local property owners i same time under the pro- 'rln of equalization worked ; : ."'jr direction of Dr. C. N. v .-;,, state 'superintendent, para for distributing a pro- .,.'(1 $5.00 equalization - fund ;'d pa? int0 this district a total ,745,245. At the same time, it -.rid be possible to finance an ed-'-iticnal program in this district 7 a higher plane than that now CrAti without adding to the i'7den on local property owners. Such a program is conditioned rrm the people passing the con-i con-i :;'i:ut:onal amendments at the Action next November. It will be recalled that four amendments are :t come before the people pertain-;, pertain-;, to tax revision. They contain he basis for a definite plan of dualizing the tax burden by bringing in new forms ol revenue ir.ich shall be used to lift part t! the taxes now imposed on tangible tan-gible forms of property such as real estate, improvements and live-v.'A. live-v.'A. This would be done by taxing tax-ing incomes and intangibles j'nich are almost entirely located in the larger financial centers such as Salt Lake City and Ogden. This program represents the work of several years study made of inequalities in educational advantages ad-vantages throughout the state under un-der the direction of Dr. Jensen. The program for a state equalizing lund first assumed definite proportions pro-portions as the result of a survey made in 1026 through the super -i.-fiiclcnts office. This survey ex-pt ex-pt fd glaring inequalities in educational edu-cational opportunities as between school districts and a state equal-nution equal-nution fund was suggested as the lo-'iral remedy. One of the amendments is descried de-scried to provide a special fund, amounting to $5 for each child of "'iiiwl age in the state. This fund to be distributed for equalizing 'lie cost of providing for a fair standard of an educational pro-';m pro-';m in those districts which find i'- extremely burdensome, if not entirely impossible, to finance a e!l rounded and adequate edu-"iional edu-"iional system at present. Bwd on the school population 01 IK8, such a fund would pro- about $725,000 for distribu-"! distribu-"! In the poorer school districts. T;if state school superintendent imposes in his plan to provide for almost uniform local tax rate Iwal school purposes, amount-1: amount-1: 'o six mills, a levy which "uld be less than the district ; lw Pays. Such a levy would be j'"dod as the minimum which ild be applied against prop-' prop-' within Uiis disrtict to fln-s fln-s school system. The re-'";l"-wr necessary to carry on an ,".?'lutc sch00' program up to the standards, would be provid-fi provid-fi c;it of the uniform $25 per i that is now paid from the e hTOl fund nnd proposcd "l-ration fund. ,f,!r as Washington district is --ned lie places this at $45 . -':ch would be paid out of , Itaition fund. Keeping ; '-M that the proposed con-. con-. lonji amendments call for money to be raised througli of property other than 1 .'no 'axed, this would make ; v.';'. ,0 bui,cl "P ,he local 1 V' ;;,!rt to a higher stand- ; ,7.j7 aotua.v cost less to the I 'rivrty owners. ! -ans cf the state suporin- ! caa,u,t. of course, be re- ; as fixed. They are condi- ; the people of the state I '( f7..C tlle tax amendments at : -j .""on 1,1 Xovembor. and if ! ' :;'e , tho recommendations ; -",7. :a;c sclitMl office will In- ; :.;t"f to the lcS;S:a:ure as the ; ..." d.stributins: the equal- ; " ' fut;r. |