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Show eral grant distributions to Utah are that some of the allocation formulas recognize the large land area and the high proportion propor-tion of Federally-owned land, the relatively low financial resources, re-sources, and the large number of children to be educated in the state. Even so, when Federal aid for the public schools is compared com-pared on a per student basis, the amount to Utah is 12 below be-low the U. S. average. Revenue Sharing Is $112,035 In County all levy within the county. In the case of the Beaver County Government only, the 1972 Federal revenue sharing allocation was equal to $8.45 per capita, and the property tax equivalent was equal to 4.00 mills. Revenue sharing funds to Milford for 1972 were equal to $7.84 per capita; to Beaver, $16.-65; $16.-65; and Minersville, $7.62. It would have required an increase of 8.97 mills in the Milford municipal mu-nicipal levy; 18.77 in Bsaver; and 4.60 in Minersville to raise an equivalent amount of revenue. rev-enue. The Federal revenue sharing program was enacted last year by Congess, which appropriated more than $30 billion in Federal funds to state and local units across the nation over a 5-year period. One-third cf the funds allocated to each state is distributed distrib-uted to the state government with the remaining two-thirds going to local units. . Foundation analysts observe that there is apparently concern among state and-local officials across the. nation that the revenue rev-enue sharing program may not be continued. They point out that many state and local units have allocated their revenue sharing funds for capital outlay a.nd other nonrecurring expenditure expend-iture items. The Foundation points out that the general Federal revenue sharing program passed by Congress Con-gress last year was only part of a comprehensive administration proposal to overhaul the entire Federal grant structure. In addition ad-dition to general revenue sharing, shar-ing, the administration plan would have Congress consolidate many of the narrow-purpose -categorical Federal grant programs pro-grams into a limited number o f broad-purpost special revenue sharing programs. pro-grams. Thus far, however, Congress Con-gress has balked at adopting any of the special revenue sharing proposals. During recent years, increased criticism has been leveled at the growing complexity of the Federal grant systems. The Foundation notes that the latest tabulation lists 1,051 separate Federal grant programs in operation oper-ation across the nation. Ten years ago there were approximately approxi-mately 300 Federal grant programs. pro-grams. Cost cf Federal aid to state and local governments in the United States has risen from $3.1 billion in 1954-55 to an estimated es-timated $45 billion in the 1972-73 1972-73 fiscal year. More than $220 million in Federal Fed-eral grants were distributed to state and local units in Utah during the 1971-72 fiscal year. Utah received 0.61 of all Federal Fed-eral grant distributions made to all state and local units in the nation last year. On the other hand, the Foundation estimates that residents of Utah pay about 0.41 cf all Federal taxes. Although it may appear that Utah realizes a "profit" from tre present Federal grant system, sys-tem, the report stresses that these comparisons do not include the costs cf Federal and state overhead and supervision. Moreover, More-over, the present system also fails to consider whether cr not the grants are expended for the bast possible use within the state. Among tlie reasons for the apparent ap-parent larger-than-average Fed- Local units in Beaver County have received $112,035 in Federal Fed-eral revenue sharing funds since enactment of the program. Included In-cluded tn this total are allocations alloca-tions totaling $69,933 for the 1972 calendar year plus $42,102 for the first half of 1973. These facts were brought out by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in a comprehensive com-prehensive analysis of Federal revenue sharing and grant-in-aid programs. The Foundation report shows that the Beaver County Govern ment has received allocations totaling $53,536. Federal revenue sharing distributions to the city of Milford have amounted to $16,368; Beaver, $36,660; and Minersville, $5,471, for the eighteen-month period. Total Federal revenue sharing allocations to all local units in Beaver County for the 1972 calendar cal-endar year were equal to $18.40 per capita. If these funds were raised from a local tax, an increase in-crease of 8.71 mills. ($8.71 per $1,000 assessed valuation) would have been required in the over- |