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Show COSTS CLIMB IN UTAH SCHOOLS "Total operating costs of Utah schools increased from $106,-958,951 $106,-958,951 to $173,615,933. or 62 in the five years since 1965," the Utah Taxpayers Association said recently. "The costs do not include funds spent for capital outlay and debt service," the UTA Bulletin noted. Per capita costs in Beaver district were $702.59 compared with the state average of $604.08, said the Bulletin. UTA claims that the teacher-pupil teacher-pupil ratio is the most important import-ant item in determining school operating costs. When the ratio ra-tio drops just one point, it costs taxpayers an additional $3.7 million. According to the Association, As-sociation, in the past 10 years the ratio has dropped 10, from 27.2 to 24.5. This cut in the teacher-pupil ratio means that 1,170 more teachers tea-chers are now being used to teach a similar number of pupils. pu-pils. The teacherpupil ratio in Beaver County was 21.3 compared com-pared to the state average of 24.5. It was further noted that 1969-70 average salaries of classroom teachers in Utah were $7,644, or $849 per month for time actually worked. Beav" er County's average salary was $7,475. |