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Show 1 Legislature debates school funding By JAMES A. NELSON I Chronicle Staff The true role and function of smaller ichools in the state of Utah has not been (ealized. Our recommendations con-;erning con-;erning these smaller schools is not inything to cut from but it is a base to I wild upon," said Mr. Bruce Stucki, a nember of the State Board of Higher ' :ducation. Mr. Stucki was speaking at Wednesday afternoon's meeting of higher jducation subcommittee of the Joint Appropriations Committee. this afternoon meeting a final iresentation was made by President McDonald of the College of Eastern Utah CEU). Some of the lined items that CEU resented as rea'sonsfor their budget in- V rease included a need for a garbage truck. She trucks CEU now uses include a 1939 truck and the newest one a 1964 model. The discussion and plea that CEU made brought considerable debate from the other committee members. Sen. Merrill Jenkins, D-Weber, said, "We only give the small schools enough to keep their heads above water. From the University of Utah and other larger schools we hear how they need money to keep research grants and this and that. This rankles me." In reply, the State Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. C. Homer Durham, stated: "We would be unwise if we were to tell schools like the University to stop gaining strength. We should help these schools maintain their strength. Keep the bigger schools where they are and bring the little ones along." Mr. Myron Holbert, associate commissioner commis-sioner of higher education, added that the board's recommendations are at a minimum, mini-mum, and labeled them conservative. Dixie College had its budget proposal cut from Gov. Calvin L. Rampton's request of $55,279 down to $55,000. The higher education edu-cation subcommittee had recommended $65,000 for Dixie College. The vote was 16-15. 16-15. The higher education subcommittee recommended appropriation to the University Hospital to be $1.9 million. This amount is the latest of three different proposals recommended. The original amount was $1.2 million. In floor action of the 39th session of the Utah State Legislature, Senate Bill 1 passed the senate on third reading 23-0-5. This bill would reapportion the State Board of Education, increasing membership member-ship from nine to 11. This bill now goes to the house for final consideration. The house okayed a similar resolution that allows its own school board reapportionment reap-portionment measure. The house bill (HB14) provides for a 15-member state school board. Before the house can take action on the bill the senate must pass the enabling resolution to HB14. Non-budgetary items discussed by the legislature Wednesday included House En- abling Resolution 4 which would allow for an increase in the non-resident license fee for hunters.Trre current fee for non-resident hunters is $50. This is much less than neighboring states. Last year 5200 hunters from the California area had a 60 percent kill. Of these 45 percent were does. Debate on this resolution continued for about 15 minutes but failed in passage 38-26. |