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Show JORDAN OUTLINES NEW BUDGET The tentative budget for the Jordan Jor-dan School District calls for an expenditure ex-penditure of $7,082,120 for the 1962-63 school year. 1 he budget has been filed with the clerk of Jordan District, as required re-quired by law, by Superintendent Reed H. Beckstead. It is available for public inspection at the school district offices, 9361 South State Street, Sandy. The budget has not yet been approved ap-proved by the Board of Education, Supt. Beckstead emphasized. The board was to have discussed the budget at its Thursday meeting (June 7). Although the budget represents an increase of $944,699 (about 15 per cent) over the 1961-62 budget of $6,137,521, very little, tax increase in-crease will be required to finance it, Mr. Beckstead said. The estimated local property tax levy for 1962-63 is 36 mills, up just nine-tenths of a mill from the current levy of 35.1. This boost is accounted for in the increase of a capital outlay levy from I.I mill to 2 mills to provide additional funds for building construction. The Jordan District will have an estimated enrollment next year of 13,479, an increase of more than 1,000 students, Mr. Beckstead said. A raise in the district's assessed evaluation from $136 million to $156.5 million make the increased budget possible with virtually no tax increase. Budget comparisons, with the new budget (1962-63) amount stated first and the old budget (1961 -62) amount in parenthesis, are: General control, $82,600 ($77,-900); ($77,-900); instruction, $3,652,230 ($3,-260,075); ($3,-260,075); coordinate activities (health services, cafeterias, etc.), $77,000 ($74,525); transportation, $170,000 ($159,800); operation of school plant, $438,000 ($370,-750); ($370,-750); maintenance of schools, $145,000 ($139,350); fixed charges charg-es (insurance, retirement, etc.), $320,000 ($291,875); capital outlay out-lay (from 2-mill tax), $314,370 ($148,026); debt service, $7,500 ($7,500); South Park Academy (the Utah State Prison high school classes), $16,200 ($16,200); bldg. reserve fund (from 1 2-mill capital outlay levy), $1,859,220 (1,591.-520). |