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Show 2h DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, November T5, 1972 Airport School Finance Equalization Top Priority" Award to immediate past president Harvey E. Smith of Pleasant Grove, a member of the Alpine Board of Education. Smith also is in his second term as president of the NSBAs Pacific Region, comprising all the Western states. He was cited for outstanding service to boys and girls. Nominated, without opposition, Dean W. Ilaslem, member of the Cache Board of Education, to become second vice president of the USBA. By LAVOR CHAFFIN Education Editor school fiEqualization nance is the priority problem in education at both the state national f " and of I'tah I levels., school board members were told Tuesday. Sen. Omar Bunnell, chairman of I'tah Legisla-- f tive Council the $A xa At the close of the convention today, Royce Chamberlain, member of the Iron County Board of Education, will become president of the USBA, Henry succeeding Malis, a member of the Weber Board of Education. Douglas B. Lawsori, Uintah Board of Mr. Fi- Smith nance Study Committee, said his group is attempting to devise a formula to equalize fiscal resources among the states 41) districts. Ur. William (1. Payne, vice of the National president School Boards Association (NSBA), said the drive in Washington also is to equalize school finance and ease property tax burdens. The finance issue was the lop item at Tuesdays opening sessions of the 50th annual convention of the Utah School Boards Association (USBA) in the Salt Palace Assembly Room. In other action the convert- tion : School Presented USBA the Distinguished "I . . a Jordan District. The figures were based on current school finance levels. Burrup explained that the study will propose putting the formula on a basis lather than on a distribution unit basis as at present. The new formula will substitute weighted average daily in place .attendance (WAD-'of the familiar DU. It will weight students according to the cost of their programs. Much work still is to be done, Burrup said, explaining that one difficulty is determining how much weight to give disadvantaged students. Education is at a critical point, Payne said in his banquet talk. per-pup- ) Mr. Chamberlain Mr. Ilaslem a statewide rup suggested study on district consolidation. Preliminary data released by the comuittee shows it would take about $13 million to equalize financial resources among Utah districts, bringing them all up to the level of lie identified two major challenges: The assertion by several studies that the schools have less effect than supposed on the success of individuals and the drive to equalize school finance. Some leaders now are asking, he said, if it is profitable to spend huge sums on education if the schools do not benefit students. court-inspire- d The drive to equalize finance will mean taking money from rich districts and giving it tu poorer districts he said. The three top school priorities in Washington, Payne said, are equalizing financial support, easing Hie property tax burden (by some national tax) and preserving local control. lie likened the prospect To ENDOVER of accomplishing all three to walking on water. Rowan Stutz, former Utah educator now with the Northwest Regional Education Laboratorys Small Schools Project in Portland, Ore., said the nostalgic picture of rural America as a veritable paradise is a myth. Rural areas, he said, have more than their share of poverty and other social ills. The Utah State Division of Aeronautics has approved a civilian license for Northern Nevada Aviation Wendover Air to operate Force Base. The base, to be operated under the direction of the state division through a joint Reopen agreement with the L.S. Air will be Force, officially opened in January upon the completion of a new base operations building. Brent Jones will serve as airport manager under the license. DOUBLE KNIT SLACKS 0 Waist Sizes: Inseams: to 40 inches 30-6- JJflGU' "AMERICA'S TASTIEST Dahle's G TALL and 232 So. Main 359-725- 1 Education, will become president-elect- . Sen. Bunnell and Dr. Percy Burrup, study director, reported on progress of the slate school finance study. Describing Utahs present finance program as one of the best in the nation, Bunnell said that nevertheless it has been patched up for 20 years and 4 needs overhauling. The state needs a better measure for equalizing funds and a method of allocating funds to special programs, such as special education and vocational education, which is related to need, he said. annua! Service Woman Injured In Car Rollover Conservation begins at home Heat yours with gas. To date, such categorical have been appropriations made on the basis cf whats available, not what is needed, he said. FAIRFIELD, Utah County Vonda Darlene Tolbot, 32, Brigham City, suffered a broken neck and other injuries Tuesday evening in a one-ca- r rollover five miles west of here, She was reported in satiscondition today at factory American Fork Hospital. Utah Highway Patrol troopers said Miss Tolbot overcorrected on She was a curve on alone in the car. Both Bunnell and Burrup suggested the state should further consolidate schools. .Most Energy in the world today comes from oil, coal and natural v gas. Conservation of these resources means using them efficiently. - Its apparent ir. this state that we dont need 40 school districts, Bunnell said. Bur- - . ' you heat your home with gas you not only enjoy clean, comfortable, circulating heat but you also help to make a wise use of this precious resource. For natural gas is the most efficient when it is converted into heat, When . . 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