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Show PROPERTY TAX OFFERS CHIEF SCHOOL INCOME iKdilar'i Blt: Tbl la lt Ihlrlrrnlk la a trrirt t ehrt taswloi bw ( tab! (duration comtarn with that at tht atbrr II aalra. Thlt chart was arraarrd bf tbc I'tah Foundation from rr port! at tbc I'tab Saotrtn-Irndrot Saotrtn-Irndrot ( Pablit Imtracl'on. I tab Faandatlan rrporta will bo arm v wlthoal rharro to any tnleTtntrd rttyn of I'tah noon ronoeat directed to tht Itab rooodatlon. too Darllni Uldi., Salt laic 1.) Utah pul.lic schools received $43,174,293 in the 1951-52 school .car, compared to $32,437,00(3 in 1949-50 and $34,713,733 in 1930-51. Property taxes accounted for 63.1 per ceut of the total school revenue received during the 1951-52 school year. Of the $43,174,295 revenue received by the school district, property taxes amounted to $27,242,651. State aid to local school districts during the year was $16,700,000, or 38.7 per cent of total ",, ' -TS STATE FUNDS reveouo reeipU. Local school funds were $24,744,899, or 57.3 per cent of the totaL Federal aid was $1,700,000. Practically all of the state aid to local school districts is channeled through the Uniform School Fund under terms of the minimum school program. Chief sources of revenue distributed from the Uniform School Fund in 1951-52 school year were the state's school property tax ($5,200,000), individual income tat ($6,700,000), and the corporation franchise tax ($3,000,000). In addition to the above sources of revenue, the 1951 Special Session of the Utah Legislature appropriated $750,000 from sales tax revenue (Emegency Relief Fund) to the Uniform School Fund for each of the 1952 and 1953 fiscal years. The liquor tax produced $500,000 for the school lunch program. |