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Show APPROVED BY BOARD OF EDUCATION j School District Budget Set at Two and Half Million Iron County Board at Its June neeting adopted a budget for the 963-64 year in the amount of 2,507,700, it was announced by ioward N. Dalley, clerk of the ward. The budget is down somewhat rom the 1962-63 budget of $3,-25,967.75, $3,-25,967.75, but up from the pre--iouii year of 1961-62, which was 11,956,354.25. The major fluctuation of the tudget is shown in the capital lutlay and debt service where instruction and purchases for he new high school have been hown. Capital outlay is down n the new budget by nearly 800,000, but most of the other terns have increased, including iver $100,000 anticpated In the ost of instruction alone. Other departments remain oi.iewhat stationary, it was in-Heated, in-Heated, with slight Increases vhere services, increased sal-tries sal-tries and other raising costs are hown in limited form. A breakdown of the budget in-ludes in-ludes $10,600 for administrative turposes with instruction set at 388000, an increase of over 1100,000 over the estimated 19-i2-63 school year of $883,689.00. Health service expenditures are et at $7300 and community ser-ice ser-ice at $2,000. Transportation, anther an-ther major expenditure, is set it $37,800 with operation of chool plants within the district stimated at $114,500, an increase iver the past school year, which vaa $95,600. Fixed charges have risen from 94,800 during the past school ear to $100,000 anticipated on he new budget which was ap-roved. ap-roved. Capital outlay and debt ser-Ice, ser-Ice, the -Major item in the bud-;et, bud-;et, accounts for over one-third f the entire anticipated expen-litures, expen-litures, which includes the con-lnued con-lnued construction costs of the new high school in Cedar City. Anticipated for the year are expenditures ex-penditures of $1,085,000, which Is down form the 1962-63 budget bud-get of $1,841,888.75, but above the actual expenditures in 1961-62 1961-62 of $784,215.62. The school lunch program is anticipated to cost $80,500. The school district will go into in-to the fiscal year with a balance on hand of $50,000. A total of (Continued on Page Three) School District Budget (Continued from Front Page) $306,800 is anticipated from the State Uniform School Fund on a classroom unit ration of 128, which in eight below the 1962-63 1962-63 school year. Local property tax is expected to bring into the district $969,400. An additional $2000 is expected from the vocational voca-tional education and veterans state and federal funds and state funds of $4,000 re expected from We driver training program, bringing, with an additional $10,-000 $10,-000 from other sources, the mantainance and operational fund to $1,342,200. Capital outlay and debt service fund Is set at $1,085,000, of which $580,000 Is available from funds already on hand. Tax revenue re-venue in the amount of $500,000 has been allocated to this fund along with an additional $5000 from other sources. In the school lunch fund $15,-000 $15,-000 Is expected from federal sources, an additional $11,000 from the state, with $54,00 expected ex-pected from revenue of the purchases pur-chases of the lunches. This, matched with an additional $500 from other sources, accounts for .the anticipated resources of $80,-500. |
