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Show custodial services, cleaning supplies, supp-lies, utilities) - $37,090.00; Maintenance Main-tenance (repairs and upkeep of buildings, buses, employees) - $20, 000.00; Fixed Charges (insurance of buildings, buses, employees) -$4,000,00; Auxiliary Services, comprising com-prising lunch program costs of $45,263.25, health - $3,000.00, trans portation - $30,000.00; Capital Out lay - - purchase of new equipment new library books, improvement of MAKING A BUDGET The making of a school budget is of course governed by the district's dis-trict's ability to support different types of school programs, which may be broadened or narrowed to whatever extent the district's financial fin-ancial ability may be affected. As discussed in our previous article, state legislature of 1947 provided a minimum school program, which is interpreted by law as costing $3300.00 for each class-room unit of thirty elementary and twenty high school students. This minimum mini-mum program is financed by a state-wide taxing program - - or a unifrom school levy throughout U-tah. U-tah. The legislators, however, recognizing re-cognizing that this amount would not adequately finance a school program in many districts, provided pro-vided that an additional 30 of the cost of the minimum school program might be raised through a local tax levy. Since the funds from the state is determined by the number of students in average daily attendance, attend-ance, revenue can be considerably considerab-ly decreased by absences occurring occurr-ing in the schools. Thus, an effort is made to encourage maximum attendance as far as possible. Like wise, decreased class-room units also affect the local tax to whatever what-ever extent of the loss In attendance. attend-ance. MILLARD BUDGET The school budget for Millard School district,, 1949-50. is as 'follows: 'fol-lows: Costs of administration: $15,289. 76; Instructional Costs, including teachers' salaries, supplies, textbooks, text-books, etc., - $314,325.41; Operation Operat-ion of School Plants (salaries for sites, alterations and additions to buildings - $27,630.04; for new buil dings - $33,875.00; Debt Service -interest on short term loans -$1500.00. Total of budget - $531, 973.00; To finance this budget, the following revenue will be received: From the state for a minimum class-room program - $325,380.00; for transportation costs (state) -$24,000.00; attendance from summer sum-mer kindergarten (state) - $1650. from local taxes - - $101,750.00 for operational costs, and $33,875. for capital outlay (new buildings); lunch receipts - $44,603.60, and mis cellaneous - $714.86 |