| Show DEFICIT OF FACES STATE SCHOOLS Shorter Terms May Ia Be lle N Necessary Necessary- Estimated Shortage of 2000 in Total Uintah-Total Total in State ma may Reach Rench The schools of the state are facing tao fac ing lag an actual deficit of which may reach a a. quarter of a mil mU- lion This is the declaration of ot C C. C H. H Skidmore chairman of a special committee appointed by the Utah Education association to solve the deficit problem In school funds This condition maye mays force torce all the schools of the state to shorten this thU years year's terms from one to two months month I The available funds for the school year rear September 1916 and ending June 1917 are short of the sum for the same period i for the previous year according to toa a statement based on figures at the state auditors auditor's office This does not take Into account any growth of the schools The committee of which Skidmore Is chairman has practically decided to ask an appropriation from the legislature legislature legislature legis legis- lature to cover this deficit the money to be apportioned to the directors by the board of education According to figures now available from ten districts and cities an estimated estimated esti esti- mated shortage of I Is shown On this basis the shortage throughout through through- out the state would reach well to toward toward toward to- to ward a half million dollars The estimated shortages of the ten districts districts districts dis dis- and cities follow tollow Boxelder Cache Juab Eureka City Murray City I North Sanpete Provo City k t Uintah Granite Part of the shortage in the cities Is due In part to the city levies But leaving these out of consideration and only th the districts on which to base an estimate the figures so 10 far tar available are far tar In excess of the estimate of ot Skidmore 0 o |
