Show Contract Negotiations Complicated The 1973 legislature completely completely completely com com- changed the Utah School Finance formula and this drastic change has created many problems regarding school programs and has made the negotiating process much more complicated said Winston Gleave Cleave superintendent Be Because Because Because Be- Be cause of the new formulas and the uncertainty of the amounts of money provided for school district operation contract settlements have not been settled settled settled set set- In about half of the school districts In the State of Utah The South Sanpete Board of Education and the local Teachers' Teachers Association has been in the process of negotiating during the past two months and an agreement has not yet been reached Superintendent Gleave Cleave said The Board of Education has offered the teachers what amounts to a 9 increase and the local teachers have asked for 70 of the new funds provided provided provided pro pro- vided in the MO budget by the 1973 legislature Under the theold theold theold old Utah school finance formula 70 of ot the maintenance and operation budget has been an agreeable and workable distribution distribution distribution dis dis- of funds The South Sanpete Board of Education is working very closely with the State Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Education to verify what 70 0 of the new funds are but at the present time there is not enough experience or knowledge about how the new finance formula will affect the school districts of the state to completely tie down all the budget categories It Is anticipated anticipated anticipated anti anti- that will be settled in the South Sanpete School District without a serious confrontation Gleave Cleave added |