Show legal formula followed in distribution of utah state school funds 1 this year s state school equalization ton fund amounting to was allocated tuesday toy by the state 1 office to the school districts entitled to receive such aid it was apportioned according to a legal formula which takes into consideration assessed valuation in the district the amount of student transportation need the number of 1 one and two room sc schools hooli the percentage of children in average daily lat attendance in the high schools and the amount of other state aid received by the district distribution of money from the equalization fund Is in effect the application of a share the wealth plan to the schools it takes from the haves and gives to the have nots bots tax money is collected over the state as a whole placed into one pot and then distributed on the basis of need this year the amount collected for the fund amounted to 4 per school child next year the legal maximum of 5 1 per child will be collected next year the school districts will have to comply with more rigid standards before they ran can get their share of the money J easton director of statistics and research for the state s school hool office found after applying the legal formula that two of the districts were not entitled to equalization money this year these districts are grand and morgan the principal reason for this is that the districts have a high assessed valuation per student which means a high per capita return from other tax sources the amounts received by the varl ous districts varied greatly washington district one of the poorest in the state received per school child while jordan received only 60 cents per child total amounts received by rl ts districts under the allocation were as follows alpine deaver beaver 9 box elder cache carbon daggett davis davi 5 47 duchesne emery garfielo Garfi eln granite 29 iron jordan arab kane 6 millard nebo north sanpete San pete 55 no north rth summit park city plute 3 rich 2248 54 san juan sevier south sanpete San pete south summit tintic gintic toodie tooele 6 05 uintah wasatch washington wayne weber salt lake city ogden provo logan and murray mr W A white of portland oregon is visiting at the home of mrs flaurie E white mr and mrs lavon rich and mr and mrs don obrien obren of salt lake city we were re visitors sunday at the home of mr and mrs james R rich mr james R rich was taken to the dee hospital monday where he will receive medical attention D M anderson of milton announce the marriage of hs his daughter marjorie to george midgley son of mr and mrs sam midgley of salt lake city miss anderson has been a resident of salt lake city the past two years being employed at the state capitol and also popular in the ladies democratic circles of the state their marriage was performed in salt lake city june bilth mrs harold francis of michigan Is visiting at the home of mr and mrs walter dale francis |