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Show I LIST FUNDS FOR I STATE SGHOOLS Disbursements for Both City And County Larger Than Last Year School district disbursements dur-ing dur-ing the school year rndlns Juri 80, L9Z0, wore $8,46S.887.1C In the pre-ceding pre-ceding school year, they wore $t.1"".-416.97. $t.1"".-416.97. The increase In the year was, $1'.36S,271.7S. or almost 31' per cent. The figur. s were eathered from data being assembled by ft Norton, -istani stau- superintendent f public instruction, in preparation of the iicn-nial iicn-nial lvpori of the state department of public Instruction. Figures already received by the State auditor, with regard to taxes levied for school purposes, indicate Chat the total disbursements nf school dis-( tricts of Utah for the current year will run well over 810,000,000. The lnrgest Increase of all was !n Salt Lake school district, from $1 O'Ht to $2, l'.H, 000. "I r lo.xp l.i . ",i(0,iHMI. Here, however, the rate of increaeo was only a little more than 28 per cent or well below the average rate of in- crease in the state. 13ulldiiiR programs of the previous year, somewhat more elaborate than those of last school ear, account in most Instances for slight decreases in disbursements in Grand, Kane, Mor-Ban. Mor-Ban. and San Juan district Classified according to uses to winch tiie money Is put, the tabulations om-piled om-piled by Mr. Norton Bhou that.operet-inp that.operet-inp expenses in the elementar; sdhools for the year ending latst Juno were $3.S67.S-12.-i0. as compared with 83.-262.873.66. 83.-262.873.66. The operating expenses In the high schools of the state during same period wen- l i ' v and 1943,845.90, respectively. The largest Items in the operating expenses ow the schools are, of course, the sal-aries sal-aries of teachers, though books ami other supplies, heating and payment f janitors, are included, fl Disbursements In Weber count:" were Sl.-.;.r.2S.21 In 13 20 acainst $ 1 17,658.70' in 1919. ocden Cltal bursomenta were $535,583.3 . as against J353,-in J353,-in 1013. |