| Show S School hool Expenses lIv Averaged Per Purl Here in 1951 59 1958 9 Year I Park City School School Schoot District agent p nt I a total of for current ex expense 1 pence pense plus for capital out outs lay tar during the 69 school year according to a report Just released relea ed by Utah Foundation the I Tate rate governmental re research earch organisation or or- The Foundation shows that total school expenditures expenditure averaged per pupil In Park City District last tast year OI Ot this amount 3 2 per pupil was for current expense and 20 per pupil WM was for capital outlay In its general overall evaluation evalu atton of the education problem in Utah the Foundation report concludes that Utah Is characterized character character- zed by an extremely high education education edu cation load highest in the nation na na- nation tion Uon a low financial ability na-I na I Income per school child 36 percent percent percent per per- cent below low U S S. average and anda a superior eff effort rt to support edu edu- cation This ThU generalization holds holdst I true both bath for elen elementary ant ani secondary education as well as higher education In Utah ULah The report points out that despite des des- pite the great financial effort eUort made by the citizenry to support public education In Utah tho the amount available per student I h is somewhat below national and regional average because cause of the extremely large num number r of ot children children child chUd ren to be educated In Utah Current Current Current Cur Cur- rent expense per pupil this year yea r is estimated at for Utah for the United States and I 74 for the eight Mountain States Stales Foundation analysts observe however that Utah generally ha has been able to spend the available funds more effectively than most mos t tre other states because of ot Its mo more re efficient school organization set set up For example only 47 percent t of ot Utah schools are teacher one-teacher schools compared with In to Inthe Inthe the nation As a result the overall overall overall over over- all performance of Utah education education education edu edu- cation has been excellent and th the s state has acquired a national reputation for academic achievement achieve achieve- ment meat |
