Show Most of School Taxes Outside of Park City Total revenue for operations and capital outlay in the Park City School D District 1st r 1 c t during 69 1968 amounted to according to a study Just completed completed completed com com- by Utah Foundation the private research organization Of the total revenue receipts in Park City District last year or came from state aid from local property taxes 28 from Federal aid and fro from m rentals fees fee s charges and miscellaneous local sources For the state as a whole the Foundation report indicates that support of public education during recent years has been shifting away from local school districts to Co the State and the Federal Governments In 1929 30 for example more than 65 of public school support in Utah came from local property taxes By 60 1959 the proportion of public school revenues derived from local property taxes had declined to 51 and last year the percentage was only 40 The report notes that Federal grants are beginning to play phy an increasingly important role Inthe in inthe inthe the finances of local school dis dis- dis- dis Federal aid to local schools in hi Utah has has' risen from 28 million in 60 1959 to million in 69 1968 a fold five-fold increase Most of this increase has resulted from new Federal programs established during the such as the elementary elementary elementary elemen elemen- tary and secondary education act and so some m e of the antipoverty antipoverty antipoverty anti- anti poverty programs created by bythe bythe the economic opportunity act Despite the increases in F Federal Federal Fed Fed- ed- ed eral school aid during recent years Foundation analysts point out that Utah derives a smaller proportion of total school revenue from Federal sources than most other states The latest National Education Association estimates show that Utah ranks among tb the 50 states in the percentage of total public puNic school revenue obtained from Federal funds |