Show I o l Moss s Seeks School Funds I senator Frank E. E Moss DUtah DUtah D D- Utah today joined as a cosponsor cosponsor cosponsor co- co sponsor of a Senate Joint Resolution Resolution Res Res- which authorizes payment payment payment pay pay- ment to local school districts in the full amount authorized for fiscal year 1970 under school assistance in federally impacted areas SENATOR MOSS said full entitlement payments would mean for Utah school districts instead of the current requested by the Nixon Administration Under the law Congress I has authorized payments to local school districts at a rate I of the fiscal 1969 rate or the Presidents President's budget request for I fiscal 1970 which ever is the lesser Senator Moss said BECAUSE President Nixon has requested only million million million mil mil- lion for this program nationally the various state shares have been drastically reduced The House has already raised this amount to million and several of us in the Senate will seek similar action However the Department of Health Education Education Education Ed Ed- and Welfare is still bound by the amount in the Presidents President's request School districts have been counting on full entitlement of these funds for the operating budgets for this year but HEW has not been able to make allocations THERE SOLUTION provides provides pro pro- vides HEW with immediate authority to make allocations based on full entitlement until un tin- til Congress concludes action on the appropriation measure Senator Moss explained AMONG other things a change in this arrangement would almost certainly mean that state and county real estate estate estate es es- es- es tate taxes would have to be increased throughout the court coun I try The Utahn continued We uWe Weare Weare are all seeking ways to bL build ld and restore a balance between the Federal and State and lo local local local lo- lo cal governments To take takeaway takeaway takeaway away the tax exempt status of municipal bonds now would virtually destroy whatever progress we have made thus far |