Show amendments TO AID IN FINANCING SCHOOLS tile the two proposed with t f nan eing our public schools that will be b voted on in tile the november will increase the power of the leg Isla AiMe in deal ns with the manner of 0 Knan cing the lutille schools schoola had the C list been left in the form in which it was wr teu in 1896 then it would not now be ba to propose these amend monts to the constitution to give the legislature Lega Leg lature slature power to deal ath this of 0 tin aneal ag the district schools at that time full was given to tim the legislature to 0 o establish and mallian q ti r n uniform system of public schoola school 9 throughout the state but since then in the process of providing J our state sch col funds a cuts have been bil inserted sorted in fit tho the lon ion containing language which ym li ire ts its the revenue a vai lalla lor for the dl schools to the amount aino uTU specified in fit the existing funds tho the state levies on pro are definitely limited to 0 o the amounts tiec essary ito ra se these three state school funds and it revenue is from other other tax tor for either school or purposes then thi the constitution stipulates that such other must serve the purpose of 0 re ducting tile leves levee on tangible property piro perty bather ather than increase pg the amount or of money available tor for the dil strict schools these provA Jons serve the nur dur pose of liming the levy on tangible property tor for state school funds but they often have the effect ot of forcing the levy on tangible ae property to higher mm rates in anally of the school acts of the state this arrangement makes it impossible for many mamy of the dietr districts acts to got adequate revenue in sp excessive local mill levies the addition of 0 these state slate funds ted a distinct step in the solution of school finance pr oblenis but they are now inadequate to meet the needs and recent happenings have made worse worse rather than better in the f first arst place the assessed value of tangible property has declined over the last number of years bears to the extent t of 2 26 6 70 for the state as a whole but in many of 0 the school districts the re buot duclion lon has been much more than th s with til th s dp declining eNning ai sessel value in ill the local districts ani and state school funds rigidly limited liml tej the school t f nance on in many of the forty school districts has bas bc became edme extremely difficult in n many of the school diAr districts lets over the last number of years yeara this situation has been met melt by increasing tho the local inal rotes mica imposed on tang me ble property this is a very unfortunate from th the e dolbt irol nit of view of bo boia b our schools and our system of tha tangible property tax is already hearing bearing too heavy a tax burden and it is a very unfortunate situation where the only ot of maintaining funds tot tor tile the stools k is by eng ng the mill rates on this proper property ty the ad atlon of the constitutional amendments will 01 open pen the way for the to secure lor for tile the public schools other revenue sources aliste ot of increasing the tax burden on oil property under the amendments to the no revenue in the now new uniform school fund provide 1 for by the amendments ame can be derived derive front ti om tile the taxation tax atlon of tangible tang able this will nako make it possible to transfer palt of the burden fo of the schools to othar the sup revenue sources tile tho amendments havo have great sign fidance iti fie cance ance irom from the tax reform as well pd nt mit of view of as finance Il nance |