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Show Proposition No. 4 Explained for Nov. 7 Voters posal, as well as the other three amendments which will be on the Nov. 7 ballot. Approval for the school amendment is contained con-tained in the Republican state platform, and favorable action by the Democratic Central Committee is expected prior to Nov. 7. Editor's Note: This is the 4th in a series of five articles dealing deal-ing with the constitutional a-mendments a-mendments which will be on the ballot for Utah voters on Nov. 7. Proposition No. 3 deals with City School Systems as follows: fol-lows: Shall Section 6 of Article Ar-ticle X of the State Constitution Constitu-tion be repealed, eliminating the mandatory requirement that cities of the first and second sec-ond class have their own school district? At the present time, Article X, Section 6 of the Utah Constitution Con-stitution reads: "In cities of the first and second class the public pub-lic school system shall be controlled con-trolled by the Board of Education Edu-cation of such cities, separate and apart from the counties in which said cities are located." Cities of the first and second sec-ond class which have their own school districts are Salt Lake City, Ogden, Murray, Logan Lo-gan and Provo. The amendment fills two purposes. First, it would allow combination of a city school district with that of the county coun-ty district if it were felt desirable desir-able for economic or other reasons. rea-sons. Second, it would remove the requirements for cities to form separate school districts as they reach the population of a second class city. Because the proposed amendment would remove re-move an existing requirement, it would be permissive in its effect. This proposition was placed on the ballot by approval of the 1971 Utah Legislature and would make it possible for the school districts to consolidate for greater economy in administrative admin-istrative costs. This proposal has been endorsed en-dorsed by the Board of Commissioners Com-missioners of the Utah State Bar, the Salt Lake Area Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce, and Utahns for Effective Government. Both Governor Calvin L. Rampton and Republican gubernatorial gub-ernatorial candidate Nicholas Strike have endorsed the pro- |