Show F New State School Tax Explained By Foundation Duchesne School District would have an increase in operating funds of or per dis unit with no additional local tax effort if the new school legislation adopted by the 1957 Utah Legislature were in effect this This finding was presented in a study just completed by Utah the private non-profit research Under the new school finance Duchesne School District would be able to finance a max-mum operating program of or per distribution unit without resorting to any further special According to Utah Foundation the actual operating program this year is or per distribution Duchesne School District had distribution units this One distribution unit is roughly equivalent to 27 in average daily Tax Levy of Mills In order to finance this maximum program without further Duchesne School District would have to impose a local property tax levy of mills per assessed for Utah Foundation points out that the district imposed a total levy of mills this year for school The new law would permit Duchesne School District to have a school operating program all the way up to per distribution if the voters approved of such an action in a special election held for that In order to have such a maximum school a local property tax of mills for operating purposes would have to be imposed throughout the Utah Foundation analysts explain that the changes made in the new school law were designed mainly to increase the funds available for public school purposes by extending the amount of state participation in local school For the basic school program was increased from to per distribution a change of with no increase in the local effort needed for participation in the enlarged |