Show Utah school districts may be able to Finance school buildings In from local bonding powers Most Utah school districts will be able finance their school building needs through the 1964 65 school year from local bonding powers and tax This was the major conclusion contained in a study of progress made by Utah In meeting its school building needs just completed by Utah the governmental research The study does that several of the fast growing such as Alpine and may encounter some difficulty in keeping pace with their expanding Million The Utah Foundation report estimates that the total Utah School building needs plus estimated future to the school year will be approximately million based on existing If building cost trends should continue to rise at the same rate as the experience of the past eight the report out that this total need figure could be as high as In order to meet these total building needs by the school Foundation analysts calculate that Utah would have to spend million per year based on existing costs and million per year based on projected increased Utah School districts spent nearly million for this purpose during the school and similar amount in The Foundation therefore concludes that seems likely that Utah can meet all of its school building needs both past and future by spending the same amount for this purpose in the future as it has during the past Spent More In 1951 Utah spent more for school buildings during the five-year period through than was spent during the previous 55 years of the State's according to the During the ten period through school districts in Utah spent a total of for school building remodeling and purchase of Approximately three or of this amount was expended during the past five The Utah Foundation report points out that Utah spends a greater proportion of its personal income for school capital outlay and debt service than does any other state in the If the other 47 states made the same relative effort as does Utah additional in and local funds would be available in the United States each year this By the Federal-aid school which was recently in would have per year only thirteenth as during of the next five |