Show C N. Editor Uintah Basin Standard Utah Dear I would to comment briefly on your editorial in the Uintah Basin Standard Deserves an Account I feel that there is a state ment or two in that editorial which might create some First of all you state in paragraph is understood the Utah Education Association and the State Association of Boards are sponsors of the This is not The bill was prepared under the direction and sponsored by the Utah Co Council on Education This council consists of representatives from several In addition to the Utah Education Association and the State Association of School Boards included in this council are from the Council for Utah The State Parent Teachers The State School and The State Society of School Your editorial also is understood that it is will go to bat to have publication of the annual statement of expenditures and receipts stricken from the statute books of You should know that it is not the intent of the bill sponsored by the Utah ing nor has it ever been the intent of this to propose any bill that would relieve school districts from the legal responsibility for publishing their annual statement of expenditures or The proposed legislation would require a school district to publish its statement of expend tures by rather than by separate It is felt that present Utah laws which require that school publish annually in a newspaper of general circulation within the district A list of all vouchers in ex cess of has two serious weak nesses it is School districts are required to publish details which are not required of other units of local and state it is not consistent with good public The publication of many details of financial transactions of the board of education without adequate explanation complicates the administration of the school enter prise and creates public relations problems resulting from the inability of the district to make ex necessary to justify all expenditures contained in the detailed statement the publishing of the individual salaries of the employees of the district is one of I the big factors in preventing the school districts from adopting a j merit-pay policy in the relation to the payment of I hope you will clarify for the readers of your paper the intent and purpose of this bit of tion clarify the sponsorship of this Sincerely B A. JACOBY Board Member |