Show Utah led nation in public school support last Foundation compiles information Utah led the entire nation in the effort made to support the public schools last according a study just completed by Utah tho private governmental research Foundation's was based on data gathered by the U. S. Office of shows that state and local revenue for public school in Utah amounted to of the total personal Income in the state during the school i This relative effort was approximately 60 greater than the nationwide percentage of The study notes that the state and local effort to support the public schools In the Western States is generally greater than it is for other sections of Last for state and local revenue as a percentage of personal income averaged in the eight Mountain States and in the eleven Western Another point revealed by the report is that the proportion of public school revenue coming from state sources is slightly greater in Utah than for the nation as a State revenue made up of all public school revenue in compared with for the rest of the Foundation analysts also note that nearly all of the state aid for schools in Utah is distributed by means of equalization Last year of the million in state aid for local schools was distributed on the basis of equalization with only being allocated through flat of all state aid was allocated equalization grants with distributed through flat Property tax lias about the same relative importance in financing schools In Utah and in the United according to the During about of all public school revenue in was derived from property The national percentage of school revenue coming from the property tax last year was |