Show Finance problem found in school study Of Duchesne County by state office Board meeting Thursday to Consider issue A report of the Utah Department of Public Instruction's examination of the Duchesne County School District's financial structure prompted State Supt T. H Bell to do not feel that we can recommend any increase In any categories of the Duchesne Board of Education budget for the school THIS CONDITION of no increased expenditure for the local school district applied to teacher salary increases as well as other disbursements which might raise the school district This decision was announced November 7 at a meeting of state and local school official at the board of education offices in A study by Bells office disclosed the district has an accumulated deficit of and that it probably cannot stay within its budget Thomas J. said a copy of this study report is on file in his office and may be reviewed by the ABPLANALP explained the study report shows this deficit started with over-expenditure m when a deficit of was Over the intervening this amount has been reduced to as little as and has been as high as according to Sidney director of research for the state school who presented the study data at Du along with Dale Schim-mel Supt Abplanalp wanted the public to understand this deficit is a bookkeeping matter and not one of money shortage DUCHESNE County Board of Education members and officers of the Duchesne Education were on hand for the report given m the local board offices by Dr Bell and his staff Abplanalp and Clifton C clerk-treasurer for the local school sat in on the meeting a-long with board members Nathan D. M. A. Harrison and Hollis G Hul- From the Duchesne Education at the meeting were Dallas E J Bennett rice Wanda B. and seven building Daryl J. assistant research represented the Utah Education THE TEACHERS of this district have been working on a pay starting at a year without pending completion of the in hopes the state school office could find means of increasing their Bell told those at the the actual cash balance needed for the Duchesne County School District to break even on June was He pointed out the district has stayed within its income only five of the past 13 When additional maintenance and operation funds have been they were made up by from capital outlay and debt service all kept he said DEFICIT must be the superintendent have no choice but to insist that all moneys be paid Bell said the state office is not inclined to ask for immediate but suggests that the be repaid to the capital outlay budget by annual assignment of 1 to 1 percent of the maintenance and operation budget for this That would be about a according to LOCAL SCHOOL board said Tuesday the board will meet Thursday in their regular meet-See SCHOOL page 10 I School Study Continued from ing at which time this study and will be given sure we'll try to live within our commitment as nearly as possible so far as salaries are concerned and should be able to come up with some answer to our problem found in the We hope also teacher contracts can be decided on at this Mr Allen THE DUCHESNE budget was in the study to school budgets in North Sanpete and Sevier school districts Here are the findings reported by valuation per pupil is 1180 less in Duchesne than the average of the Average enrollment of the six districts is pupils more than the Duchesne estimated enrollment for tills HIGH TAX for school maintenance and operation is 24 and mill in Two of the districts share the low levy at 24 Duchesne is next to highest in total mill levy with 39 and Range is 36 and 23 mills to 39 and Duchesne gets the highest state 76 per and Millard gets the lowest with FOR EACH OF three years Duchesne has offered the highest minimum this The maximum also is highest for the it should be noted that all six districts are among the lowest in Wyatt you entice new teachers with this type of you are scraping low in the Wyatt told those at the study report THE STUDY showed that the current budget was based on an anticipated tax collection ratio that probably is an average attendance record that already is running seven per cent behind the budget and the anticipation that Congress would approve the federally-impacted aid bill again allow federal monies in lieu of taxes on land lived on or on which parents of school students are Bell said any of these things could go and the budget would be Impossible to live He told the school district deficits just must Take whatever stringent means you must to live within your but I fear dire consequences if you fail UTAH LAW specifically forbids using capital outlay funds for he al though the reverse is permissible is illegal for a clerk to issue a warrant that will create a deficit in a school district Bell Utah State law required that any existing deficit arising from excessive expenditures in former yean shall be deducted from the estimated revenue for the ensuing year to the extent of at least 10 per cent of the entire tax revenue of the district for the previous Bell I |