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Show John E. Wiscombe Elected President of State Educational Association f School Board Unit Seeks Conlnuance Of State Aid For Teachers Salaries Reenactment of the 1942 law appropriating $1,316,000 a year from the state general fund to increase teachers salaries will be sought by the State School Boards' association when the legislature convenes next January. Jan-uary. This was decided at a meeting meet-ing of the association Saturday in the capital, where authorization author-ization was given for the officers to name a committee from the seven judicial districts to foster the desired legislation. The present pres-ent law will expire June 30, 1945, unless its life is extended by the legislature. Elected President John E. Wiscombe, Roosevelt, who has been first vice president of the organization for the past year, automatically succeeded to the presidency, and David Tar-bet, Tar-bet, Logan, was reelected secretary-treasurer. First, second and third vice presidents, respectively, respective-ly, were elected as follows: Ed. J. Ted Parker, Hooper; Lyle H. Brown, Hoytsville, and Calvin S. Smith, Salt Lake City. A motion was offered that the association also go on record favoring raising of the legal maximums for school tax levies in the various districts, but it was withdrawn after several objections ob-jections were raised that this might jeopardize the main purpose pur-pose of having the state appropriation appro-priation continued. At present, school districts, to increase their levies above the maximums, must first obtain the consent of the county commission commis-sion and then the approval of 'the state tax commission and state board of education, sitting as a joint board. Mr. Wiscombe said one of the main reasons for the enactment of H. B. 28, which appropriated the teachers pay money, was the fact that it was sponsored by the various school boards, who are the elected representatives of the people. J. Easton Parratt, director of statistics and research in the state school office, said very few districts have complained of the manner in which the money has been apportioned under the formulas for-mulas contained in the law it- ' self. He declared, however, that this year's distribution to the 40 school districts is being held up by the failure of two districts to submit necessary reports. Mr. Parratt perescnted statistics stat-istics tending to show that operation op-eration of the law is resulting in a greater equalization as between be-tween the richer and poorer districts. dis-tricts. The law provides that the poor districts shall receive more per employe from the state than richer ones. He warned that some districts do not seem to be taking seriously ser-iously a provision of the law that they shall submit yearly salary schedules for their employes as a prerequisite to obtaining their share of funds. The meeting was the last of a series of educational conferences which continued for two days at the capitol. Other groups holding hold-ing sessions Saturday were the society of superintendents, secondary school principals and elementary supervisors and principals. |