The evening times., 1901-07-04
NEW YoRK's SCHOOL FUHD.
The Board OF Education VIII Ask for
Nearly a&O.00O.oGO.

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NEW YORK. July 4.-The Board of E,u-
UcaLiou, judging from present indications.
viii ask the Board Of Estimate in its
budget for the support of the city schools
IN 1892 for a sum in The ueighborhood Of
SO 500 GO This viii f,e about S5D7.G more
than was asked for 1901, and about s.. .zSs.
90 more than the Board Of Estimate al
lowed for this year OF this increase. how
ever, > is ma ndatory on the Board
Of Estimate and cannot be avoided In
cTeasss in other direcLions to furnish sup
plies coal janitor service FOR additional
pupils, and new schools are Of such q ma
ture that 1t is probable that the Board Of
Estimate economics as il VII VIII be
forced TO grant another SOS. .91o, which viii
bring the increase on the cost Of main
tenance Of the schools for 1882 to SSII gsS 81.
The method OF arriving at these an
ticipatory conclusions is as follows Chap
ter 81 Of the laws Of 1850 Cthe Davis Iawy
requires that the board Of estimates shall
allow for the general fund for the pay
meut Of the salaries Of teachers. prfucf-
pals. supervisors, and superiuteudcuts in
the day and the evening schools and the
allowance TO the corporate schools Il sum
equivalent to four mills on every dollar
of assessed valuation Of real and personal
property The tax officers have fixed this
valuation for this year al S3TsI. SO. .S-G.
Four mills on the dollar Of this valuation
VIII yield the sum of $I5 Isl 50, which viii
be the general school fund for 1902 This
the board of estimates must allow. It is
an increase over the same fund for this
year OF $555.29L72- This does not imply
that all Of this money win be spent. Last
year there was a surplus over needs of
5000 s-t L- TF7rra TlrcFY- g4r
plus also next year. but the transfer
from the special TO the general fund by
the charter Of three items amounting to
SOS 20 probably viii use up this surplus
age. At the same time. however. it re
dUces the amcJ-at in the special fund for
1902 by the same amount Whatever is
left. however, goes TO reduce taxation in
1903
The special school fund contains the
items Tor supplies. fuel lighting. clerks.
and employees. compulsory education lee
lures repairs etc This must increase
yearly in proportion to the growth Of the
system Last year Wfle1 the Board Of
Estimate cut out every penny that seemed
unnecessary to them, the city authorities
allowed. nevertheless, fer 1851 for these
items $iS5.3.L92. more than they allowed
for similar expenses IN 1890. As has
EtEG Stdi-u BtiDIt- however Items
amounting roughly to S2eS.TlS have been
taken from this fund and put into the
foUr-miI fund. This reduces the in
crease which must be allowed to dupIi-
cate last years Increase for supplies, etc,
in 1902. to $40 $685.
The reasons for n small increase or
one even greater are Just as strong for
1892 as for 1901 and this figure seems to
be d conservative estimate Of the increase
the Board Of Estimate viii allow. They
may, however, give an increase Of from
S206,10J to $fo0,00o, owing to the neces-
sity Of renting quarters for temporary
schools. If the minimum be taken as the
probable increase, the Board Of Estimate
then must allow for the special fund fne
sum Of $4,I72 g22-Sl- This. taken in con
nection with the general fund fixed by law
VIII bring the total the Board Of Esti-
mate may be expected TO allow for schools
in 1902 to SI9,32f SO6.33. Allowing for IN
expected generosity the amount given the
schools for 1892 should be between this
figure and S10G,o6O more. This makes the
total increase to be expected SSlI 1854 on
the conservative basis.