Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-04-28
STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS

1t appears erroneous to assume tina
because the public schools OF our cit
will receive from the state for the yea
ending June 80, 1911, the followin
amounts: FROM the general apprc
priation 81, 99092, and from what
known as the literary fund 81, 9Oo. .
a total OF S6.997. AZ, land probabl
about the same amount for the yea
ending June 80, 1912, that the cit
will loose approximately s14, DOOM nv
wears, based upon the fact that for to
year ending June 80, 1910, We receive
from these two sources 50, TAI. "a. Ihi
does not necessarily follow, as an Ell
animation OF appropriations for tn
public schools will disclose. In tn
year ended June 80, 1901, 10 whIcl
our public schools received from tn
5 ate So S39, the appropriation va
based upon the school census OF l9OO
Five years later, for the year endet
June 80, 1906, the apportionmen
was s., 339. IS, ard was based upon TIT
school census Of 1905. One will notice
that for the year ending June 80, 1911
this year-the schools received sc,
S97.42, few dollars more than in 1901
and only s441.66 less than in 1906.
In the very next year, that ending June
30, 1907, the school apportionment
was based, it is assumed, upon the
school ages ofthe prior year, yet, the
state apportionment for 1907 was IS, 636
%, and the next year, 1908, it was
S9.O76.2S and the next year, 1909, It
was 50, 943. 81, aud the next year, 1910,
it was 50, 741.24.
1t is not asserted, but assumed from
examinations, that the increase in the
assessment made in 1905 was what
made possible the increase in appro-
priations in 1906-1910. The schools
receive from the state the receipts from
capitation taxes and ten per cent. Of the
real estate and personal property taxes.
Ia addition to this in an an act OF the
General Assembly "appropriating the
public revenue for two years ending
February 2Sth 1907-1909," approved
March 6, 1906, for public schools, II Is
provided and the further sum OF four
hundred thousand dollars to be appor-
toned as prescribed by the constitu-
ton" The general assembly at its
session 1908 increased the school ap-
preparation for The year l9O9-l9lO to
four hundred and seyenty-tive thousand
dollars and at the next session 1910
10 five hundred thousand dollars.
AS before mentioned, it is not prob
able that We will receive next year
ending Jure 80, 1912, more than
in the year ending June 80, 1911.
However, Alexandria is not alone in
this respect-in the language OF the
street there are others" who have lost
by the school census. 1t may be noted
Just here that the recent assessment OF
real estatate made in 1910 shows an
increase in the whole state of about
seventy-five millions of dollars as COM
pared wich 1909. These are the exact
figures: From state assessments 1909
s4O0. $50, 2S7, in 1910 1852, 800.
This increase OF seventy-fve million
will most probably make available at
least s675. 900 as an addition to the
public schools, as they are entitled to
ten per cent Of the tax.
This will no doubt be added to- by a
general increase in appropriations, IN
less the next legislature makes reduc-
ton in the tax rate, something hoped
for but not expected by those who we'll
know how the average legislator likes
to spend rather than practice economy.