White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-12

school districts employing about 90
teachers.
The local board o f trustees is COM
noaed of three members elected for
a term of four years al the school
elections held in April of each even
wear. This board has entire author
ity over the contracts made with
teachers, and TIE general conduct
of the schools.
Funds
The funds for the support of the
public schools are derived from In.
terest on the permanent school fund.
from a state tax of SIX certs ne.
500 assessed valuation. and from a
county tax OF variable amounts lev
led by the county commissioners.
from a voluntary local district tax.
and from penal fines and forestry
reseryes rents.
The state school fund is appor-
toned equally to all school districts
on the basis Of the number of census
childrea between the ages of six and
eighteen years. one teacher being al
lowed to 80 or attraction of 30 cen
sus children. Seventy per cent of this
fund is divided on this basis among
the several districts according to the
number of teachers. and The remain.
ing so per eent is apportioned ac-
cording 10 the number OF census
children In the districts. The coun-
ty school fund Is apportioned to the
districts on the basis of 70 census
children or fraction thereof to a
teacher. 90 per cent of the fund
being apportioned to teachers and
20 per cent according TO the number
of census children. Funds raised
by local taxation go TO the district
IN which the special tax is levied.
Since 1907 there has been a re-
duction of nearly 500 600 per year
in the amount OF state funds appor-
toned to the public schools, while
the maintenance cost has increased
about the same amount. The county
school funds vary greatly in the sew
eral counties, according TO the di-
versity Of the rates levied and the
property valuations. but in some OF
the poorer counties the rate levied
Is muche higher. Lincoln county has
levied as high as - cents per 500.
while the tax rate for White Pine
county including the county high
school is now - cents per 500.
The school funds are all held by
TIC county treasurer. and are dis
bursed upon warrants drawn by the
county auditor based upon vouchers
drawn by the local boards Of trus-
tees.
\ school district may be organized
for Ave children between the ages
OF six and eighteen years, and muFi
have FIVE children OF school age on
the census roll to draw county money
and three children OF school age will
enable the district TO draw state
money. Under these systems OF dis
tribution the amounts apportioned
to the several school districts are
not nearly uniform. although the
cost Of maintenance does not var,
TO a great extent. For instance
Cherry Creek district i'm this county
gets more than twice as much money
as is apportioned TO several Of Tho
smaller districts. Cherry Creek re.
ceiyed about $500 last year, while
each of the small districts received
about $500. The graded schools d
the state are also favored TO som
extent over the small rural districts
The distribution of school none
is a problem which has been receiv
ing much attention In many OF M
states during the past five years AM
many changes have been made. i
Nevada Il Us q regularly %recurrinl
! question before each session OF IN
N legislature. and must be watche'
N With the utmost care by the patron
OF the small schools. The cities o
the western part of the state ar
In favor of increasing their appof
tionments at the expenses OF the rur
al districts. Senate Bill l45, intro
duced near the close of the sessio'
last winter was designed to CIV
those cities about $4,000 a year
largely at the expense of 1S4 dis
tricts in the state having under te
children each. Under the proVlS
Ions of this bill Cherry Greek dis
trict Would have received more ina
SIX times as much money from IN
state funds as any one of ten smal