The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-21
County Child Gets S2.OS More Than the Birming- ham Child or Total of Over S5O,0OO Yearly
DISTRIBUTION IS
 MADE BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Satisfied Needs of County Out of Funds Available and Turned Remainder Over to Birmingham

It is authoritatively stated by a mem- Der of the committee of 100 that if the schools of the city got fir distribution of the school funds for Jefferson county the question of the full term of the city schools of the city got fair distribution statement of the school revenues shows that the citizens of Birmingham pay 67 per cent of the school tax and yet in the distribution by the county board of education the county schools get a per capita of s7.57 while the schools of the city of Birmingham received a per capita of $5 49, or an excess of $2.0S per enumerated child that is received by the county With school census for the city of 4S.s5s the excess amount would approximate from s5O,o00 to s6O,ooo almost equal to the re- duction of the appropriation for the city
 Manifestly Unfair
 The manifest unfairness of the propo- sition is further shown by the statement in that citizens of Birmingham pay into the state and county school tax fund $3SS,- S36 and receive back a little over 50 per cent. It is stated that the constitution of the state places the distribution of the school taxes in the hands of the county board of education and that it has been the custom of that honorable body to supply the needs of the county schools and then turn over to the city the bal ance. Why the board saw fit to give the county children an excess over the themselves, but it is contended the divi- sion is unfair to the city.
 Then again, the city maintains the high school. it's manual training departments. it's sciences and foreign language branches the county schools have not reached, and as a consequence the needs of the city are greater.
 Distribution of Funds
 The following statement of the school revenues, paid by the city and county and their distribution:
 1. School tCensus-J efferson county, n, FPS, 100 per cept; Birmingham, 43.659, 61 per cent; county outside city, 2S,os9, S9 per cent.
 2. State school tax paid by Jefferson county, $3S23S6, 100 per cent; Birmingham, s25S.s90 67.5 per cent; county outside city, s123. 196, S2.5 per cent.
 3. State school tax paid by Jefferson county. 1882, 1886, 100 per cent; state school tax returned to Jefferson county, s2oO, 2s2, 66 per cent; excess paid by county to bal ance of state, s132,104, S4 per cent.
 4. State school tax returned to Jeffer- son county, $250,2s2. 100 per cent; state school tax received by Birmingham. sl21. 430. 4s per cent: state school tax received by county outside city. s12sS52, 52 per cent
 5. County school tax paid by Jefferson county, $193, 19S 100 per cent; Birmingham, $129, 445. GIT per cent; county outside city. s61 ,74S, 32.5 per cent.
 6. Total county funds available includ- ing balanaces, poll tax, etc, s202.3l2, 100 per cent; county school tax received by Birmingham, s,569, 5s per cent: county outside city, $s3,743 42 per cent
 [. Total state and county tax received by Jefferson county, $452,5s4 100 per cent; Birmingham. $24O,0O0, 5S per cent; county outside city, s212,5s4. 47 per cent.
 8. Total state and county tax paid by Birmingham, $3Ss,336. 100 per cent; total state and county tax.recelved by Birming ham, $2400OO. 61.S per cent total state and county tax paid by Birmingham to balance of state s14S336, 3S.2 per cent.
 9. Per capita on school census received by Birmingham, $5.49; per capita on school census received by county outside city. s7.57; excess per enumerated child re- ceived by county outside city, s2.0S