Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-24
The Budget Hearings


The Budget System hearings N.r.
sumed Tuesday morning before Cow.
nor Milliken. the Council aud tho A.
preparations committee. with the b,.a.
Of several state departments ana a.
eral State institutions officials here g.
GLIDING State Supt. Of Schools r,l.n.
V. Starkey, Chairman Harry II Au.,l.
of the Fish and Game Commission -
Augusta and Bangor state Hosni,,,
and the School for Feeble Minded p-,.,
stories of the statements made folloV
Our State Schools
State Superintendent Of schools ,.i,.-
v. Starkey was the first head Of a So.
department to appear and lie told o. -,
needs OF the schools Of Maine lie ~,
ed that the increase asked for ellen. "a,
was TO place that expense In m. a,
partment's expense, instead Of tsk,s.
the extra clerk hire from othsr fups'
The Office work is SO increasing tina, a,
extra clerk is now necessary, and liz,
has been supplied from tho Nom
Schools and the Equalization fund
Regarding the annual reports. he IA.
cut the usual 5000 TO $500. The msr
ing list is a fairly large one on M,
ton Of Councillor Nichols. Mr. start,
was instructed TO have 500 r,po,,
printed 18th iooo ~ paper covers
Mr.. Starkey stated that the smoy,
of money expended by thc towns A.
partly refunded 10y tho state for fr..
High schools and School Cuiou yunsr
intendents had grow much faster tina,
the Educational department had cNtort.
ed or hoped for. with the result ib,,
the annual appropriation has never h.,.
sufficient. especially for the free H,r
schools.
on the basis uf actual expenditure
for the past year aud probable ,4crcss.
Mr.. Starkey recommended an .u,rrs..
of the appropriation for Tree liz
schools from slil.o0o in 1915 ~ ST.
900 in 1917 and Sl4s.o0o IN l9lN In
answer 20 a question by T Y Callshal
the financis expert he said the apur,
priation never had been large enpuv
and he didn't know as the appropriate.
recommended would toe large enough
The appropriation last year Tor sta.
aid in superintendent of touus cor
prising school unions was 80 Geo arl
the actual expense was SSG.o"o ~, s,..
tenn having grown faster than Tin" Stat
department had hoped FOR Mr. stark
recommended an increase from tho 80
600 appropriation last ear 80 Saror,
for 1917 and $4,000 for 1918
The reason or an increase m n
printing estimate OF the state dive
department from $4,000 IN l9is 10 Sisna
in 1917. Mr.. Starkey explained vas b..
cause the depa rtmcut had rcai, a.,
publication and intended TO publish
set Of standard courses ~ study FOR IN,
public schools Of Maine. prepared ~.
committees appointed AT the Castiue -u.
perintendents' conference. which /, o..
pected to be Of great value to the scUnu
system. The matter OF decreas,ug ,rs'
of the annual report 10y making Tho r,.
port smaller was sus gested but Mr.
Starkey and some Of the connection
thought that the report a. now publiS'.
ed should not he curtatled. az q is -
great interest TO educators.
Mr.. Starkey recommended IN inCrca'
in the appropr iation for aiding 1cad
emies from $4,000 10 $4,000 ~ So.
eral academies may qualify for sta
aid al any time. but said the So ooa
might he enough An increase from
$4,000 10 $50. 600 for industrial educs
tion was recommended because 50 marv
towns are taking ADJ antaSc Of this Law.
and Budget chief Callahan thouga'
even this might not he enough The
Normal School estimate was increaSl
from 100000 TO $4,000 for the new
two years. Special school arprorrs
tions were deferred To the hearings he.
fore the education COMMITTEES.