Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-30
IN Regard TO The State
School Money For 1917.

That school authorities In Mis-
SCUM may know the effect of the
AZ lon fthe present legislature
|inI Aking the special aid moneys
grM ted to certain schools out Of
ths5school fund instead Of out Of
1.-THE general revenue fund, I sub
Unit the following statement:
According to the books in the
office Of the State Auditor. the
total amount Of money on hand
March /, 1915, to the credit ofthe
IMpdblic School FUND.- was ST.
037, 1854. On March /, 1917,
there was SLIT, ,497.41. (Of this
latter sum S724, ,920.71 was car.
risd on the STATE Treasurer's
books to the credit Of the Public
School Fund. The balance is in
the general revenue fund butwill
be transferred to the school fund
as soon as GOV. Gardner signs
the appropriation oils. The
transfer WAS made earlier last
year becaus, 1t was authorized by
the appropriation vi IYl5.J
Therefore, there is now s679, ,52S. \
~ more " the credit OF The
school fund than there was a
yeskAgo.
The following items (all of
them public school expendllaIes),
formerly charged against the
general revenue fund, are now to
0e charged against the public
school fund: For rural high
scuvols S2zo, ,uuv; lvr Leauner-
training hign scnoois SlIo,Uvu;
TOR AID w counties on saiari-s Vi
county superlntendents oal, l,xOU;
iUr teacher- framing scAuois Ii.
lne clties SoU,uUU (new ilem This
year). Iulal oool, ,zUO lor the
Olenllial period, Or not w exceed
SIZE, ,6UO Tor tnls year.
Gazing this Szi5,6V0 from the
lpressnt excess vi ooiv,5z5 ~
ie4Yes S4u5, ,yzo.77 more W the
pubic scnuols III 1917 MAN they
received Iii 1916, provided the re-;
ceipLs TOR the next four months
equal the receipts Tor the sam
four months IN 1915.
But these figures do not take
into cvnsldera.ion any increase
lil The scnuol fund because OF Tie
increased stats revenues. For
example, The collateral inheri
lance lax which formerly went to
The University, will now 90 into
the general revenue fund, and
the public schools will receive at
less. Sl50,0O0 this year and an
uuaily hereafter from that source.
In addition the other revenue
measures Of the Gardner program
will yield increased allolments to |
tile public schools. In fact, as
one third WAS given TO the
schools, it was necessary to raise
50 to get 70 for other state pur-
poses. Including the new re.
venue, the lowest estimate ID tina ,,
the public schools will receive
81, ,000, 900 more from the state
during the biennial period. than
they have ever received during |
anyprevious biennial period, even |
after the special aids, above not
ed, are paid out Of it.
There is no disposition any
where to reduce the amount of
money going from the state to
the public schools. One third oil
the revenues, increased as they
will Be, will still 60 to them. Quit
of fthe two-thirds the state must
run the state government, take
care Of its insane, its feeble min
ded and its other charges, must
provide for the penal institutions,
must support its higher educate
onal Illustrations, must aid In road I
building and in the Development
OF agriculture. and must meet
many other demands upon II.
The special echooI aids should
come out OF the one-third which,
goes to schools. Even with
these itsms charged against IL,
the allotment will increase from
year 10 year.
| am sending this statement for
the information of school offic-
ials who are preparing their bud I
gets for the next year that thew
may not BE- tnisIed BY false re-
port, but that they may know ihe
facts. II would be well for local.
newspapers 10 make such use orl
Il as would correct anv false in.