New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-06
cn, in Educational Budg-
i tby the Hylan Regime
Forces Appeal to State
for Cash for Teachers
New Debts Thrown
On to Taxpayers
Administration Has lg-
nored Growth ofClasses,
the Biggest in History

ri. BOARD of Education has been
.ompelled to appeal to the State of New
YORK for an advance payment of
Il ae5 900 from funds which are not due
,,.il next January to pay its teachers
in order that the schools of this city
NAV orea on schedule time for the fall
,.ym on Monday next. This amazing
.,a unprecedented situation is the
direct result of the drastic cut of
,s7 100000 which the Hearst Hylan
Tammany administration made in the
budget of the board early this year.
Another amazing feature of the al
most bankrupt condition of the Board
II Education is the fact that the tax
osyers of this city will be compelled
to make good with interest the losses
occasioned through the political
maneuver which actuated the cut.
These losses will have to be met out of
the tax levy of 1922.
No Funds for Teachers
open again the Board of Education finds
itself without funds to pay its teach
ers, Under the law the State Commits
sjoner OF Education is authorized to
spportion certain state educational
funds at the rate of s7oo per teacher
employed together with certain other
small amounts for various school ac-
tivities.
The Board of Education estimates
that the amount of state funds to be
apportioned to the City of New York
Tor the school year of August l, 1921,
to July 81, 1929, will be S17,722, ,534.51.
These funds, however, will not become
available until January, 1922, and only
then on condition the State Legisla-
ture will again renew the allowances on
their present basis.
Taking for granted that the Legisla-
ture will do so, the Board Of Education
has made formal request to the State
Comptroller for an advance Of ST.
$4,000 to be used to pay the teachers
salaries from August to December 81
oJ this year. The request was made in
tee greater New York charter, as
amended by Chapter 7e2-a of the laws
Of 1920. The granting of the request
rests upon a possible action of the
legislature.
In the meantime $4,000 school teach
ers Of this city are faced with the
possibility of being without salaries
for three months because of the acts
oe <k, u.-1, -
the possibility exists, however, it is
somewhat remote, as there is every
reason to believe that the state will
come to their assistance by making the
funds available, despite the indiffer-
ence and inefficiency Of the Hearst
Hylan- n-Tammany regime.
Second Educational Dilemma
The. dilemma in which the Board of
Education finds itself is the second of
its kind this year. On July 18 last,
Mayor Hylan was compelled to author
ise the issue of special revenue bonds
q the extent of $S,O0O,000, in order to
pay the teachers salaries. This action
followed Immediately upon the state
Of Generalization into which the
school system degenerated when the
effects OF the s27 100000 cut began to
W Acit uc tIcultluOuS Sut III VIC
educational budget was made at the
time that the Hylan administration
increased the budget of every other
city departm ent.
During the school year ended August
u, 1921, the Hylan administration has
been compelled to authorize the is
suance and sale of special revenue
bonds to the total amount of $9,o81,-
sSO.34 to meet school deficits. This
sum, together with its interest, will
have to be paid by the taxpayers out
OF the 1922 tax levy.
According to the budget estimate Of
the Board of Education for 1922, there
y = still pending before the Board of
Estimate a request for S16,686,840 .98
70 meet the deficit occasioned for the
year 1921 by the public schools. This
sum, too, will have to be met out Of
next years tax levy.
s25,S26,SO1 Taeficit
These two items bring the total
deficit to s25,826, ,801.32, exclusive of
interest, as the price the taxpayer
mrust pay for the folly of Mayor Hylan.
Even should the state honor the re-
quest Of the Board os Education for
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