Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-19
FISCAL AFFAIRS OF
DELAWARE SCHOOLS
Statement for the Past Year
Issued by the State Board
of Education.

Spec!nI Correspondence Every Evening.
Dover. Oct. ig.--The state Board OF
Education has Just completed bs
financial statement for the fiscal year
ending June 40. and has found on un-
expended balance available for schools
directly under the control OF the state
Board of Education OF t67 4Sl2S,
which will bo applied to the fund
available for the year beginning July l.
AT the beginning OF the fiscal year,
July /, 1891. the funds available to-
tailed s2,256.5139s This included the
leg !elS tive approprla tion OF s3,50o.-
900: The Smith Hughes fund OF s2G.-
1861; the Federal fund OF $20.036.A1,
and special created funds Of slo,l0l.
To the special districts was ap-
, proprIated direct, s726.2sG: s605. .433.49
wee allotted by the state Board Of
Education. and $7429G5 was paid from
the high school equipment fund. max
Ing tlV total si,33s. .149i4. and leaving
an available bnlance. fee schools dl-
rectly under tho control of tho state
Board OF Education. at the beginning
/ of, the year, of S9lS.36iQi
or the sum allotted for tho payment
of old debts. sb,s95sl was expended
| leaving a balance of sac. OF a fund
OF 300 TO pay the intercet on old
debts. ttOSl4 was expended. leaving
a balance Of &l1.4isG0 For fxeC
chargce $4,000 was allotted and s2.6i7
% was expended, leaving 1882 0t
available.
Teachers salaries for the fiscal yea
amounted 10 t4sp.t27es, while super
viecrs' salaries amounted 10 s11,74s
For all iustructional eervice and Incl
dentals, including expenses. extrt
high school costs. text -booke and sup
plies. fund OF s57e.4s7.35 was allot
ted OF this t57s.s195e was expended
leaving a balance Of sG73.7G.
A balance Of s3,44625 was loft fror
, the fund Of sibb.9Is6G for opera atior
, under which came jnnltore' and enRi
neere' supplies. water. fuel, light an
power. repair, upkepp and mainte
nance. ctc The sum Of ti52.472 4
J.. was expended foy these purposes
For general control which include
the state hoard salaries md expense
the state suparntendeut's and his ms
sistauts' salarles. travelling expense
census, etc, sib.0st14 was expende
from nm allotment OF 81, ,gS2 2
. leaving balance of t2.s0t.22
For miscella neous purposes none
was expended as follows High scho
equipment. te33 ~: teachers summ'
school. si5.223: contingent fun
SCARS
fEha anYtra MI ,1f 1,
- cidental expenses of the year W;
y tp0S 263 Si. md of this sum Ssii 81
was expended. leaving balance
.. S6G39 So. This balance with ro'
enue OF 81 0S7 AZ from special fun,
IT made the balance on hand for Il
beginning Of tho present yet
y t67,4St2S
p" Appropriations totaiing 81 .33S. .149.
- were allotted 10 tho speclat district
as follows: Claymont. s22.370t
DUPONT. s37.OSa24: Newark. t4J.13,
So; New Castle. s33.73320: Smyrn
sa3,0a3.25; Dover. si4.59053: Caes
Rodney. s39.6S71S: Harrington, 50.
I s02.9S: Milford. s4i.728.79: Oeorg
| town, &25.atsos; Lewes. i2s.92t. 2
= Scaford. s32,576.37: Laurel, s37
bs Wilmington. ssGi .1o3s2: Unive
sity OF Delaware. $4,000.
r, Cnexpended balances OF the sta
Boards allotment for the special di
tricts returned as follows Wllmln
ton. s9.357,50: Claymont. $9sO.4
, Newark. S7641s: DUPONT. y7.6
!. New Castle. 1855: Smyrna, s43.3
- Dover, s5G3.S3 Caesar Rodney. t.O4
80: Harrington. sl,060,04. Milfor
- S22.01: Georgetown. s33S2-: Lew,
- $3o2.l6; Laurel, s26.74: Seafoi
20 Sld405.