The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-01-06
By Charles Sughrce
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tend college.
During the last two years Texas
has almost doubled lis State support
Of public schools Il advanced from
a State per capita apportionmcnt OF
$3.50 In 1918 90 Sii.60 In 1926
from an appropriation Of 81 ,0O0,0 900
per year for The special support Of
rural schools In 1918 20 double that
amount in 1920 Having made this
progress as n result Of serious de-
terioration In teaching forces and Of
strenuous campaigns for better
schools, the State In 1921 has started
again on the downward grade In the
matter Of school support, AZ a time
when the value Of education Is felt
as never before at n time when chill
dren are turned from many schools
already filled beyond seating capa-
city, 40 a time when many overwork-
ed teachers are instructing two shifts
Of children n day, State support Of
schools In Texas, instead Of continu-
ing 70 advance, has started on the
downward grade.
Per Capita Fund Reduced.
From a st450 per capita in 1920
the State has dropped 10 $40 per
capita in 1927. The State per cap
ito apporti0nment for the public
schools is derived from the following
sources: First, the income or the
permanent school found, amounting
approximately TO $4,000. 900 per year
second, one-fourth Of all Of the oc-
cupation taxes, third 81 from each
| State poll tax, and fourth, n 35c nd
yalorom tax for the support Of the
| schools and the purchase Of free text.
/ books The law provides that the
residue Of the latter tax, after books
I are purchased, shall remain In the
available school fund Fifteen cents
/ NJ this tax il the addition 10 IN,
I former 25c school. which was voted
when the free textbook amendment
was adopted or the product Of this
i5c tax, S2,138,000 was left from
! the textbook expenditures in 1920.
\ p, and Il Is estimated that the residue
IN l92l-22 will De $2,6GO,000 These
I sums, then. accruing from the text
book tax, have aided In increasing
the State per capita The maximum
apportionmcnt Of i92O-21, however
was also partly due 10 the increased
income from oil taxes and 70 the ap.
| preparation by the ThIrty-Sxth Leg
islature Of $4,000. 600 from the gen
( eral funds Of the State 10 increase the
salaries ~ public school teachers. The
drop 20 Si3 in i021-22 Is due "a
three causes; First, reduction in
the amount Of oil taxes; second, the
] fact TINT tho Thrift Coty.utb ce,ief,
ture for this session appropriated
from the general funds 100000
instead Of the former S4,000,000 for
the public school per capita, and
third, an increase in the scholastic
enumeration When the diyisor IL
increased the quotient il reduced un-
less the dividend has been co1respon-
dinghy increased.
Special support for the rural
schools has been decreased by 10 per
cent. the Thirty-Seyenth Legislature
having appropriated for this purpose,
for the present session only 3 Boo
900 instead Of the former amount Of
81, 100000 In addition, about 700
more schools are asking for aid from
this fund, than made application last
session
We are facing probability Of
having a State per capita Of approx
imately $1,000. For the rural schools
the special appropriation for next
session is 81 900 900, necessitating a
still smaller allowance for each school
than that given this year. If the re-
duction this year Is resented, what