Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-29
PAID TO COMMON SCHOOLS
State Aid Amounted to Grand Total OF
$l,35O,O63.9O
APPROPRIATION BASED ON 3MILL LEVY
Twenty Counties Get More Than They
Pay-The Amount Comes From the
Other Counties Which Pay More
Than Tbev Get

Pay-The Amount Comes From the
Other Counties Which Pay More
Than They Get.
News and Courier.
Columbia,i September 26.-State aid
paid to the school of the forty-six
counties through the office of the state
superintendent of education during the
SCHOLASTIC year 1922 totalled ST.
S5OO6S.9O. This expenditure repre-
sents three mills of the state tax levy.
All state aid is based on local tax
a;tion. The resident voters Of any dis
trict may secure under the general
school law local tax of fifteen mills.
Ulder the high school law and under
many local laws, a large number OF
districts now pay even higher levies.
The maximum local tax so far report
ed to the state superintendent Office
for the scholastic year 1928 Is 50
mills in Green Sea district of Horny
county.
Beneficiary and contributary Coun-
ties.
Among the forty-siX counties twen-
ty receive more state aid than they
Day in state school taxes and twenty
six receive less state aid than they pay
in such taxes. AS a rule counties with
q lorge white population and low tax
values are beneficiaries. Counties with
q small proportion Of white people los
ers. For example, this state school
tx yields in Charleston county S115,-
S56.SS, while Charleston county schools
draw state aid amounting to only
s14,s3S. Thus the county contributes
$100,91S.SS for the education OF chil-
dren outside Of it's borders. In Rich
land county the state school levy rals-
es SS7,945.51, while the schools OF the
county receive in state aid only $780,
1850. Thus Richland county con-
tributes s57,227.O1 to the public schools
of the other counties. Eleven counties
contribute more than s1O,0OO.OO apiece
Charleston, Richland, Aiken, Green
wood, Cherokee, Sumter Union, Ches-
ter, Marlboro, Fairfield and Anderson
while fifteen contribute smaller
amounts.
Among the twenty beneficiary coun-
ties Chesterfield ranks first with $685.
0O7.7O, Horny second with $55,77O.S5,
and Oconee third with s53, ,190.40 in ex-
cess of their. taxes for state school pur-
poses. Among the beneficiaries twelve
counties likewise receive more than
$4,000 apiece in excess Of their con-
ribution-Chesterfiel Horny, Oconee,
Saluda, Florence, Colleton, Laurens and
Saluda, Florence, Colleton Laurens and
Williamsburg. Smaller sums in excess
of state school tax collections within
their borders go to eight counties
Dillon, Greenville, Orangeburg, Clar-
endon, Mccormick, Newberry, Hamp-
ton and Barnwell
In spite of defiation, the boil weevil,
and the postponement of taxes many
districts are seeking to improve their
schools by qualifying for state aid dur
ing the session 1929. This is par
ticurly true of communities desiring
high schools and rural graded schools
or a seven months term. Cherokee
county alone reports more than forty
additional school levies since Janu-
ary 1st.
Equalization and Distribution.
With a few unavoidable exceptions,
the schools of most counties receive in
state aid practically the equivalent of
the money raised by the three-mill
state tax for schools. The chief eXcep-
tions are Charleston and Richland
among those that lose; Chesterfield,
Horny, Cherokee, Pickens, Lancaster
and Lexington among those that gain.
The similarity between the three-mill
state levy for schools to pay state aid
and the three-mill constitutional coun-
ty levy for schools ought not to be
over looked.
The principle of state aid seeks to