Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-08-11
SOME REASONS WHY lRnANA
NEEDS AN INCREASE
IN It's SCHOOL FUNDS


The assessed property value Of APP
proximately s4,500,O00 at the present
rate of 2.7his will produce Sl23,750.
The two other sources Of school rev.
enue are the state distribution fund
and the tuition that cores from non
residents. These two viii be about
$4,000 each. This makes q total In
come Of approximately sla1,750, The
expenses for the year Just closed
were 1853, 32S.3i. The expense viii
he about the same for next year. In
fact, the expense Is now reduced to a
point where a further reduction will
seriously impair the efficiency Of the
schools. At this rate of expenditure
there WAS deficit last year OF about
$4,000 and for the school year f920-a1
Of more than $4,000 With very few
exceptions the treasurers reports for
the past ten years show similar de-
felt for each year. These areumu-
lated deficits made Il necessary a year
ago to vote a bond issue of $4,000.
The question the Board OF Education
now faces Is whether Ia continue rs It
has had to In the past and In a few
years ask for another bond issue To
take up these orders, or % ask for a
vote Of the people for the power To
levy enough funds 10 pay the expen.
SEES as they are incurred The Board
has chosen to do the latter.
A careful examination of the
budget shows that few reductions are
possible. About co. Of the total eA-
penditures 30 into teachers salaries.
A study of the salaries shows that
eight elementary school teachers re-
ceive slightly more than the minimum
paid in Champaign, two receive Cham
paign's minimum salary, and all 9th
er elementary school teachers receive
less than the minimum paid in Cham
paign The minimum paid in urbana
is S135 per year less than the mini
mum paid in Champaign. The teach
ers ia the urbana High School last
year received an average annual sal
airy of about $500 less than the aver
age for the high school teachers Of
the entire state outside Of Cook
county. The other items Of the
budget have been cut TO a point
where further reduction will work
a hardship.
The Board Of Education Is asking
for the power to levy up TO lfc.
(The amount voted in Champaign on
April 81. There ii no disposition TO
levy this maximum amount at the
present time. The increase asked at
present is $4,000, an increase Of
1870 over the levy Of last year which
was $4,000. The amount asked VIII
require a rate OF about 3iafe. This
rate levied annually will probably
raise sufficient funds until another
building is necessary. At the present
time nearly all The buildings are well
filled. A new building should prob
ably be built in the next few years
IN the northeast part Of the city. The
growth in this direction has made II
necessary for children 10 20 a dis
lance to school much greater than
the AVERAGE. These children also
have TO 90 through the business dis
triet and 10 cross railroad and street
ear tracks The people Of this part
Of the city petitioned for a new
school some years ago. The growth
In the southwest part viii also have 10
be considered within the next few
years IN addition 10 these needs two
Of the buildings have reached q point
where extensive repairs must be made
if they are to be continued in use.