New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
CONNECTICUT PAYS
 WELL FOR SCHOOLS
Tuition Cost Greater Than Any New England State Except One
BY GEORGE H. MANNING


 Washington Bureau of N. B. Herald.)
 Washington, D. C., Aug. 13- Connecticut pays more for the edu- cation of its children than any other New England state. with the excep- ton of Massachusetts.
 Connecticut spends 5S cents day for every pupil attending school, or s16.62 a year for every person in Connecticut. For every pupil en- rolled in school, the expenditure is sS6.57 year.
 Massachusetts spends 64 cents a day for every pupil attending, or s17.19 a year for every person in the state, and S94.95 year for every pupil enrolled. Vermont, which spends the smallest amount Of the New England states, pays A cents a day for each child attend ing school, or $11.4S year for every person in Vermont, and $62.S1 a year for every pupils enrolled.
 Of Connecticut's total expenditure of s2G,9s6,771 exclusive of payment on bonds and to sinking funds, in the year 1924, the last for which the United States bureau of education has complete statistics for all the states, 72.6 per cent went directly for instruction; 4.3 per cent for gen. eral control, including school boards and superiptendents and their of fees, and the administration of the school census and compulsory at tendance; and 23.1 per cent for mis- cellaneous current expenses.
 Of the total current expenditure, exclusive of capital outlay, 56.2 per cent was paid for salaries of teach CTS, and 5.5 per cent for text books and other supplies. Capital outlay in new buildings and other perma- nent equipment took Is per cent of the total. and miscellaneous current expenses took 19.6 per cent of the total expenditure, minus the capital outlay and the payment on bonds.
 For every pupil enrolled in Connecticut, s73.57 9 year is spent for current expenses, and $12.95 for new buildings and school sites. This means sS941 a year for every pu- pil attending for current expenses, and s15.73 year for capital outlay per pupil attending. For every pu- pil it costs 49 cents a day for cur rent expenses, and g cents day for capital outlay.
 The sources of the money for the education of Connecticut children is mainly from the local school dlv1- sions. e3 per cent coming from local taxation. and per cent from state taxation and appropriation. or the total e5 per cent is raised by taxa ton and appropriation, and only .o9 per cent from permanent school funds. The other Al per cent comes from miscellaneous sources
 The federal government contri- buted s49,967 to Connecticut Tn 1924 to aid in providing vocational education.
 The value of all property used for school purposes in Connecticut IS s65.175.224, or S226 for each pupil enrolled. The state paid in 1924 s757.s3S on its indebtedness for
 
 school purposes. It received S2oS,- TOP from permanent funds, although it now has no unsold school lands.
 The cost of operating the school plant of Connecticut is distributed as follows: $1,O94,236 for wages Of tanitors and engineers; Sl,l44,72l for fuel, light, power and janltors supplies; s1,02S,7S2 for maj tntenance including repairs and replacements; s3474s6s for new buildings, grounds and alterations tnot re pairs); s264,804 for new equipment. and s757,63S for interest on indebt- edness.
 The auxiliary agencies cost a to tai of sS7S.45l, distributed as fol lows: Libraries, s49,356; promotion of health, s192,S54; transportation of pupils to schools, s524.44s, ane other auxiliary agencies, $lll,195'