Evening star., 1947-03-09
Schools foCost
About
Twice as Much
Ruises for Teachers
Are Principal Item
Of $24, SOC, 900
BY The A,,oeiut,d pr..,

BY the Assoeictsd Press
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 8.-The States
bill for educating its youngsters-
not counting what the counties and
Baltimore City put UPS going to
be about twice as much in the next
two years, but school authorities say
1t Is question Of double-or-nothing,
State aid for the 1947-48 school
year will amount to more than $24,-
SOC, 900, on the basis Of expenditures
already sanctioned and those ap-
pearing certain of approval by the
General Assembly.
The chief item: Higher salaries
for teachers so they can keep up
with the cost of living.
Average Now About $4,000.
DR.. Thomas G.. Pullen, State SUI
perintendent of education, has told
the General Assembly that without
substantial pay increases teachers
will continue to turn to better-pay-
ing jobs. And without the prospect
of better salaries, fewer young peo-
pie will train for the profession.
Maryland teachers now average
little more than $4,000 a year. Under
a program now before the Legisla-
ture, this would be the minimum for
a teacher with a degree. The scale
would run up to $1,000 after 16 years
of experience.
With the strong backing of teacher
and parent organizations, DR., Pull
len has won the assurance Of the
House and Senate Education Com
mittees that his program for the
next two years will be supported.
Program Summarized.
Yesterday, he and Miss Bessie G.
Stern, head of the Department Of
Educational Measurements, gave
this summary of what the school
system will do with about $27,
600 1t hopes to get in supplemental
appropriations for the 1947-48 and
1948-49 school years:
/. For increased salaries for teach.
ers and principals, $500, ,565 the
first year and $7.252,742 the second.
2. To implement so-called Sherbow
report recommendations for Balti-
more and Baltimore County, $2,3H,-
la and $2,402.444.
8. For increases to superintend-
ents and In the number Of super.
visors, $311,837 and $685. $50.
4. For an expanded attendance
service, $122,75 and $127 ,553.
5. For the building incentive fund,
AGO 0nE nyxI Elm o0E
Innovation Noted.
Gov. Lanes original budget re-
quests for the two years totaled ap-
proxifnately $23. 500 600. Plus an ad-
ditional Sc, ,200, 900 for the retirement
system, libraries, adult education,
vocational rehabilitation and related
(schpd functions.
The aid to high school supervisors
is an innovation this year. DR.. Pull
len. says the service Is vital because
Of the teacher shortage, the States
new 12-year educational program.
and the help his department offers
to veterans.
The other increases are enlarge
ments Of aid already given.
To apportion these funds, the de-
partment will employ sinplifled
formulae proposed by the Sherbow
c Commission on redistribution Of
State revenues.
The Sherbow report recommended
Of the present education
fund and ALLEGATION to
the counties and Baltimore City Of
$40 per year for each pupil in at
tendance within the various subdi-
visions and $400 annually to the
Subdivisions for each classroom unit.
Baltimore and Baltimore County,
which do not benefit from the equal
ization fund until the second year.
gain primarily through the teacher
pupil yardstick. The counties bene.
fit In the same proportion as always,
for their equalization receipts di-
minish as other aid increases.
A joint finance subcommittee pro-
posal to Jump the county equaliza-
ton tax rate level from 56 to IS
cents is still being debated here. II
so, the counties will be responsible
for 81, 400, 900 of the additional funds.
One Legislator, as close to the
problem as any, Is confident the
higher level will be adopted.