Evening star., 1952-03-20
$2.98 Tax Rate.
Asked 10 Meet
School Needs
Rise From $2.65
Proposed for '52-'53
Fuirfox Budget

Proposed for 1888
Foirfux Budget
A $2.98 tax rate is proposed for
the 1923 fiscal year in Fairfax
County to finance a record $6.8
million school budget, plus all
other county operating expenses.
which have not yet been totaled.
The present rate is $2.65.
The Board Of County Super
visors voted yesterday to advertise
q budget based on the $2.98 rate,
after receiving the school budget
request, which accounts for $2.38
Of the proposed levy.
The remainder Of the levy in
cludes IS cents for general county
operations, 10-cent fire levy, 1-cent
police retirement levy and 8 cents
for the courthouse addition debt
retirement.
A public hearing on the budget
proposals will be held at 10 am.
April % in the courthouse. April
80 is the deadline for adoption of
the budget.
$2,3S9,50O Higher.
The proposed new school budget
is $2,389, 500 above that for the
current fiscal year. A $400 increase
in the teacher salary scale, plus
ITO new teachers, accounts for
1869 500 Of the increase. The first
payment on principal for the sos
million school construction bond
issue adds another .$420. 900. and
the bond issue interest Is $258, ,125.
Another $4,000 of the school
budget increase is the amount of
this years tax surplus that the
supervisors by a AZ vote author
lied for capital school expendi-
lures. The School Board plans
to spend about half of this for new
construction, some for new sites
and the remainder for new buses
and architects fees.
The supervisors allowed use of
the surplus money for capital ex-
penditures on motion of Mrs. Anne
wilkins, seconded by Arthur Shat
fer. Voting with them were c. B.
Jett and Stuart De Bell. The dis
senting votes were cast by G. WAL
lace Carper and Maurice w. Fox,
who said they opposed it because
it would mean higher taxes.
Anticipated Levy Trimmed.
When the supervisors author
lied use of the $4,000 for cap
ital expenditures, they anticipated
this would result in a $2.43 school
levy. The school board made sew
eral adjustments, however. to
place the levy at $2.38. 9i'st
If the $4,000 had been applied
to the budget to cover general
operating costs. school official said
the present $2.15 school levy could
have been maintained:
The proposed new school levy is
divided in two parts: $1.87 for
school operating expenses-the
same as in the current budget, and
81 cents for debt retirement and
capital outlay, which is only %
cents at present.
About $3.8 million Of the total
school budget would be raised by
the proposed new school levy.
About $2.3 million was budgeted
from the same source in the 1872
fiscal year. Besides the local levy,
other major sources Of revenue to
finance 1898 school expenditures
are as follows: $13 million total
anticipated surplus from all
sources; $968, ,728 from State funds
for operation; 1926 ,899 from State
construction funds, and $114,000
deliquent taxes and land redemp-
tionS.
Budgeted for Expenditures.
The proposed school expendi-
lures are budgeted as follows:
Administration, sos ,426; instruc-
ton, $2,952.220; other instruc-
tional costs such as. laboratory
supplies, clerks for principals and
classroom supplies, $235, 1916; CO.
ordinate activities including dental
fees, compulsory attendance ex-
penses and medical supplies. $10,-
900; auxiliary agencies, such as
bus transportation, $253,854;
school building operations, includ-
ing janitors, utility bills, etc.,
$458, $50; school plant mainte-
nance, 1927 $40; fixed charges,
$205, ,931: capital outlay on the
operating side Of the ledger (in-
cluding the 900 surplus sum- i,
$497, 200; capital outlays in the
regular debt and capital expendi-
ture portion of the budget, $685.
929 (including principally the
State construction grant; debt
service, $829,574.
The Accent levy proposed by
the supervisors for general county
operations is 7-cent increase
over this years 39-cent general
fund levy.
County Executive Carlton c.
Massey said general fund expenses
for 1952-53 will total 1,785, ,622,
of which $739,0 win be collected
by the accent levy. The general
fund expenses for 1951-52 were
budgeted as $432 ,971, but ran
above that amount as a number
of allocations were made from
surplus funds.
Details Available Tomorrow.
Mr.. Massey said details Of the
supervisors budget will not be
available until tomorrow. He said
q number Of calculations re-
mained to be completed, but that
they will not alter the proposed
$2.98 rate.
While they agreed to advertise
the budget as it now stands. at
least half Of the supervisors in
dicated they will look for places
A.