The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-06-01
Continue Month TO-MOnth
School Financing; Tax Levy Unchanged
1861 Budget
Work Concluded
Tuesday Night

Prince Edward Countys school
financing was continued on a
month-to month basis for the
1861 session, and the county
tax levy left unchanged from
current rates by the board OF SUI
peryisors Tuesday.
In night session. the board
completed its budget work for the
s~er commencing July / by: adj
optlng its proposed general fund
budget for operating the county
government; making a flat appro-
priation of $150,0OO for schools,
and requesting the scnool puard
to make its needs known at
monthly sessions of the school
superintendent and the supervIS-
orS each month Of the next school
year.
Acting before the legal deadlnc
of May 81 the supervisors made
1867 financing procedures com
plete through a formal four-part
resolution. adopted unanimously
| with ali SIX board members pres
ent.
Careful Thought
The board emphasized in a pre-
limlnary paragraph of the reSo-
luton that the action was taken
after careful consideration of the
nncIc anl up1farp ,D,t,f,.
and its people
Tho resolution first states the
boards refusal to approve the
-. uudget Tor schools as recon-
mended and requested by the
/ school board
In place of the s3sA942 in local
funds asked for schools, Sup"rviS-
ors first made the flat appropria-
ton of $l50.000, more than
enough to meet the legal MINI
mum of sufficient sums to meet
maintenance and repair costs TO
public school property.
For financing the remainder of
the cost of schools. the boards
resolution authorizes and requests:
the school board through the
superintendent of schools to pre-
pare and Sumbit it to the super
viSors at its September 1856 meet
ing a statement of expenses in
CURED in preparation for opening
of schools for 1956-57 and an cS-
,.nlaCe OF the expenses necessary
to operate the school during Sep
TENDER.
Meet Each Month
And further, to submit state
mentS of expenses incurred in the
previous month and estimated for
the next month at each regular
meeting of the board of superviS-
ors during the 1861 school
term.
In a third portion of the rcSo-
luton. the board approved its
proposed general fund budget.
calling for about $280.000 to OPP
crate the county departments
With that goes approval of an
additional sum of $82 900 for wei
fare. including all sources of rev
enue, local. state and federal
In final paragraph. SuperviS-
orS set the 1861 levy at cur
rent figures: $3.50 per 500 valu-
alton of real estate. except in
Farmville where it will be S280
also, $500 in tangible personal
property. including machinery and
tools, and SOTO on personal pro-
pcrty classified as merchant s
capital
The school boards total budget
listed S7l5.277 which included
s352,942 in county funds. This
sum would have provided by board
board plans for purchase of addi-
tional buses and re-institution of
several departments omitted or
curtalled last year.
The action taken Tuesday is
the same as the procedure follow
ed last year Under the plan the
| school board Is not necessarily re-
Strlcted in expenditures except
90 board of supervisors approval
Of expenditures is to be secured.
and 90 appropriations will not be
made further ahead than 30 days.
The school board does not meet
again until June IL At that time.
it is expected that it will pass a
resolution adopting the supervis-
ors' plan as it procedure for the
year
Board of supervisors members
have expressed the opinion that
the 30-day system of school fl
nancing allows room for proper
operation of schools on a basis
suitable to the public educational
interest, and. at the same time.
holding rein over finances in event
of forced action on school lntegra-
ton