Evening star., 1961-11-29
Schools Seek
S133 Million
InMdry|and
Up $11 Million,
Budget includes
Teacher Poy Rise
By PAUL HOPE
Star staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Nov. ga
proposed school budget of ap-
proximately S133 million for
the next fiscal year was pre-
Sented to the Maryland Board
of Education today.
The budget, drafted by Supt.
Thomas G. Pullen, jr., prob
ably will be approved with little |
change by the board and
passed on to the Governor for
consideration in his 1923
State budget.
The figures represent approx
imately an $11 million increase
in State money to be requested
by school officials.
DR.. Pullen said there are no |
m a or new programs in the |
proposed budget. He said the |
increase in funds reflects pri-
marily an increase in pupils
plus some increases in State |
aid voted at the 1861 session of
the General Assembly.
Rise in Teacher Pay
The budget for the teacher
colleges calls for an increase
in faculty salaries to bring
them to the level of the staff |
at the University of Maryland.
Public school officials have
been trying for several years
to bring the pay scale at the
teachers colleges up to that |
level, but the request has been
turned down by the Governor
and the General Assembly.
Spending for education is
the biggest single item in the
total State budget, and there
is little the Governor and the
General Assembly can do about
cutting the proposals presented
by DR.. Pullen today.
Nearly all of the items in
the budget represent spending
made mandatory under State
laws providing for a minimum
program for education in the
counties and Baltimore City.
In the basic aid-to-public-
education figures in DR.. Pull
lens budget, Prince Georges
County will get $13,089, ,287, an
increase of 1896, ,693. Montgom-
cry County will get $12,021,157,
an increase of $1,016,407.
William S. Sartorius, as
sistant superintendent, said aid
figures represent around IS
per cent Of Montgomery's total
operational budget and around
40 per cent Of the Prince
Georges spending for school |
operations. The State aid is
for a minimum program, and
the total spending in the coun-
ties depends on how much the |
counties add to it. |
Most of the jump in the |
public school budget this year
results from an increase in
per-pupil aid voted at the 1861
session of the General AS
Sembly. This was raised from
$28 per pupil to $40.
Another big boost is in the
incentive fund for school con-
struction. The General As
sembly voted a 50 increase in
per-pupil aid drom $40 to $22) !
plus $40 for each pupil in the
total increase of students over
the previous year.
On 63S,675 Pupils
Mr.. Sartorius said the pro-
posed public school budget is
based on an expected enroll |
ment next year of 638,675, an |
increase of approximately 49,
900 students.
Montgomery's enrolment is
expected to jump from some
1880 to 83,250 and Prince
Georges from some 74,500 to
81, 900.
The budget provides for an
increase in the State contribu-
ton for junior college opera
tions from SITS per pupil to,
5000. Montgomery County |
would get $2SO,OOO for 1,4O0
junior college students, COM
pared to the $214,550 it is
getting now for some 1900 stu
dents. Prince Georges would
get 100000 for 400 students
compared to $51,800 for 296
students.