The fiscal problem in Missouri

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Identifikator:: 1833271335

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-230042

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The fiscal problem in Missouri

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: National Industrial Conference Board, Inc.

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: xvi, 359 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. Public school finance

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER VIII PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE UBLIC school finance is a very live issue in Missouri at the present time. It was recently recommended that the state government undertake to equalize educational opportunities throughout the state by a program that would involve the expenditure by the state of considerable addi- tional sums each year in the form of state aid. In effect, the adoption of such a program would transfer to the state government a substantial part of the burden now borne by the school districts. The proposal is advocated as a means of extending to all public school pupils in the state the oppor- tunity to obtain a public school education comparable with that now provided only in certain parts of the state. The plan does not provide for absolutely uniform educational standards throughout the state, but it does provide that certain minimum standards shall be established and main- tained. It has been estimated that the additional state aid over a ten-year period would amount to $100.6 million,! if the plan were adopted. This sum is equivalent to approximately two times the expenditures for all public schools for the school year ended in 1929. Before examining the proposed plan in detail it is desirable to consider the expenditures for public schools in Missouri over a period of years, the present system of state aid, and the expenditures of the state for public school purposes. PusLic ScrHooL EXPENDITURES In the school year ended June 30, 1929.2 public school expenditures in Missouri amounted to 351.3 million, of which $30.8 million was for teachers’ salaries. It may be seen in | Exclusive of $2.1 million of additional building aid. 21n referring to school years, the designation “school year ended” is not used in the remainder of this section.

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