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nome of m e croft L,uy
costs have made it impossible for states m the percentage of state
T he assessed valuati™.
communities to maintain t h e i r support of the public schools.
e rty behind each chiwt,
schools within the limitations nor
Throughout the nation, trend
mally imposed. S t a t e support in school financing in recent years s,a ■' attendan“ thn»2
eliminate the necessity of most has been toward increasingly more tric ts Th "
k»’
of these expensive special levy state support. Despite changes tricts. I he highest distnr
s ta te has «2.122.900
elections.
made in the fiscal picture in the
child
as contraster to th.
The
current
teacher
shortage
last four years, Oregon still lags
State Schools Face Crisis Unless Proper Measure
Concluded on pag€
reflects the instability of school in this respect.
Is Passed To Assure Future; People Urged To
financing in the past.
On the coast, per capita state
Attend P.-T. A. Meetitng, Thursday Evening.
Teacher-education graduates of aid to the schools of Washington
the institutions of the state sys is $16.14; of California, $8.97, and
Coming up for discussion at the State Basic School Support Fund tem of higher education have de of Oregon, $6.04. Expenditures per
forthcoming P.-T. A. meeting, is initiative measure in tre general clined steadily in numbers or sev class room unit vary even more
eral years. In 1931, the state sys
the "Basic School Support” bill, election this coming November. tem sported the graduation of widely, being as follows: Cali
The
measure,
its
sponsors
believe.
fornia, $3,500; Washington, $2,200
which is considere a "must” for
1,177 teacher trainees. In 1934 and Oregon, $1,800, according to
F u n eral Direct«
future welfare of the state’s ele
there were only 716 teacher grad-| figures published by the American
mentary schools. Take from the
and
Endorsers of the Bill uates; in 1938. 701; in 1942, 368 Council on Education.
Oregon Educational Journal is:
and in 1945, 171. By June of 1946 J
Ambulance
Original sponsors of the state
The variation in school support
School financing today is a d if
it was estimated that only 102
basic
school
support
fund
mea
by
districts in Oregon is tremen
ficult and uncertain business. The
teacher trainees would be gradu-'
P*hone 1091
sure
are
being
joined
by
an
ever-
dous
and does not give every Ore
ated.
harrassed Oregon school boards
increasing
number
of
interested
Crescent
City,
gon
youth
equility
of
educational
know that. It is their difficult and
Graduates are now far below opportunity.
groups.
The
last
report
shows
that
often unappreciated duty to ob
normal replacement requirements.
tain the revenues to maintain these are endorsing:
The result has been the extensive
Oregon
Federation
of
Women’s
good educational facilities for the
use of emergency taching cer
youth of their districts. Schiol Oragnizations.
tificates.
Reports from the state
Oregon Federation of Business
teachers and administrators are
department of education show that
and
Profesisonal
Women's
clubs.
well aware of these problems The
more than2500 of Oregon’s 8.254
Oregon State Grange.
general public is becoming in
teachers in 1945-46 were teaching
Oregon
Department
of
Am
eri
creasingly cognizant of the fact
on emergency certificates. This
can
Legion.
that "something must lx? done!”
Oregon Department of Veterans shortage has been increasing for
That "something” which can be
the past ten years and is expected
of
Foreign Wars.
done is to enact into law the
We have a complete line of Raincoats for m
Oregon J u n i o r Chambers of to be an acute problem for years
to come unless more incentives
Commerce.
" omen and children. H urry and buy yours
are developed to attract people
Oregon Farmers Union.
b e fo re th e r a in y seaso n sets in!!
Original sponsors of the mea to the profession.
Drop in, while in town, and visit our
sure are the Oregon Congress of
Teacher turnover is also an in
Before Fall Rains Begin ! Parents
and Teachers, the Oregon dication of financial unrest. The
Store — and Remember our motto is:
.-r«»
State Association of S c h o o l OEA research department, on the
Boards, The Oregon Educational basis of a sampling of half of
Association, and Ronald E. Jones. Oregon’s first and second class
school districts, found a 24 2 per
is a workable solution to many cent turnover of the teaching
of the school financing difficulties staffs throughout the state in
of the present time. Their belief 1945-46. The turnover in third
is shared by the important state class districts is always much
It*« one big turpn ie after another
wide groups which have already higher than in the larger districts.
The Portland schools experi
endorsed
the measure, Now*, as
when you redecorate a room with
enced
a turnover of 795 persons
the election approaches, teachers
Pittsburgh Techide. One coat 11
during
the 1945-46 school year in
and interested laymen can help
sufficient over old wallpaper or
to secure its passage by banding ?ioLntaining a teaching staff of
other surfaces. An»l that one coat | together to present the facts to 1722 persons.
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Oregon lags behind its neighbor
all the voters. General understand-
may be applied in less than two
h.xirs a n d dri** in o n * h o u r. You ; mg of the needs should assure
its enactment.
can actually hang up pictures 60
These needs are all too appar
minutes after painting with Techidc.
ent to school boards and Oregon
Aak us to give you the wtiole story
teachers. W ithin their local dis
of this umaring wall paint.
tricts, they know t h a t sound
school financing is essential. Are
these needs widespread, or are
they purely local? Some of the
ONE COAT COVERS
incontrovertible facts pointing to
Techide comes in paste form. Can
current needs for statewide school
support are indicated:
be mised in just a jiffy!
Local P.-T. A. Will Hear Discussion
Of Proposed State “Basic School
Support” Initiative, Of Coming Election
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Increasing costs art forcing the
school districts to exceed their 6%
limitations.
fror the school >ear 1946-47, 42
out of O regon's 45 first class school
d istric ts found it n ecessary to
! hold special elections to exceed
th eir c o n stitu tio n a l 6*5 lim ita
tions, according to q u e stio n n a a ire
re tu rn s com piled by the R esearch
D e p artm en t of OEA. T he p ictu re
lo r all school d istric ts w as h ard ly
b e t te r , ep o rts showed th a t 86.6%
of a ll school d istric ts w ere forced
to vote special levy elections for
the 1946-41 school year.
S even m illion d o llars is a con
serv ativ e estim ate of the am ount
" hieh Oregon school d istricts w ere
forced to levy beyond th e 69
lim itation in 1945-46 to m eet in
creasing costs.
The situ atio n is difficult thro u g h
out th,
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