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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1961)
o O MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE, MtDrOHD, Unci. SUNDAY, JANUAHY 22, 1981 A 3 Federal Aid Helps Jackson County Schools in Various Ways 0 and C Tax Offset Funds Provide Big GovernmentShare The federal government now assists many local school districts financially, and the present Congress probably will be asked to provide more. School administrators know that more revenue will be needed to relieve local prop erty taxes, and some believe that more funds perhaps should be furnished by the federal government. But opin ions differ. Some educators believe that more federal funds would have a tendency toward unde sirable governmental control over school curriculum pro grams; others believe it would not; still others believe there may be too much "red tape" involved to make it worth the trouble. Generally, federal aid to education in Jackson county totals a little more than 3V4 per cent of the combined gen eral funds of the county's 11 districts, which amounted to $7,262,932 in the 1959-60 school year. The 3'i per cent, however, does not include the Jackson county court's distri bution of O and C funds to offset taxes. Amount Increases If the O and C funds are in cluded (and, since the monies are derived from sales of fed eral timber by the bureau of land management, it can be considered an indirect federal source) the amount of federal source funds is a little less than 9'2 per cent of the 11 districts' general fund. The amount of federal aid to each district varies with the district's programs and the location of the district. There are two types of fed eral aid: direct and indirect. Direct federal aid is provid ed through the school lunch fund, vocational education, public law 874, and the Na tional Defense. Education act. Indirect Federal Aid Indirect federal aid is pro vided through O and C funds, and the federal forest reserve fund. The school lunch fund in Jackson ,county in the 1959 60 school year, the last full school year, totaled $65, 379.68. Distribution of this fund, which is budgeted by the department of agricul ture, is dependent upon the number of lunches served. Federal constributions to school districts in the county for vocational . education to taled $9,699.70 in 1959-60, which was distributed to Phoenix, Crater and Eagle Point High schools for their vocational agriculture pro grams. Four districts in Jackson county share in funds distrib uted through public law 874, which provides aid for gen eral fund purposes to dis tricts affected by federal ac tivities. The $56,432.95 re ceived for the four districts during the 1959-60 schoo year was distributed in this way: Amounts Received Phoenix received $2,663.34, which amounted to 410ths of 1 per cent of the districts total expenditures that year. Eagle Point received $25, 653, which was 4 per cent of the district'3 expenditures. Prospect received $20, 071.61, which was 11 per cent of the district's expenditures. Butte Falls received $8,045, or 9 per cent of its school ex penditures in 1959-60. Public law 815 is similar to PL 874, but the former pro vides funds for new buildings and equipment. No district in the county received funds un der public law 815 in the 1959-60 school year. Pariicipaie in Act All 11 Jackson county dis tricts participated in the Na tional Defense Education act, and will receive $14,579.79. The money has not been re ceived for the 1959-60 school year, but it is assured. The funds, handled through the county school superin tendent's office, will be dis tributed this way: Phoenix, $1,253.98 (includ ing $592.48 for the former Talent school district); Ash land. $2,471.76; District 6C, $2,277.25; Eaple Point, $1, 056.28; Rogue River. $535.88; Applceate, $35 45: Prospect, S'MO 57- Evans Valley. $65.05; Butte Falls. $101.25; Pine hurst, $17; and Medford, $6, 517.22. In addition. District 6C and the Medford district applied for NDEA funds on a district level. District 6C is expected to receive about $2,055.97; and Medford. about $7,140.12. Imorore Subject Programs The NDEA was established to he!:) dis'ricts improve sci ence mathematics, modern foreign InnguaRes and coun .elin,; and guidar.ee services. T'i" b'll is scheduled to 'cr m;',, in 1202. so probably eji.dr by Co- mat ' " MAYOR READS ACCOUNT - Grim - faced daughter of the president of the embezzled Mayor George Carl of Sheldon, Iowa, reads bank, is being held in Sioux City, Iowa, in a newspaper account of the $2 million bank connection with the embezzlement. ' embezzlement. Mrs. Burnice Geiger, 58, (UPI Tclephoto) of value is-received by each district in the county from the federal government through commodities purchased by the government and distributed to districts for school lunch programs. Another undstermi ned value is the purchase of sur plus equipment. For example, some districts have purchased surplus equipment for shop programs. District personnel and students renovate the equipment, such as lathes, and save taxpayers several thous ands of dollars over a few year's time. . Federal Forest Reserves During the 1959-60 school year, a total of $116,639.07 was distributed to the coun ty's 11 districts from the fed eral forest reserves. The federal government pays to the state 25 per cent of the receipts from national forest lands in the state to benefit public roads and schools. The state decides the allocation of money. In Oregon, 75 per cent is distributed to the county for roads, and 25 per cent for schools. The 25 per cent for schools Is handled through the County School Fund. The $116,639.07 received in Jackson county in the 1959-60 school year amounted to about 2 per cent of each dis trict's total expenditures, or $5.22436 per census child. It was distributed this way: Amounts to Districts Phoenix, $9,325.48; Ash land, $17,898.65; Central Point, $15,046.16; Eagle Point, $7,867.89; Rogue River, $2, 972.66; Applegate, $914.26; Prospect, $1,760.61; Evans Valley, $1,013.53; Butte Falls, $1,206.83; Pinehurst, $276.89; and Medford, $58,356.10. Perhaps the most important source of federal revenue, al though indirect, in Jackson county is from O and C funds. Fifty per cent of the revenue from lands managed by the bureau of land management is returned to the county in which the land is located. The payment is essentially an in-lieu-of-taxes payment, and the county court is under no compulsion to use O and C funds for school purposes. However, in some counties, including Jackson county, the court uses O and C funds, through the County School Fund, to help offset local property taxes. In Jackson county during the 1959-60 school year, the total contributed by the court was $425,040. With this amount added to other federal revenue sources, 9.46 per cent of the combined general funds of the 11 districts came from federal sources in 1959-60. The 1959-60 O and C contri bution was on a $20-per-cen- sus child basis. This has been increased during the present school year to $35 per census child, stipulated that it must be used as a direct tax offset -that is, the total amount to which a district is entitled de ducted from the school tax levy in that district. Property taxes, however, still carry the heaviest load in providing school districts with revenue for general oper ating purposes. Less than 10 per cent of the revenue (on a county-wide basis) comes from direct and indirect federal aid, and about 28 per cent comes from state sources. Linfield College Enrollment Starts McMinnville - Registration for the spring semester is now underway at Linfield college here. Spring semester classes will not open until Feb. 6. Students may register at the registrar's office in Melrose hall at anytime until the op ening of classes. Late registra tions also will be accepted during the first weeks of class es. Among activities scheduled early in the new semester are Help Week for fraternity and sorority pledges, the 29th an nual high school speech tour nament, sponsored by the speech department, and Chris tian Emphasis Week. Beneficiaries Should File Earnings in 1960 At this time of year, social security beneficiaries under age 72 who earned more than $1,200 in 1960 are required to file an annual report of earn ings, according to Edward B. Johnson, district manager of the Medford social security of fice. The report must include all wages and self-employment earnings in 1960, and must be filed with the Social Security administration on or before April 15. The purpose of the report is to determine whether any payments may be owed to the beneficiary and to ascer tain over-payments to bene ficiaries. Individuals age 72 or over during the entire year of 1960 need not make this report. All beneficiaries whose to tal earnings from employment or self-employment exceeded $1,200 in 1960 and who were under age 72 during at least part of the year are required to file the annual report. Also, any beneficiary who had one or more social security checks withheld during the year be cause of employment is re quired to file the report. Beneficiaries needing help in completing the report should contact their local so cial security district office for assistance. The social security office in Medford, located at 1005 East Main St., is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. TAX WORK MADE EASY Rent or lease Adding Machine Typewriter Calculator VOIGHT'S 8th ft Grape SP 2-4100 Easy Parking Green Stamps A bargain has been born at Barker's! Bring four dollars down to Main and Central and visit these babies ... We have thirty dozen of the darlings layed out asleep on tables for you to see. 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