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MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE, MtDrOHD, Unci.
SUNDAY, JANUAHY 22, 1981
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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-
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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.
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