Annual report. [1946]

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LEARNING TO LIVE

Receipts and Expenditures, 1946-47 OUTGO
What are the sources of income and just
how does the Board of Education allocate
its revenues? A somewhat detailed story of
the school budget for 1946-47 is told in
Chapter 9. The illustrations on this page
will help readers get a quick overall con- 1 / tribution of income as follows: salaries for instructional purposes,
S- 8$26,233,000; operation of the school plant covering such items as
"" labor, coal and electricity required an expenditure of $4,477,000;
Smaintenance of the school plant including repairs to buildings and
l equipment, and plumbing and heating replacement and repair. calls for an expenditure of $1,876,000. Auxiliary agenciesAttendance Department, public transportation, and so forth,
Income of the Board of Education is derived from three principal $1,390,000; free textbooks and supplies, $608,000. An item of
sources. In 1946-47 local taxes contributed $95,619,000 of a total $1,015,000 covered a variety of expenditures including business and
budget slightly in excess of $37,000,000. The state was the second educational administration and fixed charges. Capital costs,
major contributor to the extent of $12,850,000. Other sources of purchase of buildings and land, as well as alterations and equiprevenue including the federal government accounted for $1,373,000. ment required $1,908,000 for a total expenditure of $37,006,000.