The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1964 Page: 2 of 12
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Texas Is Not Spending Any More Money, Percentagewise,
On Public Schools Than It Did Quarter Century Ago
AUSTIN .. Talk of skyrocketing
state expenditures for public
schools is both true and false —
depending on how you look at it,
and who does the looking.
True, the number of dollars has
increased over the last decade or
two. So have expenditures for ev-
erything else. But it is false that
the schools get a larger proportion
of money than they used to re-
ceive from the state.
Charles H. Tennyson, executive
secretary of the Texas State
Teachers Association, made these
observations today In releasing
"Trends,” the annual TSTA sta-
tistical analysis of Texas public
schools which is just off Ums press-
es. The figures it contains are from
official state reports.
The share of the state dollar
going to public schools is just
about the same as it was when the
Oilmer-Aikln school program
took effect In 1949-50, Tennyson
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noted. In fact, it is approximately
the same as in 1939-40, the last
normal pre-war year.
"In other words,” Tennyson
pointed out, "the state js not
spending any Store money, per-
centagewise, for public schools
th*» it did a quarter of a century
ago."
But, he declared, the state is
getting more for Us dollar, especially
In the higher percentage of chil-
dren receiving a public school ed-
ucation.
In 1939-40, "Trends” reports, the
public schools received 30.31 per
cent of the total amount spent by
the state for all government pur-
poses.
In 1049-50, 10 years later — the
first year of the Oflmer-Atkin
school program —■ the public
schools received 29.67 per cent of
the total state expenditures for
all purposes.
"Let’s look at that year," Tenny-
son said. "Total state expenditures
for all purposes were $527,252,453---
half a billion dollars — while the
public schools received from the
state $156,430.568."
But In that, year the number of
school-age children was 1.554,758,
and average daily attendance in
school was 1,151,971, which repre-
sented 74 per cent of the scholas-
tics. In other words, one out of ev-
ery four children did not even go
to public school.
The latest year reported by
"Trends is 1962-63. For that year,
total state contributions to public
schools had risen to $445,483,673.
"Persons unfamiliar with such
data, looking only at that figure,
might say, ’My goodness, that’s
almost as much as the state spent
for everything in 1949-50.” Tenny-
son explained.
"But take a peek at total state
government costs for 1962-63,” he
continued. "They had gone up to
$1,467,683,646, almost three times
the previous figure of 1949-50.
And what percentage of that did
the schools get? Only 3008 per
cent.”
That represented a drop from
3323 per cent of the preceding
year of 1961-62, which was due in
part to the fact that state contri-
butions to teacher retirement were
delayed by the Legislature for a
year. On the other hand, 1961-62
had jumped up from 20.02 per
cent the preceding year because
of the $810 teacher salary raise
voted by the Legislature to begin
With 1961-62.
Back to 1962-63, what were the
schools doing with their share of
the state money? Scholastic pop-
ulation was now 2.386,557, but av-
erage daily attendance was 2.039,-
789. This was 85 per cent of the
scholastics going to school, com-
pared to 74 per cent in 1949-50.
This required more teachers. And
it required more buildings, which
local districts finance completely.
In other words, from 1949-50 to
1962-63 the number of school-age
children increased 53 per cent. At
the same time, however, the num-
ber of school-age children attend-
ing public school increased 77 per
cent.
What all this adds up to Is
this,” noted Tennyson: "With the
same percentage of the state dol-
lar as they received a quarter of a
century ago, the local public schools
are doing a much bigger job.”
He said they are teaching more
children for longer periods of time,
and doing a better Job of it. And
this is happening In an era of
rising costs. Increasing pressures
for more and more sophisticated
and expensive equipment and
courses to meet demands of ex-
panding knowledge In an expand-
ing universe.
"By helping to keep children hi
school,” Tennyson continued, “the
Gilmer-Aikin program Is working
to provide the raw material for
the ’excellence in higher educa-
tion' goal of Texas higher educa-
tion.”
•■All this,” he emphasized, "Is
part of the state and local partner-
ship firmly established by the Gil-
mer-Aikin school program which Is
| a model for other states.”
I Tennyson cautioned about being
! misled by careless use of statis-
I tics,
"For instance,” he said, “when
in mid-1964 someone quotes teach-
er salary averages for 1961-62,
something is wrong. Then you re-
alize that 1961-62 was the year
the last statewide salary Increase
went into effect, and you under-
stand that this makes the Texas
salary situation look better — even
though it was not even up to the
national average then. Much later
figures are available, and they
show Texas steadily slipping from
that high point In 1961-62.”
For the 1963-64 school year, the
average salary paid all Texas class-
room teachers was 5.390. This was
10 per cent below the national av-
erage of $5,963 for the comparable
period.
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minded public which has always |
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they will continue to do so, as j
lopg as they have accurate lnfor- j
mation. certainly TSTA is the first!
to provide full Information about!
its own programs.”
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1964, newspaper, August 20, 1964; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth529578/m1/2/?q=%221964~%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.