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Show 121 because they do not have the educational funds spent Utah makes most its certainly substantial a budget to them that them.12 children in most other states have available to other hand, the UEA on On the has not advertised the fact that effort to support education byalloting public education. Yet, when the UEA has ack nowledged this latter fact, it has declared that since parents in Utah have chosen to have lace values education to pay more for the more children, and since the general popu highly, parents and taxpayers ought support of public to expect education.13 By contrast, those who take pride in the fact that Utah spends a large percentage of its public funds for schools largely ignore the per child Utah figures and point public schools doing well Anned Forces Qualifying on Test.14 relatively "poor" state, gets to such facts a as the graduatese certain kinds aftests such as the Such boasts indicate that Utah, lot for its educational afford what they want to afford and that the state is not the Utah Foundation a dollars.15 This evokes criticism from the UEA which has held that Utahns 121n 1964, of can poor.16 some of the responses See Basic "tnto lerabl e ," presented to the claims that Utah conditions were -- Issues, pp. 26-27. l3See Use it. II. the UEA editorial, "Do You Have a Good Excuse? Utah Educational Review 55 (March 1962): 7. l4Rulon S. Don't Howells, The Mormon Story 1st ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1957), p. 122. 15As research organization, the Utah Foundation claims neutral ity. pub1 ications deal ing with taxes usually point out that Utah is certainly not wealthy, that the state makes a genuine effort, and as a result of the effort, schools do reasonably well. See Basic a Yet its Issues, p. 33, l6This "00 You Have is a implied in the Utah Educational Good Excuse?" Review editorial, |
