PART 1V --=-= (CONTINUED)

jit, SCHOOL DISTRICT REORGANIZATION MUST COME

 

 

A, RURAL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND CITY DISTRICTS SHOULD BE REORGANIZED INTO UNITS OF SUFFICIENT
SIZE TO PROVIDE:
1, VALUATIONS HIGH ENOUGH, WHICH WHEN COUPLED WITH OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT, WILt
GUARANTEE A GOOD PROGRAM OF EDUCATION WITHOUT CONFISCATORY PROPERTY LEVIES,
2, ENROLLMENTS LARGE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE A DEMOCRATIC SOCIAL GROUP IN WHICH A PROPER
CURRICULUM MAY BE FOLLOWED WITHOUT EXCESSIVE EXPENSE PER PUPIL,
3. AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY STAFF SUFFICIENT IN SIZE AND COMPETENCE,

B,. HOW SCHOOLS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED:
1, LOCAL TAXES SHOULD PROVIDE A BASIC PORTION OF SCHOOL REVENUE,
2, A MINIMUM BASE PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH THE COUNTY UNIT WOULD PROVIDE
A PARTIAL SOLUTION TO INEQUALITIES IN ASSESSMENTS AND WEALTH,
3, THE STATE HAS A DEFINITE OBLIGATION TO ASSIST MATERIALLY IN THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION:
A, THROUGH PLANS OF EQUALIZATION,
B, THROUGH OTHER WAYS OF STATE SUPPORT,
1, MANY OF THE NEWER FORMS OF INDIRECT TAXES WHICH CAN ONLY BE COLLECTED
BY THE STATE YIELD LARGE AMOUNTS, PART OF WHICH SHOULD BE USED TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS,

C, KANSAS PUPILS SHOULD BE PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION IF LIVING AN UNDUE DISTANCE FROM SCHOOL,
1, WITH REORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS, THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS SHOULD BE PROVIDED
IN MANY AREAS:
A, THROUGH OPERATION OF BUS ROUTES,
1, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SHOULD BE SET UP FOR THE EDUCATIONAL WELFARE OF
THE CHILDREN RATHER THAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR
COMMUNITY,
B. THROUGH SUCH OTHER METHODS AS MAY BE FOUND DESIRABLE OR NECESSARY,
2. A COUNTY SYSTEM OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED FOR BOTH ELEMENTARY AND HIGH
SCHOOL PUPILS IS DESIRABLE,
3, GOOD ROADS WILL FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD SCHOOLS AND MUST ACCOMPANY RE=
ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICTS,
A, GOOD ROADS REQUIRE THE COOPERATION OF TOWNSHIP, COUNTY AND STATE,
8, GOOD ROADS WILL NOT ONLY BE OF BENEFIT TO SCHOOLS BUT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE
WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,
4, THE STATE SHOULD ASSUME A PART OF THE DIRECTION, SUPERVISION AND EXPENSE INVOLVED
IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
5, WHERE TRANSPORTATION 1S NOT POSSIBLE, DORMITORIES OR OTHER SUITABLE LIVING QUARTERS
SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY THE STATE,