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March 11, 1948
Marion Progress
Marion, Mcdowell County, North Carolina
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Q&A on proposed supplementary school tax election for Marion City Schools on April 6, explaining voter eligibility, necessity, costs, uses, and school accreditation. Compiled by Marion Central PTA.
Merged-components note: Continuation of questions and answers on proposed school tax election; text flows sequentially.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS REGARDING PROPOSED TAX
Numerous questions, both pro and con, have been asked which make reference to the pending school tax election which is to be held Tuesday, April 6.
A portion of these questions and answers are as follows:
1. Who may vote in the tax election for the purpose of raising supplementary funds for the Marion City Schools?
Answer: Any person who lives within the boundaries of the Marion City Administrative Unit, who is otherwise qualified to vote in a general election. This means a person who is at least twenty-one years of age, who has lived in the State during the past year, and who has been living in the Marion City Administrative Unit during the past four months, and who has registered in the special registration for the supplementary tax election.
2. Why is it necessary to have a special registration?
Answer: It is necessary to have a special registration to meet the requirements of the law, and only persons who register in the special registration will be entitled to vote in the supplementary tax election.
3. Why are special funds necessary for the Marion City Administrative Schools?
Answer: Special funds are necessary in order to provide a better program of instruction in the Marion City Administrative Schools over and above the minimum standards which are provided for through State funds.
4. Why are the people in the Marion City Administrative Unit being asked at this time to provide funds when the State is accumulating a surplus in State funds?
Answer: The accumulated State funds referred to in the above question are funds accumulated in the general budget and not in the State school budget, and such funds may not be used for school purposes until budgeted for that purpose. These funds can not be successfully budgeted for school purposes except through acts of the legislature.
5. In actual dollars and cents what will the proposed tax mean to the tax payer?
Answer: It means that the McDowell County Board of Commissioners may, in its discretion, levy a special school tax in an amount not to exceed twenty cents on the $100.00 property valuation. Example: A tax payer having $100.00 of taxable property would pay an additional tax of twenty cents, or if he has $1,000.00 property valuation his additional tax would be $2.00, or if he has $2,000.00 property valuation his additional tax would be $4.00, or if he has $5,000.00 property valuation his additional tax would be $10.00, or if he has $10,000.00 property valuation, his additional tax would be $20.00, etc.
6. In the event the supplementary school tax carries, how will the funds be used?
Answer: The funds raised by this tax will be used for the employment of additional teachers to reduce present teacher loads and, therefore, give our boys and girls a better school.
7. Is the Marion High School an accredited high school?
Answer: Yes, by the State Department of Public Instruction. No, by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. The above answer means that a graduate of Marion High School may enter any college in the State without an entrance examination; it further means, that a pupil attending a college outside of the State may be required to take an entrance examination. The Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges is the only official accrediting agency in the South.
8. Would it be worth while and worth the additional cost to have the Marion High School accredited?
Answer: Yes, for the reason set out in the manner to the question above and for the further reason that the admission requirements of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges require a higher minimum of instruction than does the State Board of Education.
9. How many city units are there in the State?
Answer: Seventy-one.
10. Where does Marion rank in the list with reference to the amount of money spent for instructional purposes per pupil?
Answer: Sixty-eight.
11. In the event the proposed special school tax carries, is the McDowell County Board of Commissioners for the County required to levy the same?
Answer: No. It is a discretionary right of the McDowell County Board of Commissioners. The Board may levy a part, or the maximum of twenty cents on the $100.00 valuation, or none, as in its judgement it deems wise and expedient.
12. How many teachers will the extra funds raised through the proposed special tax levy employ?
Answer: Eight to ten.
13. How much money will the proposed special tax provide?
Answer: $16,000.00 to $18,000.00.
14. Will the present teachers salaries be raised by this tax?
Answer: No.
15. What schools are included in the Marion City Administrative Unit?
Answer: Marion High School, Marion Central Elementary School, Clinchfield Elementary School, East Marion Elementary School, Eugene Cross Elementary School, West Marion Elementary School, Hudgins High and Elementary School.
16. Will each of these schools be benefited?
Answer: Yes.
17. Who will pay this tax?
Answer: Every property holder in the entire district will bear his part.
These questions and answers have all been compiled by the Marion Central Parent-Teachers association, M. W. Gordon, president.
Numerous questions, both pro and con, have been asked which make reference to the pending school tax election which is to be held Tuesday, April 6.
A portion of these questions and answers are as follows:
1. Who may vote in the tax election for the purpose of raising supplementary funds for the Marion City Schools?
Answer: Any person who lives within the boundaries of the Marion City Administrative Unit, who is otherwise qualified to vote in a general election. This means a person who is at least twenty-one years of age, who has lived in the State during the past year, and who has been living in the Marion City Administrative Unit during the past four months, and who has registered in the special registration for the supplementary tax election.
2. Why is it necessary to have a special registration?
Answer: It is necessary to have a special registration to meet the requirements of the law, and only persons who register in the special registration will be entitled to vote in the supplementary tax election.
3. Why are special funds necessary for the Marion City Administrative Schools?
Answer: Special funds are necessary in order to provide a better program of instruction in the Marion City Administrative Schools over and above the minimum standards which are provided for through State funds.
4. Why are the people in the Marion City Administrative Unit being asked at this time to provide funds when the State is accumulating a surplus in State funds?
Answer: The accumulated State funds referred to in the above question are funds accumulated in the general budget and not in the State school budget, and such funds may not be used for school purposes until budgeted for that purpose. These funds can not be successfully budgeted for school purposes except through acts of the legislature.
5. In actual dollars and cents what will the proposed tax mean to the tax payer?
Answer: It means that the McDowell County Board of Commissioners may, in its discretion, levy a special school tax in an amount not to exceed twenty cents on the $100.00 property valuation. Example: A tax payer having $100.00 of taxable property would pay an additional tax of twenty cents, or if he has $1,000.00 property valuation his additional tax would be $2.00, or if he has $2,000.00 property valuation his additional tax would be $4.00, or if he has $5,000.00 property valuation his additional tax would be $10.00, or if he has $10,000.00 property valuation, his additional tax would be $20.00, etc.
6. In the event the supplementary school tax carries, how will the funds be used?
Answer: The funds raised by this tax will be used for the employment of additional teachers to reduce present teacher loads and, therefore, give our boys and girls a better school.
7. Is the Marion High School an accredited high school?
Answer: Yes, by the State Department of Public Instruction. No, by the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. The above answer means that a graduate of Marion High School may enter any college in the State without an entrance examination; it further means, that a pupil attending a college outside of the State may be required to take an entrance examination. The Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges is the only official accrediting agency in the South.
8. Would it be worth while and worth the additional cost to have the Marion High School accredited?
Answer: Yes, for the reason set out in the manner to the question above and for the further reason that the admission requirements of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges require a higher minimum of instruction than does the State Board of Education.
9. How many city units are there in the State?
Answer: Seventy-one.
10. Where does Marion rank in the list with reference to the amount of money spent for instructional purposes per pupil?
Answer: Sixty-eight.
11. In the event the proposed special school tax carries, is the McDowell County Board of Commissioners for the County required to levy the same?
Answer: No. It is a discretionary right of the McDowell County Board of Commissioners. The Board may levy a part, or the maximum of twenty cents on the $100.00 valuation, or none, as in its judgement it deems wise and expedient.
12. How many teachers will the extra funds raised through the proposed special tax levy employ?
Answer: Eight to ten.
13. How much money will the proposed special tax provide?
Answer: $16,000.00 to $18,000.00.
14. Will the present teachers salaries be raised by this tax?
Answer: No.
15. What schools are included in the Marion City Administrative Unit?
Answer: Marion High School, Marion Central Elementary School, Clinchfield Elementary School, East Marion Elementary School, Eugene Cross Elementary School, West Marion Elementary School, Hudgins High and Elementary School.
16. Will each of these schools be benefited?
Answer: Yes.
17. Who will pay this tax?
Answer: Every property holder in the entire district will bear his part.
These questions and answers have all been compiled by the Marion Central Parent-Teachers association, M. W. Gordon, president.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Education
What keywords are associated?
School Tax Election
Marion City Schools
Supplementary Funds
Voter Registration
Teacher Employment
School Accreditation
What entities or persons were involved?
M. W. Gordon
Where did it happen?
Marion City Administrative Unit, Mcdowell County
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Marion City Administrative Unit, Mcdowell County
Event Date
Tuesday, April 6
Key Persons
M. W. Gordon
Event Details
Q&A explaining voter eligibility, special registration, need for supplementary funds to improve instruction beyond state minimums, tax rate up to 20 cents per $100 valuation, use for hiring 8-10 additional teachers, Marion High School accreditation status, state ranking in per-pupil spending, and schools included.