APPENDIX I SUMMARY OF REPLIES OF STATE SUPERINTENDENTS TO QUESTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 6, RELATIVE TO (Compiled from letters received direct from state superintendents since May 23, 1918) a, Three mills county tax and 3 mills district tax by election in all communities (Alabama). b, They can get along without increase (Florida). c, From county school tax $1,905,198. Poll tax and one mill state tax included in the foregoing (Florida). d, Can levy 3 mills for teachers, 5 for other purposes, in rural communities. Counties can now levy 7 mills, which will be raised to 10 mills by the November election of 1918 (Florida). e, No, but 1918 legislature improved by fixing a local tax of 30 cents (Kentucky). ƒ, More than 50 per cent by state equalization fund (Maine). g, Limited only by themselves in all counties (Maine). h, Vocational-school teachers $302,228; Massachusetts school fund, $206,411; high school transportation and grants, $124,893; Union superintendents and teachers, $79,581 (Massachusetts). i, Raised by local taxation, 60 per cent; appropriated by the state, 40 per cent (Mississippi). j, Constitutional limitation (Missouri). k, The state pays one-half of the salary of the district superintendents; also in small towns $2 per week for certified teachers (New Hampshire). 1, Yes, in the majority of cases, but in many cases where the size of the district is small or assessed valuation low, they are over their limit now and could not pay more (North n, The law interposes no obstacles to assessment of sufficient revenue. There are practical restrictions upon the ability of rural towns to increase revenue by additional taxation Þ, Four million dollars state and county (Washington). q, Amount raised by district not known. Amount raised by counties approximately same as state (Wisconsin). r, Raised by local taxation, $652,263 for all purposes; state none; counties, general school fund, $510,091; total amount spent for teachers' salaries in 1917, $908,867 (Wyoming). s. In most instances, yes (Wyoming). APPENDIX II MEASURES ADOPTED TO MEET THE PRESENT The following extracts are the replies of state superintendents to question 5 of the questionnaires sent out by the Committee on Teachers' Salaries. It is the latest information on present conditions. Alabama.-Local tax levy. Delaware.-Last general assembly increast the school funds by taxing incomes. opposition in the November election. Many counties have voted to raise teachers' salaries an average of 10 per cent. Iowa.-Each district has its own budget to make up. We levy $40 per pupil and $60 in districts transporting pupils. Kentucky. By legislature fixing a 30-cent rate for county outside of city. By consolidation. By economizing so far as possible in expense of maintenance. Maine. The state of Maine offers this year an average increase in the salaries of superintendents thus far elected of about four hundred dollars, and there is evidently an ́ increase in teachers' wages of at least 25 per cent. Maryland. The recent session of the legislature increast the state appropriation $250,000 and increast the minimum salaries for teachers from 25 to 50 per cent. Massachusetts.-Legislation. In 1918 minimum of union superintendents raised from $1500 to $1800; also $550 minimum for all teachers except in towns of less than $1,000,000 valuation. Minnesota.-Increase of local taxation for school purposes. Mississippi.—We are making a campaign for more money by local taxation. North Carolina.-Special local taxation for immediate relief. A movement to amend the state constitution requiring a greater minimum length of term with proper legal statuary enforcement. North Dakota. Have given as much publicity as possible to the necessity for a material increase in salaries. No legislature has met. Hence no bills for it. Oregon.-Principally larger district tax levy. Pennsylvania. Our new minimum-salary law advances the salary from $40 and $50 respectively to $45, $55, and $65, and the amount needed to make this increase will be taken out of the general school appropriation, which was raised to $18,000,000 at the last session of the legislature. Rhode Island.-School committees are asking town meetings and city councils for lower appropriations. South Dakota.-By inducing school boards to levy sufficient tax. Texas. By raising valuations of property. Utah.-Attempt being made to tax mines. Vermont.-Our local boards are raising salaries in many cases 25 per cent. Virginia. Increase standard appropriations and have levy to limit. Washington.-Conferences with all county officials and circular letters to all school directors, superintendents, and principals. Wisconsin.-Local authorities are increasing tax levy for that purpose. Wyoming. Maintain a teachers' employment bureau in the department of education, which maintains standards. Convince district boards that other professions will take desirable teachers at higher wages. APPENDIX III ESTIMATED SALARIES AND EXPENDITURES NECESSARY TO MEET THE ADVANCE IN COST OF LIVING IN 1918 The average salaries and expenditures for teachers' salaries are taken from Report of the United States Commissioner of Education for 1917, II, 50 and 54. The estimated salaries to meet the advance in the cost of living are based on the table found on page 20 of the Report of the Railroad Wage Commission for 1918, Washington, D.C. Rhode Island. 714.37 1007.26 878.80 4I 4,363,034 6,183,728 46,690,195 65,366,273 New Jersey. 861.86 12,301,576 17,345,222 25,687,143 39,044,457 Ohio.. 18,789,778 27,057,280 Indiana 592.69 847.55 43 11,168,718 15,971,267 Illinois. 713.84 1006.51 32,683,306 Michigan. 17,061,492 Wisconsin. 542.02 782.02 44 8,850,051 12,744,073 Minnesota (1914). 469.28 709.28 15,666,698 Iowa... 506.09 11,174,716 16,426,833 Missouri. 10,767,962 15,398,186 821.91 Nebraska. 454.67 694.67 Kansas.. 635.34 895.83 4I 7,933,519 11,186,262 Delaware. 358.31* 598.31 Maryland. 561.83 803.42 4,998,885 District of Columbia. 1019.08 1426.71 40 1,760,667 2,464,934 Virginia.. 4,156,959 7,149,969 West Virginia. 320.29 560.29 3,487,304 6,835,116 Florida (1914). 327.00 567.00 73 1100 3020 Mississippi (1913). 233.64 473.64 103 Louisiana.. 437.19 677:19 55 3,451,226 5,349,400 Texas. 428.20 668.20 56 11,373,280 17,742,317 Arkansas. 3,567,461 6,136,033 Oklahoma. 438.69 678.69 55 6,179,928 9,578,888 Montana. 640.07 902.50 4I 2,775,290 3,913,159 Wyoming.. 494.06 734.06 49 856,059 1,275,528 Colorado. 560.58 New Mexico. Arizona. 738.96 Utah. 691.66 3,626,681 Nevada. 725.08 683,646 Idaho. 665.16 927.88 Washington. 808.42 1139.87 4I 7,854,843 11,075,329 Oregon.. 506.35 746.35 47 3,786,684 5,566,419 California. |