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EDUCATION—-From Page I
with relation to ability and effort.
To qualify for these* funds a tfue rate of only .45 is required. Tin’s is much behind the State average for the counties of .63. Alleghany county has a true rate, for example, of $1.59.
As a matter of factNdurihg 1953 to 54 only 11 counties and 3 cities had rate of .45 or less. The highest rates among the counties were Alleghany 1.59, Fairfax 1.09, Prince George .99, Powhatan .97, and Appomattox, .94. Among the cities the highest rates were Williamsburg 1.10, Martinsville, 1.00, Falls Church, 89, Petersburg, .88, and South Norfolk .84. The low-' est rates among the cities were Waynesboro .46, Winchester .46, Charlottesville .42, Staunton .40, and Virginia Beach .26.
If the .45 minimum rate for participation in certain State school funds should be appreciatively raised and the percentage of State funds distributed, with reference to effort increased (1) State money would go further and (2) the burden of taxation would be more equitably borne among the counties and cities of the State.
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