EDUCATION GRANTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19815, 5 December 1919, Page 8

EDUCATION GRANTS.

ALLOWANCES TO SCHOOS COMMITTEES, THE AMENDED SCALE, At flic monthly meeting ot the Canterbury Education Board to-day, the Finanro Committee, in its report, submitted tha following amended scale, including the £SOOO special fjruTit recently mndo by 'Parliament, concerning school committees' 'incidental r,l-lov.-anceo: Yraulv AvoM.po 1913 Amount o£ Attendance. Grant. 3 S 14s for each pupil. 9-20 £l.l 21- 35 o! 30- 60 ;!•; 81-120 121-1 CO i 6 101—2C0 U" 51)1—5-10 7R 211— «* 231-320 H'-i :ss I—3Bo ioa :!G!.~4O0 118 -.101—140 yn •ill—l6o 138 •iSI-SSO' 14n .V 21—560 I.W 561—600 163 1501—640 ,72 Wl—6Bo 181 681—720 lffl 721—700 Ifl--761-500 ?05 c £l—SiO £1? With an additional £8 for each 40, or'part of 40, in average attendances Tho board agreed to tho committfio's recommendation that school committees bs paid according to the new scale. In reg'aid to th« maintwinnoo grant, tha Department intimated that tho grant ioy geueral purposes' will now bo £750 per to* r.um, pluu 3s 6d per pupil in average attendance, instead of £250 and 5a per pupil, as previously. This,.stated tho, Finance Csir.liiitteo, will mean n> loss to' the board of about i»OJ per annum, on tho general bo- , counts.