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L I Education In The Eighties (The following is the second in a series giving the predictions by Harold P. Seaman, executive director of the Illinois Association of School. : Boards of the shape public -education in Illinois will take during the coming decade). School Management Exactly what is thi&school trying to accomplish7 An increasing numbe||of school boards will face this question in the 1980's and here is how they will an­ swer: "We are working/lo meet these goals, on this timetable. We know where we are going, and we will know when we get there." School boards and ad­ ministrators will be providing a greater sense of direction, guiding their districts toward quality- related goals determined by local boardsssensitivg to the needs and expectations of local citizens. No corporation could stay in business without clear goals, and a whole self-help industry has grown up to teach individuals to use goals as a means of getting, what they want. The process will serve school districts as well. Notice the stipulation that goals will be locally developed. That's im­ portant. Ope of the most disturbing trends of the past few decades has been the increasing encroachment into local control of our school districts by bureaucrats and legislative bodies in Springfield and Washington, D.C. Public \ opinion polls, however, continue to tell us people think their local school boards can do a better job than the state or federal government in running their schools. A 1978 Gallup poll, for instance, gave a 61 percent vote of confidence to local boards. During the eighties, citizens fed up with federal and state mandates that produce paperwork instead of education will insist upon increased powers for locally- elected boards. They also will become more actively involved themselves, working with board mem­ bers to shape their schools. At the state level, voters will keep a closer eye on the legislature, urging their representatives to vote down "proposals that would diihinish local control. At election time, they will examine legislator's voting records for undue bias in favor pf narrow interest groups at the expense of the educational system. At the federal level, the full effect of the newly-created Department of Education will not be felt for some time. But now, while that bureaucracy is in its in­ fancy, is the time to ensure it will not be permitted to encroach upon local control or burden bur districts with still more red tape and paperwork. At its best, the department will simplify dealings with the federal government by con­ solidating many programs now scattered throughout the bureaucracy. When^ citizens are in-' telligently and actively involved with their tfown elecieOfeards to shape their schoolsio meet tReir needs- When taxpayers see evidence that the teachers they hire are teaching and their children are learning- When, in short, the product satisfies the "customer- Then the "money" part of our educational problems will assume i^s proper proportion. Funding problems Mton't go away, but they will become the secondary issues they should be. They won't be allowed to block the road to the quality educational system our society demands. * * A good loafer is an artist at his profession. / VI PAGE 15 - PLAINDEALER . FRIDAY. JANUARY VKWft Used Car Stoppers Now j lect To New $30 Tax Used car shoppers were reminded this week by Illinois Department of Revenue Director James B. Zagel that effective Jan. l, there is a $30 tax on the purchase of motor vehicles when the purchase tran­ saction does not involve a motor vehicle dealer. This means, Zagel said, that if you buy a car through a newspaper Want ad or from a /neighbor down block, ^ou're liable for the tax after that date. Zagel noted that motor vehicle and trailer pur­ chases are subject to state sales taxes when purchased through a dealer. /The new law means that most other transactions .will now be taxed also. The only exceptions to the $30 tax will be transactions between ./•family members, purchases by exempt organizations (charities or governmental bodies), transfer to the beneficiaries of an estate and certain kinds of business transfers. Vehicle Use Tax returns for reporting such sales are to be filed with the Secretary of State's office at the time the purchaser applies for transfer of title. The forms are available at the Secretary of State's driver license stations. Remitters, banks and currency ex­ changes, Illinois vehicfe dealers and district offices of the Illinois Department of Revenue., Payment must accompany the request for title change. 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