St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25
OBJ yntelliernter.
New School Act.

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We have received a copy of this &C
which is now before the Lcgislatul
of Iowa, and as its main features mu,
be a matter of interest to our reader
we make the following synopsis of il
Sec. l. provides that when this &C
shall take effect, all the School Dis
tricts in the State, as now ORGANIZED
shall cease, and that the civil town
ships in each county shall compose tn
School District.
Sec. 2. provides that every Schoo
District shall keep teachers OF compc
tent abilities and good morals, and II,
teacher can recover pay for services
until he he has received ccrtifcat,
from the County Superintendent.
Sec. s. provides that it shall be the
duty of tie trustees of the several
townships to give ten days previous
notice of the first meeting in their re,
spcctivc Districts, authorized to be
holden on the first Monday of May
next, by posting notices specifying
the time and place in three different
places threin.
Sec. .. provides that the qualified
electors shall organize by appointing
President and Secretary.
Sec. 10. provides that at every an
nual meeting thereafter, the qualified
electors shall elect President, Secrc-
tary and Treasurer.
The act gives the county Superin-
tendent power to revoke any ccrtili-
cate given to teacher on account of
incompetency or immoral conduct, pro-
vided, however that he shall be en-
titled to recover salary for his services
while he held such certificate. The
act also makes it the duty of the
Board of Directors in the School Dis
tricts, with the principal teachers in
each School, some time in the month
of January, to select the best scholar
in the District, not less than fifteen
years Of age, for ability, attachments
and capacity for teaching, for the
scholarship of said District, and the
Board shall grant to the said scholar
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scholar so elected, shall be educated
free of charge, in such high School as
the county Superintendent shall dcsig-
nate.
1t is made the duty of tie county
Superintendent to examine all persons
who shall present themselves for
scholarship.
The county Superintendent, and the
Board of Directors are required to
meet at the county seat in April. The
county Superintendent to receive such
salary as the Board may direct. There
shall be elected, Oh lst day Of May, |
and tricnnially thereafter, a Supcrin-
tendent of Public instruction, who !
shall hold his Office for three years,
and until his successor, is elected,
Provided that the Board of education !
may abolish the Office Of Supcrintrnd-
ent Of Public instruction, and transfer .
the duties appertaining to that Office
to the Secretary of the Board. The
act also provides that there shall be
paid from the county Treasury TO the
said Board of Trustees, Gin any coun-
ty containing a population of over
twenty thousand) the sum of three
thousand Dollars per year for the next
succeeding six years and one thousand
dollars annually thereafter, and it
shall be the duty Of the Judge to in
cludc these sums in lcvying the tax
hereafter.
The act also makes provisions for
the State University.
There are some features in the act,
which do not meet with our approx
al, though, in the main, we look upon
it as quite an improvement upon the
old system.