Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-12-07

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scmbly of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. The Orange County Grammar
School at Randolph Centre is hereby consli-
tutcd and established Normal school for
/ the State Of Vermont. for the term Of five
/ wears, and the present trustees OF said gram
mar school and their successors are cunsu-
tuted trustees of said Normal school.
SEC. >. 1t shall be the duty Of the Board
of Education TO nominate a principal teach
er for the school and no person not so NOM
mated shall be employed as such principal.
but the principal when nominated and cm-
ploycd shall be allowed TO select his assist
ants and to provide for the discipline Of the
school.
SEC. 3. The Board Of Education shall
arrange two courses Of study for the school
and wholly control the examinations for ad-
mission and graduation, and shall have pow
er TO grant certificates in the cases and with
the effects hereinafter mcrJioncd. and to re-
yoke the same for cause shown, and in a
manner to be by them established. One
course Of study Shall include all the branches
required by law to be taught in the COM
mon schools of Vermont the other course
shall nclude all contained in the first course
and higher branches and shall require for
its completion at least one full year Of study;
and certificates of graduation shallbe grant
ed to all who pass the required examination
in the first course or both courses.
SEC. I. The certificates Of graduation
| from the lower course ehall have the effect
of licenses to teach in the common schools
Of the State for five years from the date
thereof. and certificates Of graduation itom
the higher course shall have the effect Of IL
censcs to teach in such schools fifteen years
from the date thereof
7la ,f ~ fu
| first meeting after the passage Of this act.
and at each of its annual meetings thereaI-
| ter, shall designate one Of its members
whose duty it shall be, together with the
| Secretary of the Board to attend the exam
nations for graduation. and determine who
shall receive certificates. and also to visit
the school at least twice year on
other DECISIONS: and for such attendance and
visits such member shall receive such COM
pensation rs is or shall be allowed for at
tending the stated meetiugs Of the Board.
SEC. 6. The Board of Education shall
in their annual report. state the condition Of
the school, the terms Of admission TO it and
Of graduation from it. and the time of COM
mencement of its sessions and they shall
cause to be printed on the cover Of the school
registers, Il statement of the terms of adj
mission and graduation and time of the
commencement Of the sessions.
SEC l. The Board Of Education may
consider similar proposals from other acad-
mics in the State. and establish not exceed
ing one normal school in each congressional
district, and arrange for them courses of
study, conduct, examinations, give certifi-
Gates, nominate teachers, and generally cX-
ercise over them the same supervision as
provided in this act. And the trustees of
such academies rs may he designated as
State normal schools, shall he respectively
trustees of such normal schools, and have
the same powers and rights as the trustees
Of the normal school hereby established:
provided that the state normal school here
by established. and such others as the Board
Of Education may establish, may be estab-
lished and maintained without any expense
to the State, excepting the payment Of the
Board Of Education for their services.
See. s. This act shall not apply to or be
binding upon the Orange County Grammar
School until the trustees thereof shall in
writing notify the Secretary OF State of their
acceptance of the same.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov II, 1866.
No. Am Act in addition 10 Section seven Of Chap
ter twenty-five of the General Statutes relating TO
Text Books prescribed for use Of the District
| Schools Of this State
1t is hereby enacted, sc.
Sec l. The list OF grammers, geogra-
| phies, arithmetics, readers and spoilers,
which have been selected by the Board OF
Education under the act of the Legislature.
approved Nov. %, 1868, to be used in the
school districts of this State, with such limi-
tations of text books, in each of said branch
nc tl, s.,.;1 .,,,1 q
scribe under said act. such selection having
been made prior to the first day of January,
1859, and having been published in all the
newspapers in the state, in the month OF
January, 1859 and also inserted in each
school register, and also the geography and
history Of Vermont, selected by the Board
of EducatiOn under the act approved Nov
20. 1862, shall be and remain authoritative
and binding upon the Board of Education
superintendents and teachers until Novem-
Der |. 1868, and teachers and supcrintendents
shall recommend for use in the district
schools as new books shall become necessa-
ry, for instruction in the branches named
no other than the books included in said list
so established
Sec. 2. The Board of Education are
hereby authorized, and it is made their duty
on or before July /, 1867, and on or before
said date every fifth year thereafter. to Sc
ect list Of such grammars Biographies
arithmetcs, histories Of this State, and the
United States, philosophers, algebras, read
ers and spoilers, not exceeding one book o
a kind in each branch, as they shall deem
best suited for instruction and use in The
district schools in this state, in each of sad
branches; and shall cause the list so select
ed to be published in all the Newspaper,
published in the State. during the month