New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-17
CIRCU LAR.
Digest OF the Sch ool Laws end lnsAruc-
tfcns 4, ON the State kuperintendent.
OFFICE SrarE SCFERINTENDENT
TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS.

TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
In order to facilitate the organization of
the Boards of School Directors ia the re-
spective parishes and school districts of the
State, ana in order that the appor,ionment OF
State funds already made may be promptly
employed in establishing and maintaining
schools, your attention is called to the fol-
lowing provisions in the act of 1870, by
which the educational work of the State is
hereafter to be controlled.
Immediately upon the receipt OF their
commissions the School Directors OF each
parish will meet aud organize (according to
the directions of section twenty-o OF the
school act) by electing their own officers.
They will at once proceed Gas required by
article second CT the above named section)
ito appoint for each ward school district in
their parish board Of three school dlrec-
tors" Upon the prompt and discreet action
of the parish boards in these respects the
successful prosecution of the school work
greatly depends.
When a Board of District School Directors
are appointed and have accepted, they will
at once proceed to organize by electing,
from their own number, president, a sec
retary and treasurer, the latter OF whom
shall at opce give the bond required By the
law (section twenty-five, article seven), and
furnish copy Of the same 10 the State Su-
perintendent in order that the State school
money apportioned to the district may at
once be placed in his keeping.
Among the first duties to engage the at
tention Of the district boards will be the
calling toge her the electors OF the district,
as authorized by section twenty-seven OF
the school act, for the purpose OF providing,
bv tax, the means for securing such school
houses, school furniture, ETC., as may be
necessary for the use of the district. The
State Superintendent, ON being notified of
the organization OF the board, and their
readiness for such meeting, will designate
{as required by section twenty -seven) the
time tor the meeting of the present year.
Schools are to be established, school
houses provided, and teachers employed by
the district town or city boards OF school
directors. This work can not, except in cases
of delinquency, be performed by the parish
board. The treasurer of the district, town
or city board alone is authorized to receive
and pay out money for school purposes;
hence, until such treasurers are appointed,
and copy of the bond required by law is
filed with the State Superintend dent, the ap-
portiOnment which is now, and those which
hereafter will become due to such districts
can not be paid.
District directors viii bear in mind that
all teachers employed by them must possess
a certificate signed by either the Stale OF
the Division Superintendent, and thataRith.
out such certificate no teacher is entitled to
compensation for services rendered. AL
contracts with teachers are to be in writing,
and must be signed by the director and
teacher, and be approved by the Presiden,
OF the Board. Blank forms OF contract will
be furnished by the State Superintendent,
on application.
Il is upon the district boards that the
responsibility chiefly lies of carrying into
effective operation the provisions OF the law.
Prompt and energetic action is needed, for
which sll needed facilities viii be furnish he'd
by the educational department of the State.
and it is the desire of the Superintendent of
Public Education that as rapidly rs posi- BILE,
through the organization of the respective
boards. and the appointment of district
treasurers the school funds already appor-
toned may be distributed through the
school districts of the State.
The attention of all school directors,
whether OF cities, town, parishes or wards,
ana OF all pubic school teachers is earnestly
invited TO the following rnle of the State
Board of Education, passed April s, 1870. in
compliance with the constitution and law
of the State.
"RULE 33.-The constitution of the State
of Louisiana declares that all children of
this State, between the ages of six and
twenty-one years, shall be admitted TO the
puuHC sCuooIs VI olueI iustItuliouS ol ledTu-
ing sustained or established by the State in
common, without distinction of race, color,
or previous condition. In accordance with
this provision every District Board and
teacher shall admit any child entitled to ad-
mission to any of the public schools estab-
lshed in any city, parish, ward or town, un-
der authority of law"
This rule must not be evaded by any di-
rectors or teachers acting under the school
law of the State and division superi nten-
dents will see to its uniform enforcement.
THOMAS W. CONWAY,
State Superintendent Education.