New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-24
LAWS THESTATEO FLOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHOAITY.I
No. los.
AN ACT

To regulate Public Education IN the state OIL
Louisiana and city of New Orleans, and to
raise revenue for that purpose.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the common schOo 9 of the State, and
such High and Normal schools rs may be
established and maintained Oy the State,
shall be under the management OF State
Board of Education, which shall consist Of
the Superintendent of Public Education
aud of six memb ers, 10 be appointed as is
hereinafter provided.
| SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the purpose Of regulating public educa'
ton in free schools, the State shall be divid.
ed into six divisions. All that part of the
first Congressional District outside Of the
city of New Orleans shall form the first divis-
ion. All that part OF the Second Congress
siopal District outside Of the city of New
Orleans, shall form the second division.
The third, fourth and fifth Congressional
Districts shall form the third. fourth and
fifth divisions, and the city Of New Orleans
shall constitute the sixth division, to be
known as the division of New Orleans.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
Immediately upon the passage of this act,
the Governor shall, on the nomination of the
State Superintendent of Education, appoint
by and with the advice and consent O. the
Senate, one Division Superintendent for
each of the divisions hereinbefore named,
said person to be a resident OF the division
for which he is appointed. The Division Sn-
perintendents so appointed and chosen shall
take the oath required by State officers, and
shall hold their Offices for three years, and
until their successors are duly appointed or
chosen and qualified. The Division Super
intendent for the city of New Orleans shall
receive a salary of two thousand five hun
dred dollars ($2500) per annum, and the
other Division superintendent shall each
receive salary of two thousand five
hundred dollars (S2500l per annum, payable
quarterly by the State Treasurer out of the
public school fund, upon his own warrant
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That the
six Division Superinteudents shall, with the
Superintendent of Education, constitute a
State Board of Education. The State Su
perintendent shall be eX officiO president of
the board, and its executive officer. The
board 80 constituted shall hold one regular
annual meeting in New Orleans, at the
Office of the Superintendent of Public Edu-
cation, commencing the first Monday in
January. The Superintendent of Public
Education may call special meetings upon
the written request of any five members.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the State Board of Education so constituted
and organized shall have the power to re-
commend a uniform series of text books,
and shall make all Deedful rules and regula-
tions for the government of the public
schools throughout the State, subject to the
provisions of this act. 1t shall be the duty
of said Board of Education to make a gen
eral regulation whereby all schools estab-
lished under this law, shall be according to
the provisions Of the constitution, open to
all children of this State between the ages
of six and twenty one years, without dis
tinction of race, color or previous condition,
and in case Of falling to pass such regula-
tions, the members of said board shall for
felt the salary allowed them. A majority of
them shall form a quorum. The board is
hereby constituted s. body corporate and
polite in law. with power to sue and be
sued. The president of the board shall be
the officer upon whom citation or other
legal process may be served. The board may
employ counsel.
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS.
SEC 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Division Superintendent shall have
general supervision Of all public schools
within their respective divisions, subject TO
all rules and regulations passed by the State
Board of Education. They shall examine
and certify to the qualifications of all appli-
cants to teach within their respective divi-
sons, as hereinafter provided, unless such
applicants hold certificate of qualification
from the State Superintendent They shall
receive and transmit all reports from the
Board of school Directors to the State SQ
perintendent.
SEC. T. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Division Superintendent shall, ono iii
each three months, at such place rs he may
designate in his decision. not to be q less
number than one for each two parishes,
meet all those who are DESTROYS of passing
an examination, and [forl the transaction of
all other business within his jurisdiction, in
some suitable room at the seat OF justice of
the parish, or at any other place, rs occasion
may require, and shall notify the Parish
Judge of the place of meeting.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Division Superintendent may revoke the
certificate of any teacher in the parish for
any reasons which would have justified the
Withholding thereof when the same was
given. Aud the Board Of School Directors,
upon sufficient cause shown, may dismiss
any teacher from any school in the district.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That
on or before the fifth day of October in each
year, he shall make report to the State
Board of Education, containing digest of
the reports to him by the Secretaries Of the
District Boards, and such other matters as he
shall be directed to report by the said Sec
rotary, and such as he himself may think
pertinent and material, and especially such
as will show the condition of the schools un.
der his charge. He shall also suggest such
improvements in the system as he may
think judicious. He shall Also by the fifth
day of October in each year, file with the
Recorder of the parish an abstract of the
and twenty-one years, residing in each ward
and school district within his parish.
Should he fail tosmake either of the re.
ports required in the last section, he shall
forfeit to the school fund of his district the
sum of fifty dollars, and shall, besides, be
liable for all damages caused by such neg
lect.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That he shall at all times conform to the
instructions of the State Board of Education
as to matters within their jurisdiction. He
shall serve as the organ of communication
between the State Board of Education and
the Superintendent of Public Education and
District Board of School Directors. He
shall transmit to the District Board OF
School Directors or teachers all blanks, Cir
culars and other communications which are
to them directed and shall entertain and
decide all appeals taken from the decisions
Of District Boards of School Directors.
He shall organize and conduct, once in
each year, for his own division, at such
time as, after conference with the Superin-
tendent of Public K iucation, may be desig-
mated, a teachers institute, at some central
locality in the division, to which access is
and where the teachers will
receive the encouragement OF hospitality.
In this work the Superintendent will be
aid ed by professor from the normal school,
or by some practical teacher appointed by
the State Superintendent.
He shall also encourage and assist at
teachers associations, to be convened four
times each year, if practicable, on the last
Saturday of some month in each quarter, in
each parish or in several parishes united,
urging the attendance of the teachers of the
same, for the purpose of mutual conference
and instruction in their duties.