The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-21
Montpelier Correspondence.
MONTPELIER, Oct. 10
SCHOOL LAWS.


have previously noticed one or two
proposals of amendments to the school
laws that have been presented; but there
have since been introduced several others
of more or less importance. The bill of
Mr.. Kelsey of Derby. providing that ''the
election of town clerk, selectmen, treas
urer, overseer of the poor, constabes,
"grand jurors, listers, and supcrintend-
" ents of common schools, shall be made
90 by ballot, when the ballots are required
g by any three voters present at the meet
. ing, = is understood to have received the
approval of the committee on education;
and a like approval is given to the bill of
Mr.. Culver, of Stockbridge, which per-
mits school districts TO "deduct such per
"cent as shall be fixed by vote of the dis
trct from the tax of every taxpayer
who shall pay his or her tax by a day
fixed by said vote" The bill of Mr.
Henry of Chester, requiring each school
district clerk within twenty days next af-
ter the annual meetings in his district, to
transmit to the town superintendent "a
& certified copy of the votes passed at such
meeting in relation to the number, length
"and times of commencement of school
terms in such district for the year ensu-
"ing," will be reported by the committee
unfavorably.
Ins1S69, law was passed providing that
" the time, not to exceed five days, actually
''spent by a. teacher of common school
" in attendance upon the teachers institute,
" held pursuant to law, in the county in
(Which such teacher shall be employed,
" during the time for which said teacher IS
" engaged to teach such school, shall be
" considered as time lawfully expended by
I" such teacher in the service of the district
"by which he is employed, and in the le-
"gltimate performance of his contract as
" teacher" In other words, teacher shall
be allowed not to exceed one school week
of the time for which he is employed to
attend upon "training school, at the ex-
pense OF his employers; provision de-
signed for the good of the schools, but one
quite likely to result in less benefit to them
than is commensurate with the loss Incl
dent to the interruption of the schools
Mr.. Holden of Clarendon, has bill to re-
peal the law of 1867 and it is now in the
hands of the committee on education.
Mr.. King of Lunenburgh, has presented
bill providing for two public examna
tions of teachers by town superintendent
and requiring that in addition to an exam
nation in the various branches required by
law to be taught in our common schools
they shall also ''take into consideration th,
candidates capacity for teaching and gov
erning school," Just how the superin
| tendent is going to ascertain in regard t
=, these last qualifications, is not defned but
J perhaps that matter is to be regulated
, somewhat by an interview with the distric
l committees by whom the teachers are EN-
ployed, who certainly ought to be thorough
p ly posted in that regard before employin
q them. This bill is with the committee O
: education.
Mr. Lynde of Marlboro seeks TO repea
as much of the law of 1872 as increase
y the pay of town superintendent to tw
D dollars per day, and requires that distrit
0 clerks shall return the school registers t
t the town superintendent instead of tn
town clerk, and the superintendent in tow
t to file them in the town clerks office an
!, his bill ought to pass.
}. The committee on education have as
g under consideration, by resolution, thos
It parts of the governors message relating
t. education and town libraries, but have nj
o yet given the subjects sufficient considers
f. ton to determine whether any particuli
70 action is required at their hands.
10 The inequality of taxation between I'll
10 large and village districts, and the sma
ut and back districts, is made subject of il
D, quiry by the committee on education, in
&c resolution to that effect presented by Nj
a Fits of Wardsboro. How any existing il
at equality is to be obviaaed by legislati'
r. enactment is not SO clearly to
y, seen, unless the committee shall recon
be mend all towns to abolish the school di
IS, tricts, and adopt the town system
e. schools, which the towns can do und
40 existing laws. So far as ! am informe
he those towns which have adopted the STOW
system" find il works much more satisfa