The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-24
The "HIgh school Law.
OFFICE STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLICl
EDUCATION JACKSON, Miss, 7
July 10th, 1873. }

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| Frequent inquiries as to the intent anC
meaning of an Act entitled IAN Act to en-
cuur; ge the establishment OF High Schools
| and Colleges in this State, approved Marcel
Ash, 1878, having been made at this office, il
is deemed advisable to publish to County
| Superintendent and others Interested, the
| following in relation thereto:
| SECTION l OF this law provides that where
suitable school buildings, a library of 2OC
| bound volumes of well selected miscellane
| obs literature, furnished without expense
| teachers of good moral and educational
standing in the State, shall have associated
themselves as a faculty, students attending
such schools shall be entitled to draw from
the school fund of his or her county the pro
rata amount TO which such students would
have been entitled, had he or she attended d
| first grade public school in his or her coun-
| ty. Or, in other words, the class of schools
| referred to in the law are, upon compliance
| w it'll certain conditions mentioned therein,
SO far as the county school fund is concern
| ed, placed on an equality with public free
schools of the first grade.
| SEC. makes it incuu- bent on the Princi-
pals of such schools to furnish to each stu
dent in attendance a certified monthly
statement of the number of days such stu
dents were in attendance, grade of scholar
ship and department; and such Principal is
also required to send To each County Su-
perrin tendent monthly certified roll of
studc Is in attendance from his county
I DOfI Inc presentation Oh SUCH CeTIlucdC0
is made the duty of the County Superinten-
dent to issue pay certificate to said pupil
or pupils for the pay of teachers in their
respective counties, to be paid out of the
common school fund Ofthe county.
SEC. is, so far as it relates to public edu-
cation by the State, a nullity, no provision
being made for the payne mt from the com
mon school fund of ''the 81 90 per month
herein provided"
SEC provides that in addition to the
requirements of section l, that the class of
schools proposed to be benefited by this
law shall adopt course of text books as
nearly as possible in accordance with the
curriculum of the State University.
SEC. requires that in order that teachers
of these high schools and colleges shall be
encouraged in their labors, the Chancellor of
the University shall furnish, on request of
the Principals of these schools, a certifi-
cate of the character of preparation of his
students.
SEC. 6 needs no explanation.
County Superintendent of Public Edu-
cation are the proper authority to determine
as to what schools shall receive the benefits
of this law, and this must be determine
ed by personal inspection and examina-
ton of each school making application for
its benefits
Males and females are equally entitled to
any benefits accruing from this law; other
wise, it must be a violation of that provis-
ion of the State Constitution which provides
that all school funds must be divided pro rata
among children of school age.
j. A. SMITH,
Ctofa SUPERINTENDENT D1hlia THduoat;,,,