Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1878-03-08
The New School Bill.

| The schoollaw will undergo material change
if there is time enough TO pass bill through
both houses. Mr.. Stump's committee has
already agreed upon the heads, and the bill
will be reported as soon as it can be drawn
| The existing school law is taken for the frame
work. Instead of creating his coadjutors on
| the State board from the ranks of the county
boards, as now, the State board is made elect
i've by the people, one member from each ju-
dicial district, the Governor TO be included as
a member also. This will make board of
nine members, and is a compromise between
board appointed, as had been proposed on the
one hand by the Governor, and on the other
to be elective in the several congressional dis
tricts. No salary shall be paid the members
of the State board, though their travelling ex-
penses will be allowed, and they may elect
clerk, for whom there will be sufficient 10
do.
The State board is directed to appoint three
county commissioners in counties having less
than 100 schools, and five commissioners in
counties having more than 100 schools. The
county commissioners are now appointed by
the judges of the circuits, and their numbers
are three, five or seven, according to the num-
Der of schools.
The county boards will appoint examiners
as al present, and the STATE board will fix
their salaries and bond. The State board ill
also determine where assistant examiners are
necessary The reports of the county boards
| are to be made semi-annually to the State
| board, and the secretary thereof will make
the compilations. This renders unnecessary
the exercise of that office by the principal OF
the State Normal School, whose duties are TO
the Normal School and nothing else.
| Among the duties of the State board is to
designate the text books that are to be used 10
the schools OF the State, apd 10 make the con-
tract with the publishers The county boards
shall fix the salaries of teachers and purchase
the books for their schools as adopted and
contracted for by the State board, and also 10
superiniend the distribution of the same in
their respective counties. The county boards
will publish their accounts as the State board
may direct. Vacancies 10 the county boards
are to be appointed by the members of The
State board 10 the judicial circuit where il oc.
ours. There shall be separate schools fol
white and colored chldren but the education.
al fund shall be common one.
Certificates Of teachers shall not be giver
by the principal of the State Normal School
The State board may appoint any one to ex
anime teachers and award the certificate OF
report of competency. Diplomas of gradua
ton from the State Normal School will, o
course, be considered in the favor Of an an
picaut for the place Of teacher, but il is not ,
fnality which will insure a certificate to teach
The salary of the principal of the Stale Nor
NAL School is fixed at So 900 a year instead o
50, 500, as at present. All money from pa,
students TO normal or model schools, kinder
garten &c., shall be strictly accounted for b.
the principal of the State Normal School anI
paid over 10 the State board of education.
IL is decided 10 continue the existing higI
schools in the counties, but one-half the ex
penses thereof must be paid by the patrons
Neither school commissioners nor other schoo
officers shall be directly or indirectly interests
in building school houses or in furnishing th
same, or in giving out contracts Disburse
ments shall be audited by the county commits
sioners annually.