The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-09
EDUCATIONAL EDICTs.
Points Decided by the state Board
OF Education.

The Board OF Education decides that
when parents become residents of the
state, their right OF substitution cannot
be questioned; that q child who has at.
tended school for n short time and then il
taken out OF the community, may be sub
stituted 10y another child OF lawful scho-
lastic age; that a child may ut any time
be transferred, by and with the consent
of the county judge, the treasurer, the
trustees and the teacher; that children
who were not OF scholastic age on the
first OF September OF any given year a,
cannot under any circumstances be re-
ceive1 into schools at the states expense.
The board rules that children living
within the corporate limits Of a city or
town cannot law fully be enrolled on the
county assessors census returns after the
city or town has assumed control OF its
school affairs.
To the question as to whether the trus
tees of a city school, which has assume d
control Of its school affairs, can, under
the law, exceed the limit OF $50, as pay to
teacher, the board holds that city school
authorities are authorized, in contract
| ing with teachers, to exceed, IL deemed
| proper, the limits In reference to the sal
| AIRY fixed by the common school statutes.
In a reply to demand for information
relative to the fund belonging to a certain
community, which failed to report reor-
ganization for the year 1819-80, but re-
ported for the year 1SS0-S1, the board
| rules that notwithstanding the county
judge has failed to pass the fund credited
20 said community, upon its failure to re-
port reorganization, to the credit of the
general school fund of the county, IL was
I by operation of law, .constructivelyt trans
ferred, and the transfer should be made
| in fact.
A county commissioner wishes to know
II county commissioners courts have the
right TO sell a school house and appropri-
ate the proceeds to the building of an
other house. Trustees have authority,
under an order OF commissioner court,
to sell school houses belonging to the
state. II the house has never been decided
to the state by the. county judge, or his
predecessor, as superintendent OF public
schools, then no authority could be given
for the commissioner court to sell.
County judge writes that trustees make
u contract with teacher and assistant,
both holding first grade certificates, to
teach a school with siXty-seven registered
pupils, for two dollars per pupil, actual
attendance. The teachers make their
monthly report, and report average at
tendance for the month of thirty-two pu-
pills, and draw voucher for S64 90. One
teacher cannot draw exceeding $50 90 per
month. Article 1850 forbids an assistant
unless the average daily attendance eX-
ceeds thirty-five. The voucher was re-
duced to $50 90; that on September 10,
1881, the board of education passed an
order. resembling a former order allow
ing teachers teaching under q seventy
five per cent contract to recover one
month entirely or partially q deficit of
percentage of q previous month; and
then the judge asks, Can teacher re-
ceive pay for teaching on Saturday,
IN order to make up for lost daysr
The ruling of the board allowing
the recovery of loss of one month, by
increased attendance the next, or sue
ceeding months, has been repealed. Said
appeal affects bottle forms of contracts
alike. School cannot be taught on Sat
urday with view to make up lost time.
Parents should provide all incidental
expenses ia connection with the main
tenance of public schools, but in the
event they neglect or refuse to do so,
such indispensable expenses may be paid
for out Of the public school fund.
A county judge asks: When a school
community transfers its funds to another
by consent of all parties, and the chill
dren of the community transferring
such fund attend the school where said
fund is placed, is it a common fund for
said school community, or is it to be held
for the children of the community trans
ferringp Can vouchers which may be
drawn by trustees when there is not a
sutficiency Of money TO pay them of,
come in q new apportionment for the
coming year; or is 1t not improper for
trustees to overdraw their accounts for
any one year?
The opinion of the board OF education
is that the union OF school communities
does not authorize q consolidation of
funds. The funds credited to each COM
munity must remain upon the treasurer's
book as originally entered, and be paid
out upon separate vouchers for the
benefit of the respective communities.
Vouchers issued in excess OF funds ap-
portioned to q community cannot be
paid out of the apportionmento of the next
year. Such vouchers are not authorized
by law uuder any circumstances. The
present school law does not contemplate
any deficiency, and no provision is made
for payment of deficiencies.
A county judges writes concerning the
approval of q voucher for q teacher,
tee ching what is known as a county-line
school, when the school is taught in a
house located within that county, and
the teacher holding the certificate of the
county judge OF the adjoining county, the
bulk OF the pupils being residents Of said
county.
The reply made was that the teacher of
a school community on or near county
line must hold certificate of the county
judge ofthe county in which the school is
taught. He is not required to hold GER
tificate from each county whence he re-
ceives pupils.