Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-03-13
Notice to school Boards.
BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

Editor Register-Permit me to call
the attention of the several school
boards OF the county to some of the
changes made in the school laws of the
State by the last General Assembly,
and to the consequent changes to be
observed in reports, apportionment.
the school year, &c. / am instructed
by the State Superintendent and by
the school law as follows:
l. The school year will begin July LIST,
and not in April, rs heretofore.
2. The annual school.meeting remains
the first Tuesday in April. This year
April lst.)
8. The enumeration OF children must
be taken between the thirty-first day
of May and the fifteenth day of June.
4. Reports to County Commissioners
must include the fifteen months, be-
tween April Sd. 1883, and July LIST, 1884.
After the present year, reports will in
clude twelve months.
5. There will be two appointments
of State money by the State, for the
year 1884; one in March, and the other
after July LIST.
6. Districts wishing to maintain a
spring term of school this year between
April LIST, and July LIST, 1884, can do SO
If they have funds sufficient from the
following sources:
(d.) Money on hand April Sd, 1888.
(b.) State apportionment, 1888.
(c.) District tax voted April Sd, 1888.
I (d.) Interest on county fund, 1884.
(e.) Interest on Township found for 1884.
U.) First State apportionment, 1884.
tg.) Back School tax due.
Z. Money voted at the approaching
annual meeting tApril LIST, 1884, can
not be legally used for school prior to
July LIST, 1854. (See 6.)
8. If any district failed to make the
required reports for 1883, Or failed
to maintain four months free school,
as required by law, the County Clerk
is forbidden by the law to apportion
any of the State fund to such district.
Hence the importance of making the
required reports and maintaining a
school.
8. To legally employ teacher, the
board must make it's engagements at a
meeting of the board at which major
ity are present.
10. 1t is contrary to law for the board
to employ one of their own members to
teach the school.
IL. The teachers must hold a GER
tificate, good for the whole term the
school is to last. The law as referred
to in 40 and IL" above, was viola ted
by the board of one of the districts in
Iron county, last fall. A member Of
the board, who had never held a GER
tificate, was employed and taught
nearly one month without certificate.
The law empowers me with authority
to prevent the payment of school mon
ey on such contracts, which / must
and will proceed to do, if boards disre-
gard the law IN those respects.
II. Hereafter, there will be three
grades of certificates, (the word 'class"
viz: First Grade, ""Sec-
ond Grade" and Third Grade" The
certificate held by most teachers of the
county, corresponds to the Third
Grade" of the new series. A "Second
Grade" of the new, will be u very good
grade. The First Grade" will rank
in scholarship with Estate certifi-
cate" the latter being good, however,
in any county. and for life.
would also remind clerks that on
the 81 of March / mailed every dis
trict in the county a full supply of
blanks, and as Clerks are paid for max
ing reports, we will be excused tor urg-
ing them to make the same at the re-
quired time.
Very Respectfully,
+. G.. MILLER,
County Commissioner.
Al