Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-04-02
NEW SCHOOL LAW.
Adopted by the Last Legislature.

Durlpg the present General AS
embly, changes have been made in
he school law, as follows:
1. Section 1922, has been so
.mended as to allow unorganized
erritory to organize with twenty :
'hildren; any party living in unor-
sanized territory can, by petitioning
he board, be attached to any school
district.
2. Section 1928, was amended by
adding at the end the foilowing:"and
.he children residing in such newly
,reated district shall have the privi-
ege of attending school in their
original district until the 30th of
June following" This change was
made, that those who have paid taxes
in a district for school purposes"
shall not be deprived of school priv
ileges for any part of such school
year. By the next September the
new district can have its house ready
for school.
3. Section 7040, now requires
that school directors shall be s'resi-
dent taxpayers and qualified voters
Of the district"
4. Section 7046, has been amend
ed to read as follows: The board +
shall have power, at regular or
special meeting, to contract with and
and employ legally qualified teachers
for and in the name of the district;
all special meetings shall be called |
by the president, and each member
notified of the time, place and pur-
pose of the meeting. The contract
shall be made by order of the board,
shall specify the number of months
the school is to be taught and the
wages per month to be paid, shall be
signed by the teacher and the presi-
dent of the board, and attested by
the clerk of the district when the
teachers certificate is filed with said
clerk, who shall return the certificate
to the teacher at the expiration of
the term; the certificate must be in
force for the full time for which the
contract is made. The board shall
not employ one of it's members as
teacher, nor shall the teacher serve
as clerk of the district. All transac-
tons of the board under this section
must be recorded by and filed with
the district clerk"
5. Section 1918. now reads as
follows: '.Al moneys arising from
taxation shall be paid out only for
the purposes for which they were
levied and collected; but the in
come from State, county and town.
ship funds shall be applied only to
the payment of teachers warrants,
issued by order of the board to legal
ly qualified teachers for services rem
dered, according to law. No county
or township treasurer shall honor
any warrant against any school dis
I L. Of hn
and revenue of such school district
for the school year beginning on the
first day of July and ending on the
thirtieth day of June following; nor
shalt any portion of the funds men
toned in this section be applied in
payment of any teachers warrant
issued prior to the distribution OF
such funds in accordance with sec.
ton 1922, and no school warrant
shall bear interest" This section
was amended to harmonic the Law
with the constitution and the decis
ions of our courts. It has been the
custom of many districts to continue
in debt to teachers. Whenever tht
amount due the district is exhausted
the drawing of warrants must imme
diately cease.
| 6. Section 1922, and 1923, hav'
lbeen amended so as to have tn
State moneys distributed in July In
stead of in March, and by an orde
of the county court at its Angus
term, the State, county and town
ship funds are to be apportioned Ii
August. This was done to have tn
public funds on hand the first O
ISepteinber when the schools begin
SO as to be ready to pay the teach
,ers for work done in September, o.
ltober and November, befole th
il local district tax is collected. It a
so enables each school board t
know, by January 1st, just what
due the district, and it can act witt
out violating Section 1918.
The apportionment of State money
for this school year will be made q
soon as the appropriation bill passes
and each child in the State will RI
,,;ro IA II oonfe This rnauo
should be applied to the payment
teachers warrants, for services rel
!dered during this school year. Tht
money should be apportioned by th
county clerk in April, according
: law, so that all teachers warrant
may be paid before July the frs
As the State apportionment, for tn