The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-04
CHANGES IN TEXTBOOKS.
The State Board Takes Action to Secur
Uniformity In the Public Schools.

At a regular meeting of the State
Board of Examiners held on September
4th and 5th, 1883, the following resolu-
ton was adopted:
Resoiued, That The peculiar condi-
ton of affairs in this State by reason of
which, not only in each county, but in
each school district, there are teachers
and pupils of different classes and
races, possessing different capacities to
teach, learn and purchase books, it
would be injurious to educational in
terest to adopt single list Of text
books for the State.
That in order to secure f1eXlblllty. IN
the system, and to meet the varying
wants of the schools, and, at the same
time, to prevent frequent changes in
textbooks in a school, which impose
yexations and unnecessary expense
upon parents, the State Board OF Ex-
anliners hereby adopts the following
rules and regulations to govern the use
of textbooks in the public schools Of
the State:
The list of textbooks to be adopted
by the State Board for use in the public
schools shall be elective in character.
On or before Thursday, October Is,
1888, the county Board Of Examiners
in each county shall, from said State
list, adopt d single series for use in the
public schools of their respective coun-
ties, provided that upon application
from the teacher and trustees Of any
school, within thirty days after said
county adoption, or thirty days after
the Establishment of any new school,
on good and sufficient reasons being
shown, the county Board may allow
the substitution III said school OF any
other book on tue same subject from
the list adopted by The State Board.
A series once adopted shall not be
changed during the period Of adoption
by the State Board without permission
from the said Board. This shall not,
however, prevent the use in schools
where the same may he needed, by and
with the consent OF the county Board OF
Examiners, of two series of Readers on
the State list to be used alternately, or
of proper supplemental reading. The
series adopted shall be put in force ac-
cording to the commencement OF tue
schools, not later than the fall of 1889.
All resolutions by the county Board
of Examiners pertaining to the adop-
ton of textbooks shall he recorded by
the county School Commissioner in q
book kept by him for the purpose, and
copies of the same fol warded by him,
within thirty days, 10 the office of the
State Superintendent of Education.
ANY teacher who, while receiving
public school funds, uses textbooks in
the course Of study prescribed for pub
lie schools that are not on the State
List, shall forfeit his pay from the pub
lie school fund for the time he uses
them. Any teacher may refuse to
teach any pupil who is not supplied
with the iext- books prescribed for said
school. Pupils passing from one school
to another, must conform to the list
adopted for the latter.
The trustees, or, in their default, the
county Board of Examiners, shall en-
force these provisions. The county
School Commissioner shall withhold
approval of pay certificate Of any
teacher not conforming thereto; and
the teacher persisiing in violating the
same shall be deprived of his certificate
of qualification.
1t is advisable that there be adopted,
as far as possible, the same books for
schools Of the same class and grade
within the county, in order to secure,
as far as practicable, county uniform
ity.
it shall be The duty of the county
School Commissioner to report to the
State Board any attempt on The part of
any publishing house, whose books are
on the State list, to induce any change
from the list regularly adopted for any
school.
AS these provisions are in the interest
of economy, parents are requested to
cooperate in securing their enforce
ment.
JAMES H. RICE,
State Supt. Education and Chairman
of the Board.