The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13

county, commencing on the third Tuesday i
March, on the third and fourth Tuesdays in july
and ON the third Tuesday in November, in eao
year, at convenient places TO be designated b.
the supervisor OF schools, notice OF which exam
nations shall be published in all the newspaper
of the county at least two weeks prior thereto.
SEC. AZ. Such examinations shall be bot
written and oral, and shall be conducted by tn
supervisor of schools; but If supervisor is pre-
vented by sickness from attending an examina
ton, he may designate some person to conduc
such examination, and may afterward grant Ger
tihcates upon the examination papers and thu
report of the person who conducted the examina
ton.
SEC. As. If supervisor of schools is unable
to make the designation, or seasonably issue the
certificates, provided for in the preceding sec
ton, such designation may be made and sucl
certificates issued by the superintendent of edu
cation with the same effect as If done by sale
supervisor.
SEC. 40. The superintendent of education
shall prepare for each public examination ques
/ tons to be used in the written examination
which shall be the same in all counties; and he
| shall transmit the same to the supervisors in
! sealed packages which shall be opened by the
supervisors in the presence of the applicants al
the commencement of the examination.
SEQ. 20. The superintendent of education
! shall fix the standard of correctness which shall
applicant to a certifcate and all examination
papers shall be preserved in the Office of the
supervisor for at least one year. and be subject
to the inspection of the superintendent of educa-
| ton.
| SEC. 81. A person who reaches the required
standard in the written examinations and passes
an oral examination to the satisfaction of the
supervisor, and gives such evidence of good
moral character and of ability to govern as the
supervisor may require, shall receive a certih-
cate of qualification of the grade to which he
may be entitled; but no certificate shall be
granted to a person not seventeen years of age
SIC. %. A supervisor Of schools may issue
certificates of three grades which shall be
granted under the restrictions applicable to each
as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 80. a certificate of the first grade shall
be granted only to one who has taught success
fully forty weeks, and shall be a license to teach
for five years from its date. Such certificate
may be based in part upon an examination in
such higher branches of English study as may
be designated by the superintendent of eduea-
ton, and such certificate may be renewed at the
discretion of the county supervisor for the pc
Rod of five years, provided the holder thereof
shall have taught one hundred weeks in the pub
lie schools of the state during the five years pre-
ceding the renewal of such certificate
SEC. 81. A certificate of the second grade
shall be granted only to one who has taught sue
cessfully twelve weeks, and shall be a license to
ton except in the branches required by law to
be taught in the common schools shall be re-
CURED to entitle person to a certificate OF the
second or third grade.
SEC. 50. a certificate of the third grade shall
be license to teach for specified time not ex-
ceeding one year, and may, in the discretion Of
the supervisor, be limited to the teaching of a
particular school. a person who has twice
taken a certificate of the third grade and who
has taught at least twelve weeks shall not af-
terward be given a certificate of that grade.
SEC. 80. a supervisor may also issue a spe-
cial certificate. upon private examination, which
shall be good until the next public examination,
to person who was unavoidably prevented by
sickness or other misfortune from attending a
public examination; or TO a person employed by
! n district which, in consequence of some I'M
fOreseen event and without fault ON its part, IS
without a licensed teacher to commence its
school. But before granting such certificate.
the supervisor shall be fully satisfied of the ex-
istence of the grounds upon which the applica-
ton is made.
SEC. 81. A graduate of any college whose
course Of study is approved by the superintend-
ent of education, who has taught in the public
schools of the state twenty-fOur weeks, may re
ceiye from the supervisor of schools of the
countywhere such person last taught, without
examination, certificate of the first grade, If,
in the Judgment Of the supervisor, such person
has fully proved his ability to instruct and gov
eln.
SEC. IS. A certificate of the first grade is
sued by the supervisor of one county may. upon
application in person by the holder thereof,
without an examination, be made valid in an
other county by an endorsement thereon to that
effect by the supervisor of such other county
and the certificate so endorsed shall, for the re
nainder of its term, have the same effect il,
such other county as if originally issued in sucl
county.
SEC. 80. A person who has held supervisors
certificates of the first grade for ten successive
years, and has during that time taught two hun
dred weeks in the public schools of the state,
may at the end of such time be granted the GER
tiicate provided for in section forty-three in the
same manner and with the same effect.
SEC. GO. A teacher holding a state certifi
cate shall notify the supervisor of the county IN
which he is to teach before commencing his
school that he holl' such "a.tiiio"to and s'iali
submit the same to the inspection of the super
visor on request.
SEC. Ga. a supervisor of schools may revoke
the county certificate, annul for his county the
normal school certificate, of a teacher whom he
finds to be incompetent to teach or govern his
school, or to be setting an evil example before
il; and on so annulling normal school ceItiii-
cate he shall report the matter to the board OF
trustees of such school Tor their further action.
SEC. 62. The revocation or amulment of "a
certificate shall be in writing aud COPY thereof
shall be given 10 the prudential committee and
to the teacher; and from the time of the deliv-
cry of such copies, from the time such action
is to take effect, in cases arising under section
thirtythree Of this act, the contract between the
district and such teacher shall be void.
! SEC. 63. The supervisor OF schools shall keep
a complete record Of the name, age and residence
Of each person licensed by him, and of the dat.
and grade of each certificate issued, and of each
instrument reyoking or annulling a certificate.
SEC. 81. All certificates in force at the time
of the passage of this act shall be valid unit
their expiration, unless revoked or amulled az
provided by law.
SEC. s.. The superintendent of education
shall procure the|pnnting of the questions pre-.
pared for written examinations and the cost OF
such printing shall be allowed as a part of his
expenses. The advertising and other necessary
expenses of public examination of teachers
shall be paid by the supervisor, and be reJnid
him upon the settlement OF his account.
CHAPTER T.
School Districts.
l. ORGANIZATION.