Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
Tho Education Bill.
Pierre Free Press. Fep. 1st.

| Pierre Free Press. FEB. lst.
| The committee on education of the
house introduced a bill in that body
yesterday which provides a complete
system of education for the state and
does away with many of the objection
able features Of the old territorial law.
The bill is q compilation containing
many of the best features of the Indiana
law, while the laws Of Iowa, New York.
and several other states have been
drawn upon to supply material for its
construction.
Some Of the more important provi-
sions as we CLEANED them areas follows:
Chapter one provides for state SUI
perintendent who shall be elected bien-
nlally and together with his assistant
shall take the place OF the present board
of education.
The state superintendent shall have
a general supervision over the county
superlntendents, with whom he shall
meet in conventions and institutes and
assist in carrying out uniform system
of education; he shall aid In conducting
institutes by lectures and otherwise.
The institutes to be appointed by him,
also conductors of Institutes. The state
shall appropriate 500 annually to each
organized county to aid in defraying
the expenses of institutes, which shall
be two to four weeks in length. He
shall furnish blanks for county superin-
tendents. He shall hear and decide
cases of appeal, when requested by the
county superintendent of any county.
ShxA publish the school laws after the
first session OF the legislature and every
four years thereafter. together with
such notes and rulings as he may deem
necessary. shall report biennially to
the governor. Shall subscribe for an
educational paper in which his rulings.
and opinions are published and furnish
a copy to each superintendent at the
expense of the state. Shall prepare a
list of questions which must be used
exclusively by county superintendent
IN the examination of teachers. Shall
appoint an assistant superintendent
whose salary shall be 500 per year.
Chapter two provides for board Of
examiners for state certificates, con-
sisting of the state superintendent,
president of the university, principals
of the normal schools and two others
appointed by the governor, at least one
of whom shall be woman. Two ex-
aminations shall be held each year and
state certificate may be granted good
for five years, or a diploma good during
the life of the holder.
Chapter three relates to county super
intendents, who should be graduates of
some institution OF standing, and whose
salaries shall be $500 in counties of one
Thousand and less inhabitants, and 500
additional for each additional one thou
sand inhabitants or major fraction
thereof. He shall also receive mileage
at the rate of ten cents per mile. Shall
visit all the schools of his county, but
shall have no supervision over the
schools in cities and towns having more
than one thousand inhabitants. In
counties having more than one hum
dred schools he may appoint an assist
ant, whose salary shall be fixed by the
county board of education. May be re-
moved by the state superintendent for
gross violation of his duties, Shall ap-
portion the school money. Shall orga-
nize associations for teachers in the
townships. and is a member of the
county board of education.
Chapter three provides for county
board of education composed of the
county superintendent and the super
visors of the several townships. This
board has charge of all school property
in the county, except lands. May
make recommendations as to the kind
and quality of apparatus, text books
and appliances for use in the schools.
Chapter four relates to the township
| supervisor, who shall be elected bien-
nially at the annual school meeting of
the township, and must give bonds in
the sum of $500. He shall make all
contracts for the township, being gov
erned by the wishes of the electors as
expressed at the annual meeting. All
bonds fol buildings must be authorized,
or graded schools established by two
thirds vote at the annual township
meeting. The supervisor shall employ
teachers, locate school houses, make
enumeration Of pupils and determine
which school they shall attend, shall
report the number between the ages of
six and twenty years inclusive to the
county superintendent on or before the
second Monday in January, under a
penalty of 500 for a. failure to do so.
He shall receive compensation of two
dollars and fifty cents per day for all
the time employed in his official duties
but his salary shall not in the aggregate
exceed fifteen dollars per year for each
school in the township. He shall issue
all school warrants; shall report at
each annual township meeting and to
the county superintendent annually.
The county treasurer shall hold the
funds and pay county warrants. The
township may authorize the supervisor
to purchase school books which shall
be placed in the custody of the sub-di-
rectors of the district and furnished to
pupils at actual cost. Schools may be
provided by the supervisor on petition
from parents or guardians representing
ten or more children living more than
one mile and u half from school.
4 Chapter five provides for an annual
meeting of the subdistricts at which Il
director shall be elected who shall have
charge of the school property and shall