Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-29
SCHOOL, TEACHERS.
HOUSE BILL NO. IOe DEFINED AS
TO GRADES.
County Boards of Examiners. Their Make
Up, and Public Shoot Teachers
Qualifications.
Special to the Gazette.

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! AUSTIN, TEX, April 2S.-House bill l06 to
| provide for the issuance OF certificates 10
| tenchers in the public schools provides that
| county boards OF examiners shall consist OF
| three white teachers holding first-grade
certificates, and shall be appointed BY the
| county superintendent or county Judge, or
| il first-grade teachers be not in reach, then
| any other competent pereon will do. Each
| applicant for u certificate shall pay fee Of
| 3.The board shall meet regularly on the first
/ Thursday and the Friday following the first
| Monday in January, April. July and Octo-
| Der in each year, and shall use questions
| prescribed by the state department.
Applicants for third grade certificates
! shall be examined in spelling, reading,
| writing, elementary arithmetic, English
| grammer and geography.
For second grade, in the above named
| branches, and also IN composition, history
| of the United States and of Texas, practical
| arithmetic and school management and
| methods.
First grade grade applicants shall be ex-
amined, in addition to the foregoing, on
elementary algebra, geometry, natural
philosophy, physiology, physical geography
and civil government.
All examinations shall be in writing and
in English. All applicants shall make a
grade of at least so per cent in every branch
and an average grade Of at least 20 per cent
in al branches.
A third grade certificate shall be good for
one year, and second grade for one year
unless the applicant make q grade of 65 per
cent in every branch, and q general average
of so per cent in all branches on which he
is examined, in which case it shall be good
for two years.
First grade certificates are good for one
year unless u grade in every branch of at
least 60 per cent and q general average of
N all iS chaIi
thensbe good for two years. If grade in all
branches of OF least 20 per cent, and gen.
eral average OF so per cent is made the
applicant shall receive certificate good for
three years.
Section makes it the duty as far as pos
sible for all teachers in the public schools
to attend the summer normals.
Section provides that first grade teach
ers may receive salaries up TO S75 month,
second grade $50 and third grade $50, pro-
vided that such limitations do not apply in
districts that levy local school tax.
Section q requires teachers to make
monthly reports to county superintendent
or judges, on pain of not receiving their
salaries until the law is fully complied
with
Section provides that the holder Of q
diploma from the state normal or the Pea
body normal may teach anywhere in the
state without an examination.
The holder of first or second grade GER
tificate from a Texas state normal may
teach for three years without an examine
ton, and the holder of q certificate from a
summer normal school may teach two
years.
Any teacher with ten years experience
in teaching who shall pass an examination
prescribed by the state superintendent. and
make an average grade of 20 per cent. shall
receive certificate good for five years.
4 general average of 90 per cent calls /6r
q certificate good for ten years anywhere in
the state.
Cities having scholastic population Of
coo and a school superintendent and AThich
have exclusive control of their school u6a1lp1
choose a board of examiners that s6an
issue certificates good only in said cities. 4
Section ~ provides that county certii-
Gates shall be good only in the counties =
which they are issued. ditto city certiBU
Gates. All other certificates are good
throughout the state
Any teacher with a diploma comforting
the degree OF bachelor Of arts, Or Of
SCIENCE. or even = higher degree. rom any