The record-union., 1892-03-23
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Department.

Educational Department.
SEC. 10. The government of the Common
schools of the city shall be vested in q Board
OF Education, 10 consist of nine members, to
pe called School Directors, and who shall re-
cSlEe no COMPENSATION. One School director
snail be elected from each ward. Their terms
OF Office shall be four years Of the members
OF the Board of Education first elected under
thls Charter, the members from the second,
fourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards Shall hold
their Office for four years, and Ihe members
rom the First, Third, Fifth, Seventh and
Ninth Wards shall mold their o4ice for only
two years. AT each election thereafter mem
Defs OF the Board OF Education shall be elected
TO succeed those whose terms are about 10
expire. No person shall be eligible to the
once OF School Director, unless he is at the
tlme OF his election a qualified elector of the
ward from which he is elected.
SEC. III. The Board of Education shall
meet ON the hrst Monday after the first day OF
january next after the election of Its mem
pefs shaIl have been officially declared, and
organize by electing one OF their number
PRESIDENT, whose term OF Office, as President
snail be two years. The board Shall hold reg
ular meetings AT least once in each month and
at sucn times as shall be determined by its
rules. Special meetings may be- called at any
tline by the President, any three OF the mem
DeFS, or ny the superintendent. SIX mem berS
OF the board shall constitute Il quorum FOR the
transaction OF business. and the affirmative
vote OF hve members shall be necessary to
pass any measure, but smaller number may
adjourn from time 10 time. The board may
determine the rules of its proceedings, and the
/ yeas ana nays snail be taken when demanded
| py any member and entered on the records OF
| the board. It's records shall be open to public
inspection. The Mayor shall al all vacancies
occurring in the board, until the next regular
municipal election. Allmeetngs of the board
shal! he public. All elections held by it shall
be viva VOce.
SEC. 112. The powers and duties Of the
board or Education are as follows:
tlrst-Io establish and maintain common
schools, which shall include high, grammar,
| primary and kindergarten departments: to
tn
anu control the school property; to establish
scnool districts, and to nix and alter the
OoundarleS thereof.
Second-To employ, pay and dismiss teach
ers, Jantors and such persons as may be neces-
safy 20 carry into effect the powers and duties
OF the board, and to fix, alter allow and order
paid their salaries or compensation, aud to
withhold, for good and sufficient cause the
Whole or any part of the salary or wages OF
any person or persons employed as aforesaid.
There snail be an annual election for teachers
at such time as the board may determine:
provided, however, that no election or APP
! polntlnent OIL any teacher, janitOr other
! empioyc shall constitute contract either as
! TO the duration OF the Office or as to the
amount OF salary or compensation TO be paid,
but the board shall always have the power to
dismiss any or al teachers. janitors or other
employees, and to alter the amount OF salary
or compensation,
Third-To make, establish and enforce ell
necessary ana proper rules ana regulations
| Tor the government and progress of the com
| mon schools and for the Investigation of
| charges against any person in the employ of
the department., and for carrying into effect
Inc laws relating TO education; also to estao-
! llsh and regulate the grade of schools and de-
termtne wnat textbooks (in addition TO those
| published by the Statel course of study and
mo lie of instruction shln be used IN said
! SCHOOLS; but any textbook determined uDOn
! by the board shall not be changed within a
period OF lour years after its adoption.
Fourth-Io provide ior the school Depart
Taent all necessary supplies, ana incur such
Other incidental expenses as MAY be necessary
tor the welfare OF the department.
tlfth-To build. alter, repair rent and pro-
vide schoolhouseS, and 10 furnish them with
! proper school furniture, apparatus and appli-
ances.
sixtn--To purchase, sell or exchange school
lots. and TO take charge OF any ana all real
estate and personal property that may have
been acquired, or may hereafter be ACQUIRED for
the use and benefit Of the common schools of
the city; and To make, in the name OF the city
| conVeyances of property belonging to the city
ana sold by the Board OF Education; LTCUfded
| that no real estate Shall be bought sold or
| exchanged without the consent of the Board
! of Trustees, evidenced by ordinance; and pro-
| Viced further, that the proceeds Of any such
! sale or exchange of real estate shall be ex-
clustvely applied to the purchase OF other lots.
or the erection OF schoolhouses Tor the use oil
! this department.
Seyenth-1o appoint School Census Mar
shais on or before the first day of MAY of each
year, whose duties shall be as prescribed by
general law.
Eighth-To sue in the name of the city for
any and all property acquired or claimed for
the use and benefit of the School Department.
and 10 prosecute and defend all actions at law
| or in equity, necessary to recover and MAIN
tain the full enjoyment and possession of said
property, and to require the services OF the
City Attorney in all such actions.
Ninth-To examine every demand PAYABLE
ont Of the school fund, and for good cause To
| reject any such demand, or to allow the same
IN whole or IN part, and to compel the attend
ance OF witnesses before the board or any
committee thereof. in any matter under in
YeStigation.
Tenth-To discharge all legal incumbrances
now existing, or which may hereafter exist
upon any school property.
Eleqenth-To prohibit any child under six
years OF age from attending the common
schools, provided in kindergarten classes
children of four years of age may be admitted.
duct.
auction upon not less than tive days notice
! by publication in a daily newspaper pub-
| iished IN SAID city. such personal property as
| ShaI no longer Ice required by the DEPART
! ment. All moneys realized from such sales
snail be paid into the treasury to the credit of
/ the School Fund.
| erty or money acquired by devise, beduest or
| Gonatlon in trust for the benefit of :iny
| school, educational purpose, or school prop
] efty.
| Fourteenth-To exclude from the schools
and school libraries all books, publications
! or papers OF sectarian, partisan or denomina-
| Fifteenth--To furnish books for the children
| of parents unable to furnish them. The books
! SO furnished shall belong to the city, and
! shall be returned to the Superintendent at the
| close of each term.
Sixteenth-To make an annual report on or
before the first day of July in each Year to the
! County Superintendent of Schools in the
! manner and form and on the blanks pre-
scribed by the State superintendent of Public
Instruction.
| SevenJeenth-To make a report whenever
| required directly to the state superintendent
OF Public Instruction OF the textbooks used in
| the city schools.
Eighteenth Each 1nernhar Of he hoard
shall visit every school in the city at least
once in each term and examine carefully into
| its management, condition and wants.
Nineteenth-Its shall be the duty of the board
to prescribe course or study that viii TT and
prepare the students therein to enter any of
the departments OF the University of the State
OF California. Such course shall be known as
| the High ScEool course.
Twentieth-The board may provide depart
mentS tor the training OF papilS in the in
dustrial and mechanical arts, and domestic
and commercial avocations and shall have
power to furnish such departments with nee
eSsary tools, apparatus and appliances.
Twenty-first-And generally to do and rer-
form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable 20 the city, and may
be necessary and proper to carry into force
ana effect the powers conferred on said board
and to increase the efficiency of the common
schools in the city.
SEC. l13. The City Auditor and CITY Treas
urer snail keep City School Fund into
which shall be paid all moneys appropriated
to 1t under any law providing city school
moneys: all moneys received from the State
on account OF the city S share of any appor-
tionIlent OF the state school moneys and the
city's portion of all county moneys collected
or sell apart for school purposes, and neither
the Board OF Trustees nor City Auditor shall
alloW any claim payable out OF the City
School Fund Until after such claim shall have
been audited and allowed by the Board of
| Education.
SEC. ia. The Board of Education shall
annually, on or before the first Monday in
August, make and report to the Board of
Trustees statement in detail OF the receipts