The record-union., 1892-03-31
ARTICLE VIII.
Educational Departrnent,

Educational Department.
SEC. 10. The government of the Common
schools OF the city shall be vested in a Board
OF tducat1on, to consist OF nine members, to
be called School Directors. and who shall re-
celVe no compensation. One School Director
sii;lll De elected from each ward. Their terms
81 1hi a shaii De four years OF the members
VI tIle board or Education first elected under
lhis Charter, the members from the Second,
fourth, Sixth and Eighth Wards shall hold
tnelr Once Tor four years, and the members
rom The First, Third, Fifth, Seventh and
Ninth Wards shall hold their Office for only
Two years. At each election thereafter mem
DeIs OF the board OF Education shall be elected
10 succeed those whose terms are about to
expire. NO person shall be eligible to the
once OF school Director, unless he is at the
Tune OF mis- election qualified eiector of the
ward rom which he is elected.
SEC. Ill. The Board of Education shall
meet on the first Monday after the inst day OF
January next after the election of It's mem
oers snail nave been officially declared, and
organize by electing one of their number
resident whose term of Office, as President.
sIau De Two years. The board shall hold reg
ular meetings at least once in each month, and
at Such times as shall be determined by its
rules Special meetings may be called at any
Time by the PRESIDENT, any three OF the mem
oefs, or Dy the superintendent. SIX members
OF the board shall constitute q quorum for the
transaction OF business, and the affirmative
vote OF nVe members shall be necessary TO
pass any measure, but 8 smaller number may
adjourn from time to time. The board may
determine the rules of its proceedings, and the
yeas ana nays shall be taken when demanded
Dy any member and entered on the records of
the board. Its records shall be open to public
inspection. The Mayor shall fill all vacancies
occurring In the board, until the next regular
munlci pal election. All meetings of the board
snail De public. All elections held by it shall
be viva Voce
SEC, 112. The powers and duties of the
bOafu OF Education are as follows:
First-To establish and maintain common
schools, which shall include high, grammar,
primary and kindergarten departments; to
change, or consolidate the same; to manage
and control the school property; to establish
school districts, and to fiX and alter the
boundaries thereof.
Second-To employ, pay and dismiss teach
ers, Janltors and such persons as may be neces-
sary to carry into effect the powers and duties
OF the board, and to fix alter allow and order
pald their salaries or compensation and 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
Ihere snail be an annual election for teachers
at such time as the board may determine;
PROVIDED, however, that no election or APP
polntment of any teacher, janitor or other
eInpioye snail constitute contract either as
10 the duration of the Office or as to the
amount OF salary or compensation to be paid
put The board shall always have the power to
olsmlss any or all teachers, janitors or other
employees, and to alter the amount of salary
or compensation.
Third-To make establish and enforce all
necessary and proper rules and regulations
mon schools and for the investigation of
charges against any person in the employ of
the department., and for carrying into elect
the laws relating to education; also to estab-
lish and regulate the grade of schools and de-
term1ne what textbooks lin addition to those
published by the State, course of study and
mode of instruction shall be used IN said
schools; but any textbook determined upon
by the board shall not be changed within a
period OF four years after its adoption.
Fourth-To provide for the School Depart
ment all necessary supplies, and incur such
other Incidental expenses as may be necessary
tor the welfare of the department.
Fifth-To build. alter repair, rent and pro-
vide schoolhouses, and to furnish them with
proper school furniture, apparatus and appli-
anceS.
SiXth-To purchase, sell or exchange school
lots, and to take charge of any and 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 or Education; prouided,
that no real estate shall be bought sold or
exchanged without the consent of the Board
of Trustees, evidenced by ordinance; and pro-
Vlded further, that the proceeds Of any such
sale or exchange of real estate shall be eX-
clusively applied to the purchase OF other lots,
or the erection OF schoolhouses for the use OF
this department.
Seventh-To appoint School Census Mar
shals on or before the first day of May of each
year, whose duties shall be as prescribed by
general law.
~ sue III Inc name OF the city for
any and all property acquired or claimed for
the use and benefit OF the School Depar tment
and to 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
out 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
~ N IN
yeStigation.
Tenth-To discharge all legal membranes
now existing, or which may hereafter exist,
upon any school property.
Eleventh-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.
Twelfth-To dispose of and sell at public
auction upon not less than five days notice
by publication in a daily newspaper pub
iished in said city, such personal property as
snail no longer be required by the depart
ment; All moneys realized from such sales
shall be paid into the treasury to the credit of
the School Fund.
Thirteentn-To receive and manage prop
erty or money acquired by DEVISE beIuest, or
donation in trust for the benefit of any
school, educational purpose, or school prop
erty.
Fourteenth-To exclude from the schools
and school libraries all books, publications
or papers of sectarian, partisan or denomina-
tional character
Fifteenth-To furnish books for the children
OF parents unable to furnish them. The books
so furnished shall belong to the city and
snail 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-
scrloed by the State superintendent of Public
Instruction.
Seventeenth-To make report whenever
required directly to the State Superinten dent
OF Public Instruction of the textbooks used in
the city schools.
Eighteenth Each member Of the board
shall visit every school in the city at least
once In each term and examine carefully into
its management, condition and wants.
N1neteenth-Its shall be the duty OF the board
to prescribe a course or study that will fit 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 school course.
Twentieth-The board may provide depart
mentS for the training OF pupils 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.
TWenfy-hrst-And generally to do and per-
form such other acts as may be required by
general law applicable to the city, anu as may
be necessary and proper to carry into force
and effect the powers conferred on said board,
and to increase the efficiency Of the common
schools in the city
SEC. lib. The City Auditor and City Treas
urer shall 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-
tionment of the State school moneys, and the
city's portion of all county moneys collected
or set 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
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