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DOVER, April 19.-Peter L. Coope
Jr, repre- senting the Board Of Public
Education Of Wilmington, Superinten
dent Tindall, of the Kent county public
schools; Speaker of the Senate Houston,
State Treasurer Burnite, Representa-
tives Watkins and Hickman, and Victor
b. Woolley met last night, -and after a
long conference agreed to report a bill
equalizing the apportionment of the
school fund among the districts.
This is one of the most important bills
of the session IL affects every school
district In the state and has caused the
Legislators more trouble than any half
dozen measures which have come before
them.
The bill provides that from and after
the passage of the act all school funds
annually appropriated by the state for
the support Of the free schools of New
Castle county excepting the annual ap
preparation for the colored schools Of the
county, shall be apportioned and dis
tributed as follows: To each single dis
trict and to each district contained in
every united, consolidated and incorpOr-
ated district shall be paid $3.50 The ag
gregate sum thus appropriated and dis
tributed among the several districts
shall be deducted from the whole state
fund due and appropriated to New
Castle county, and the remainder shall
be divided among the school districts in
proportion TO the number of children en-
rolled in the schools thereof
The state auditor shall settle annually
with every district in the state between
August 1 and 90
In the month Of September next en-
suing, ana annually thereafter, the
trustee Of the school fund, who is the
state treasurer, in making the apportion-
ment lpf the three counties, shall ascer-
tain the amount of state money each
district may have in hand in access of
the amount required by law TO be raised
bv taxation for the year next preceding
Should any district raise by taxation more
than is by law required to be raised in
order to secure its apportionment that
amount shall not be charged against such
district but shall be retained by it as its
own money, to be applied to the main
tenance of its schools
The trustee shall retain from the ap-
portonments amounts equal to those
which appear to be respectively unex-
pended and in the hands Of the commits
sioner or clerks, and place the balance Of
the apportiOnments to which the dis
tricts are respectively entitled, to the
credit of the districts The amounts
retained shall be retained in the school
fund of the state to be reapportioned
for the coming year.
The superintendents shall conduct
public examinations of the applicants for
teachers certificates. Each applicant
must answer ninety per cent of the
questions propounded for professional
aud first grade certificates, from seventy
Eve to eighty-nine per cent, second.
grade certificate and not less than sixty
per cent for a provisional certificate
good for one year on trial.
Teachers must make full report of
the condition of his or her school at
the end of every school session
Of every year. The quarterly
report is done away with.
In May, the teachers of graded schools
and the principal teachers of single,
united, consolidated and incorporated
schools to report to the trustee the
name Of every pupil between the ages
of and 81 years, enrolled in such dis
tricts during the current year. Failure
to comply with this provision works
cancellation of the offending teachers
certificate.
Teachers salaries, outside of Whining
ton, shall be paid at least quarterly
Commissioners shall notify the superin
tendent of all teachers employed lin his
county. No portion OF the state fund
shall be used for buildings or repairs and
It Is unlawful for the state auditor tC
allow such amounts, but districts arc
allowed TO raise. by additional taxation
money for such purposes.
Commissioners snail insure the schoo
buildings against loss by fire. All in
corporated colored schools are abolished
and the schools are placed in charge o.
the county superintendent under the
condition now prescribed for coloreC
I schools
The salaries of the superintendents
and the support of the colored schoo
shall be paid out Of the school fund.
The bill amends Chapter Go, Vol 10 il
such manner as to place the colore,
schools Of Wilmington in a position t.
receive their just share of the state fund
; All public school grounds and publ
school buildings maintained at public ex
pense shall be exempt from county
town, municipal, water, street an
sewer and all other taxes.
The secretary of state is authorized t
print the law twice in two papers in eac
: county in May, 1898, the compensatio
to each paper being s.. a preposterou
I allowance for an advertisement whic
7 will occupy from one-half 10 three
quarters of q column.
: Orchestra Music at Epworth Church.
Professor Frank Steubgen, the popula
! violin soloist and leader of the Gran
, Opera House orchestra, has been en-
/ gagged to lead the orchestra at the ne'
4 | Epworth NJ. E. Sunday school, corner q
/ Tenth and Lombard streets. The schoC
j is a large ore, the attendance at time
! reaching between 600 and zoo. Th
! orchestra on special occasions is aug
! mented to ten players, all of whom al
first class musicians George f. King
. the choirmaster Of the church, leads th
q singing.
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