The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-17
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Qualifications OF the County Boards
of Examiners
nedicai Certificates Will Be Required From
Teachers-The School Age Extended
to Twenty-one Years


Act Supplemental to an Act Amendatory
of the School Law of Arizona. The bill is
somewhat lengthy, and being anxious to
know why so many changes in the pres
ent school law, which is generally consid-
sdered good one, were proposed, your
correspondent called at the office OF the
Territorial Superintendent of Public In
struction, f. j. Netherton, to learn what
his opinions were in regard to the pro-
posed measures. In reply to the question
Have you examined the bills now pend
ing in the Legislature affecting the
school laws of ArizonP" Superintendent
Netherton replied in the affirmative.
What is your opinion in regard to the
merits of the bill, or how will its passage
affect the question of public education in
the territory?'
I'm my opinion the passage OF the bill
VIII be of ineStimable benefit to the terri
tory. If you wish it | will go through
the bill with you and call your attention
to the most important points.
AT the present time the apportion-
ment OF the school money is based upon
the number of children in district in
stead of being apportioned according to
the average attendance. Thus if (prac-
tically), all of the children in one district
attend school, while in an adjoining dis
trict only small proportion of those OF
school age attends, and this is frequently
the case in districts having large Next
can population, it is evident that
more money than the former l believe
that every district should receive money
for the children actually educated, and
the bill now pending is drawn with that
idea in view. Last year there were dis
tricts in the territory that received only
about $50 per capita for the children actu-
ally in attendance, while other districts
received over $40 per capita. This was
evidently an unjust distribution OF the
funds.
''Again, think the passage of the bill
will do more for us than a whole code OF
compulsory laws. There will be an in
ducement for all concerned to maintain
high average attendance in the schools in
order to increase their apportionment.
"Another clause of considerable import
ance is the one increasing the Board OF
Education to seven members by dropping
the Territorial Treasurer, who is not very
apt to be IA school man, and adding,
high school, a grammar school ana
primary school teacher, they to be APP
pointed by the Governor. The university
and the normal school are now represented
on the board and the idea is to have
every branch of the public school work
represented thereon. Not less important
tiial tnls, however Is .ile iieu nd nf f nr
wv Neutrality-suspicious. To- 0o ,,i9,, nom serye
thereon if they have a sufficient pull to
secure the appointment. The bill proposes
that the applicant for position ON
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