The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-02-04
SUPER VISION OF THE SCHOOLS,
a Committee of the Teachers Assem-
bly, Prepares a Bill and Submits 1t
to the Legislature.

/ a Committee Of the Teachers AS
sembly, appointed for the purpose, has
/ prepared the following bill for the su-
pervsion of the public schools of North
| Carolina and submitted it to the Leg
| islature:
The General assembly Of North Caro-
| Ina do enact.
Section |. That the State ot North
| Carolina shall be divided into not less
! than twenty-tour nor more than forty
eight supervision districts, each dis
trict to be composed of two or moro
| counties.
Section . That the general bust
| ness OF each supervision district shall
be managed by a district board of edu-
CatlOual commissioners to be elected as
| hereinafter provided.
| Section 3. The county board OF cdu-
cation, register Of deeds, clerk of the
court and the board of county commits
! sIOners OF each county shall, at IA Joint
meeting on Tuesday after the first
Monday in April following the ratili-
cation of this act, elect as many dis
| trlct educational commissioners as the
said county has Representatives i'll the
| lower House of the General Assembly,;
| provided, that the comm !ssioners elect
| ed shall be men of education aud coed
| business capacity and known to favor
| improving the public schools; provided,
| further. that where any county is en-
| titled to more than one commiss Toner
| on the district board, the commission
ers elected shall not be OF the same
| political faith; provided, further, that
if there be no county board of educa
ton, the boards Of county commission
| ers, the register of deeds and the clerk
OF the court of the several counties
shall alone elect the district commits
sioners of education. The term of Of
flee Of the district commissioners shall
be two years.
Section 4. On Tuesday following
their election, the board of district
commissioners shall meet at such place
within their district as the State
Board of Education shall designate,
and shall organize by electiny a chair
man and secretary. The place of sue
ceediny meetings shall be determined
by the district board; provided, that all
regular annual meetings shall be at the
county seat of one of the counties COM
posing the district: provided, further.
that not more than one meeting shall
be held each year except upon request
of the chairmen of the boards of county
commissioners in the majority of the
counties composing the district.
Section 5. At its first meeting the
district board Of commissioners shall
elect a superintendent of the district,
who shall hold office for a term Of four
years and until his successor shall be
elected by the board
Section 6. No one shall be eligible
to the office of district superintendent
who is not twenty-three years Of age,
and who has not spent two years othls
life in teaching, and who does not pro-
pose to make teaching his life work.
He shall be a man Of good education
and judgment, and competent to exam
inc and grade teachers intelllgently,
and to discharge the other duties of his
office.
Section 7. The duties Of the district
superintendent shall be: Gay To exam
| cOrding to the law and under the direc-
ton of the State superintendent (b) To
| hold institutes. in which he shall give
| instruction in the subjects taught in
| the public schools. in the principles
and methods of teaching, and in the
public school law of the State; ,c) To
make out and recommend to the teachers
of the district suitable courses of read
inc and professional study and to stlm-
uate the educational life of his district
by making public addresses and in
every other way possible: (d) to i'll
spect as many of the schools in his dis
lrict as practicable and to perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by
the board Of commissioners; (e) To
make to the board Of district commits
sioners an annual report Of his work,
and Of the condition of the schools of
his district, with suggestions as to the
Improvement of the same.
Section s. The board of district COM
missioners shall be allowed no COM
pensation for their services except act
ual necessary expenses incident to the
| meetings of the district board; each
county being required to pay out of its
school fund the expenses Of its own
| commissioner or cOmmlSsl toner's.
Section 9. The salary Of the district
superintendent shall be per cent. Of
the school fund less the amount re-
CURED to pay the expenses of the dis
trict commissioners, and the eXamlna-
ton fees Of the teachers in each county
Of his district.
Section 10. The fees for eXamina-
ton shall be one dollar at the regular
time and one dollar and half at other
times.
Section H. At least one institute a
wear of at least one week in length for
each race shall be held in each county
by the district uperintcndent, and all
of the public school teachers Of the
comfy shall be required to attend con-
tinuously the sessions of the institutes
! in their respective districts. The
teacher failing to attend said Institutes
OF some other Institute satisfactory to
the district superintendent shall not re-
ceiye "a certificate to teach tor "'e
year from the date OF The institute. III
less the district superintendent is salts
fled that some prOvldentlaI hlndrance
makes institute Attendance impossible
Section - Duriu. the session OF
the institute the annual examination oI
teachers shau take place. No other
regular examination snail be given.
Section -. The district superinten-
dent shall have no authority over city
schools already employing superin
tendent.
Section IL The State Board OF f /
ucatIoH shah. a7 soon as practicable
after the ratification Of this act, divide
tie State into not less than twenty-iou
or more than fDrty-eight districts. hav
in regard to the convenience aud eX
peu-e Of the district superintendent 81
t.r as Is consistent with the Nub.!e