Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-18
RESOLUTIpNL ADOPTED BY THE
COUNTY sUPERINTENDENTs Ar
THEIR LATE Al LETTINGS ATHAILEY

VdlEk LAIE Nj EEI1 Al dA1LE4
IDAHO.
We, the State Superintendent and the
County Superintendent Of the State Of
idaho, in their annual convention, assem-
blad at Haley, blaine County, Idaho,
December 30, 1897, do hereby adopt and
Hccept the following resolutions as the
sense OF the said convention, as to matt
tiers acted upon in said meetings and we
do hereby recommend that they be en-.
acted into the statutes OF Idaho, as part
Of our State school law.
!. The various county superintendent
should have judicial power in all school
matters, with sufficient authority to en-
force their decisions; provided that app
peals may lie to the State Superintendr
emit, whose decision shall be final, unless
otherwise decided by q court Of jurisdic7
tion.
2 County superintendent ehall have
power to remove trustees summary from
Office for neglect of duty, wilful disobey-
ing of the school laws or the neglect or
refusal to perform all the functions of
their offices. a
3 The State Constitution should be so
amended that it will provide that the
State Board of Education shall be COM
posed OF men WHO are active in school
work and are fully qualified education
ally for such position,
4 There should be a system OF taxation
devised whereby all schools, both coutry
and city, shall have average terms OF not
less than eight months per school year,
and we favor the system of this apportion-
ment OF school money upon the basis of
the percentage OF attendance rather than
upon the basis of the number OF school
!. children as at the present time.
B The members of each county Board
examiners should have the same qualiti-
cations as county superintendent.
9 We emphatieally opposed to the pres
ent system OF paying county superinten1
Gents by the commission system, and are
in favor of such officers receiving stated
salaries for their services, and that the
county superintendent be then required
TO give their entire attention to tue du-
ties Of their offices.
7 The State Constitution should be so
changed as TO eluire that the State
superintendent should hold either q
State certificate or Life diploma.
8 We are opposed to the permit or tenn
porary certificate system and are in favor
OF a system whereby second and third
grade certificates may be endorsed by
RSuhby VI
than those in which they were issued,
and have the same force and effect in
Faid counties as in the county in which
they were issued; provided, that not
more than one third grade certificate
shall ever be issued to one person.
3 That in the division of money or IN
debtedness to new districts, the law
should be so amended as to empow er
county superintendent to make proper
division of all school property, or its
equivalent cash value, in the same man
ner as is provided in the division OF prop
erty to new counties.
10 We are opposed to the present
compulsory school law for the reason OF
Its inadaptibility, but we are emphati-
cally in favor of compulsory school law
that can be enforced and which viii pro-
vide for the compulsory attendance OF
children between the ages of s and IA
years of at least six months per year,
TOUR of which must be consecutive.
IL We are in favor of the adoption of q
uniform course of study which can be
made applicable to both city and country
Schools up to and including the eight
grade.
u We favor law which win compel
trustees to allow teachers salaries dur
ing the time such teachers may be in at
tendance at teachers ASSOCIATIONS, duly
called by the proper school Officers.
l3 We also favor law which will COM
pie trustees to allow salaries to theiI
tsaehers while said teachers are VISITING