The Washington times., 1901-11-14
FOR VIRGlNIA'S SCHOOLS.
The Report of the Convention Com
miffec ON Educntinn

| The Report of the Convention Com
mitfee ON Education.
! RICHMOND, Va. Nov i8-Fhe follow
\ ing is the report OF the Committee on Ed
alton. presented in the Constitutional
| Convention today by Delegate Richard
McIlwaiDe. the Chairman:
Section ]. The General Assembly shall
establish and ma intain an CtfIc.eHt system
of pubic free schools throughout the
State.
section . The general supervision OF
! the pubic free school system OF the state
public instruction and u board of educa-
ton to be composed OF the Governor.
Attorney General, chairman OF the facuity
OF the University of Virginia, President OF
the college OF William and Mary, Presi-
dent of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
President of tbs State Female Normal
Sctooi. at Farm1 ille, and the superiatend-
ent OF the Virginia Military institute:
provided, however, that should the State
fall TO make appropriation to any Of said
institutions. the chairman of the faculty.
the president or superintendent Of such
i'tstitution, shall cease TO be u member OF
Section 8. The superintendent of public
instruction shall hold Office for d term Of
four years and his duties and compensa-
tion shall be fixed by law He Shall be
education.
Section T. The duties and powers of the
lows:
first-It shall. subject to the confTma-
tion OF the Senate---appoint superin-
tendent of public instruction, and All su-
perintendents of city and county public
free schools. and may remove superin-
tendonts for cause and upon notice To the
incumbent; provided, that member of
the state board, except the eX-ofiicio
president, shall be eligible for appoint
Inent to the office of superintenGent OF
public instruction during his term of Of
wi 10 aft ba xraf-
ration Of same.
Second-It shall have, regulated by law,
the management and investment of the
Ihird-it shall nave authority to make
all needfu rules and regulations for the
mana cement and conduct of the public
flee schools, which regulations when pub
Iished and distributed shall have the force
and effect of law; but all rules and regu-
latIons Vt said board may be amended or
repealed by the General Assembly, and
when so amended or repealed shall not De
re-enaCted by the said board.
Fourth-It shall select text books and
educational appliances for use in the pub
lie free schools OF the State; provided,
that the school boards of cities OF the
population of 5000 or more shall choose
the books and appliances for their
schools, subject 60 such rules or reSu!a-
tions as the State board Of education shall
prescribe.
tors, consisting of five members, in which
State Library, and the appointments of a
t.bra rian, and other employees therefor,
si:.sJec to such rules and -eguiauons as
the General Assembly shall prescribe.
Section 5. Each magisterial district shall
constitute a separate school district un-
less otherwise provided by law In each
school district three school trustees shall
be elected by the people. whose terms OF
office shall be four years.
Section g. The General Assembly shall |
set apart as permanent and perps tual
literary fund the present literary funds |
of the State. the proceeds of all public |
lands donated by Congress for public free |
school PURPOSES of all escheated proper !
ty, of all waste and unappropriated lands, /
Of all property accruing to the State by |
forfeiture, and all fines collected for Of |
fences committed against the State, and |
such other sums as the General Assembly |
may appropriate.
Sec l. The General Assembly shall ap- |
ply the annual interest on the literary |
fund. that portion Of the capitation tax |
provided for in this constitution to be paid /
into the State treasury, and an annual 1
tax on property of not less than one nor |
more than five mills on the dollar TO the |
public free schools OF the primary and |
grammar grades for the equal benefit of /
all the people Of the State, 20 be appor- |
toned on the basis of school population, |
the number of children between the ages
of seven and twenty years in each school |
district being the basis of such appor- |
tionment. Each city. town ff the same
be separate school divisionl. county. and |
district is authorized to raise additional !
sums by tax on property not to exceed
in the aggregate five mills on the dollar |
in any one year to be apportioned and |
expended by the local school authorities |
tricts establishing and maintaining such |
schools as in their judgment the public
welfare may require; provided, that such |
primary schools as shall be established
shall be maintained at least four months
of each year before any part of the fund
and collected may be devoted
TO the establishment OF schools of higher
grade. The boards of supervisors of the
several counties. and the common coun-
ellis of the several cities and towns
(where the same be separate school divi-
sions) shall provide for the collection of
the said local school taxes.
Section s. The General Assembly may
agricultural. normal manual
training and technichal schools, and such
grades of schools as shall be for the pub
Section g. The General Assembly may
enact laws to prevent parents and guard
Ians from allowing their children to grow
Section 10 White and colored children !
shall not be taught in the same schools.
Section IL No appropriation of public
funds shall be made to any school or in
of learning not owned and ex-
clusiVeiy controlled by the State or some |
political subdivision thereof; provided.
first, that the General Assembly may. in |
its discretion. continue the appropriations |
to the College of William and Mary, and |
provided second that this section shall |
in no wise affect the act of the General |
Assembly passed February % 1872, relat-
Ing to bonds held by schools and colleges.
ard provided third, that cities. towns and !
counties may make appropriations to nom
sectarian schools Of manual, industrial or |
training,
''Se ction Y. The General Assembly
shall make provision for the maintenance
of the Univ ersity Of Virginia by an annual
appropriation not less than that now pro-
yided by law.
Section 13. Members of the boards of
he educational institutions owned or con-
-rolled by the State shall be appointed for
4 term of four years
Gladstone rs an Example.
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