Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-02-13
THE SCHOOL BILL.

In II oCf1Ot)L BILL.
Council bill No. %, amending certain
provisions of the law relating to public
schools, PASSED the council this morn
ing with amendments. II provides for
a territorial boat Aaf- asaacatio,, cor.
sisttng of seven members, the governor.
superintendent of public instruction,
and five to be appointed by the govern
or from among the heads of territorial
institutions, the president of St. Mi
chaels college at Santa Fe and the su-
perintendents of the schools in the four
cities of the territory ranking highest
in population; provided that immed,-
ately after the passage of this act the
board shall consist of the governor, SUI
perintendent of public instruction, the
presidents of St. Mdchalel's college, the
university and agricultural college AMI
two others; heads of territorial insti-
tuti0ns, Ito be named by the governor,
schools. And vt shall be determined by
lot at the first meeting of the board
which of the members, other than the
governor and superintendent of public
instruction, shall have his term of office
expire on January /, 1902 which on
January 1, 1906 and which on January
1, 1906, and each yehr thereafter the
governor shall appoint successor to
the retiring member for term of five
years.
This board shall annually prepare
four sets of examination questions for
applicants for first and second-class
teachers certificates, and one of these
sets shall be sent to the county SUPER
perintenden'ts to open them only in the
presence of the assembled applicants
for teacherships. and the examining
board, and after examining a teacher
this county examining board shall send
the papers of the applicant, together
with the grade it has given him, up 10
the territorial board of education, to be
revised, If deemed proper. Receiving \
general average grade as high as 30
with no grade in any one branch lower
first-class certificate, under which he
may teach in New Mexico schools for
three years. Those receiving an aver
age grade as high as 70 and lower than
30 per cent, with no grade in any one
branch lower than 50 shall receive a
second-class certificate, emitting them
to teach two years within the county
in which 1T lis granted, and which may
be honoresd I'm other counties ait the dis
cretion of county superintendents.
Third class certificates emitting the re-
cipient to teach one year in the county
where issued may be granted by the
examining board upon such written ex-
animation as 1T may deem sufficient,
but it's action must be reported for the
information of the territorial board OF
Certificates good only in the
district in which granted may be issued
by the authority of boards of education
in incorporated cities or towns. and
shall be valid and sufficient for periods
the board may prescribe. In school dis
tricts, when the only language spoken
Is Spanish, the teacher must nave
of both Spanish and Eng
Iish. The bill specifies what shall con-
stftute legally qualified teacher, and
prohibits, under penalty, the payment
Of public funds to amy other. Boards
Of education for. districts consisting of
cities or towns are en-
powered to employ city or district su-
who, in conjunction with
he board of education. shall be author
zed to hold special teachers institutes,
Ind such boards shall also have power
to levy a tax for the support of the
schools of the district not exceeding in
any one year seven and one-half mills
IN the dollar. Compulsory attendance
Concluded on Fourth Pags)