The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-08-16
WANTS PAY FOR SCHOOL DIRECT.
ORS,
State Superintendent Riggs is
Favoring Movement Having
this Object in View.

State Superintendent Riggs is faith
ering movement looking toward pro-
vision being made for remuneration for
school directors for the time they spend
in attending the annual meeting of the
districts. There has never been any
pay connected with the duties of school
director, but now that the time of the
annual meeting has been changed from
the first Monday in September to the
first Monday in July, when business
men and farmers will be especially
busy, Mr. Riggs thinks it would be the
proper thing for the next legislature to
pass bill providing for remuneration
to the directors for the time they must
necessarily spend in taking care of the
business that must be transacted at
this annual meeting. Mr.. Riggs has
just sent out the following circular
letter to all presidents of school boards:
"The law requires every board of
school directors to meet this year on
Monday, July ,, to receive the reports
of the secretary and treasurer and to
settle with these officers.
SIN all school corporations secre-
tary for the ensuing year must be
chosen at this meeting. And in all
school corporations, excepting in indie
pendent city or town districts, a treas
urer for the ensuing year must be
chosen at this meeting. The law
changing the annual meeting of school
boards from September to July ter
inmates the term of all secretaries now
in Office and of all treasurers now in
Office in independent village districts,
school townships and rural independent
districts with the July meeting, and
makes it necessary for the board to
elect their successors at that time.
"The secretary and treasurer should
have their reports ready for the APP
proval of the board at the time of the
meeting.
ITO facilitate the settlement with the
treasurer it is suggested that where
practicable, a committee of the board
be appointed to examine the books of
this officers before the date for the
annual meeting and be ready to report
to the board July I'd.
"Your attention is called to the man
datory provisions of chapter 10 of the
school laws which require the treasurer
of each school township and rural indie
pendent district to Withhold five cents
for each person of school age in the
school corporation, the same to be used
between the third Monday of September
and the first day of December for the
purchase of library books. The board
may, at its option, increase this amount
not to exceed fifteen cents for each
person of school age. The books must
be purchased by the secretary and
president of the board, with the assist
ance of the county superintendent of
schools.
SHOULD BE RENIUNERATED.
"The theory of our Iowa statutes has
been that the service rendered by
school directors should be gratuitous,
assuming, and correctly, that public
spirited citizens willing to serve the
people in this responsible office would
not be wanting in any school district,
81 believe the service rendered by
directors should be in large part graf
uitous. Most of such services can be
rendered at times chosen by the direc-
tor and then his personal interests need
not suffer; but it has long seemed to me
that attendance upon the regular an
nual meeting, when business of unusual
Importance in transacted and the
presence of every director is required,
should carry with it adequate compen-
sation which is now forbidden by the
statutes.
ut is my present purpose to recon-
mend to the next general assembly that
section 27S0 of the school laws be SO
amended that directors in actual at
tendance upon the annual July meeting
of the board shall receive fixed
amount of one days service. l shall
not, however, make this Recommendation,
unless the general sentiment of the
directors of the state is favorable.
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