The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-03-22
Senator Stookey Introduces Bill
Providing for Examination of
State Teachers.

to the committee on schools of the
senate and will doubtless be reported
out.
1t repeats the present laws relating
to teachers and provides for board of
examiners consisting of the superin-
tendent Of public instruction, president
of the state university, president of the
normal school and four persons to be
appointed by the governor, the APP
pointees to hold Office for term of
four years and be ineligible for re-
appointment.
The bill provides that the board shall
meet for the transaction of business at
such times and places as the president
may direct. 1t shall have the power to
employ secretary and prescribe his
dnties. He shall receive salary not
exceeding 500 per month. Each
member of the board shall receive for
the time actually employed in such
service his actual travelling expenses,
and those not ex-o1icio members shall
be paid in addition 50 per day.
The board may issue professional Ger
tificates as follow: The life diploma,
the state certificate, the primary GER
titicate, and special certificate in any
subject or group of special subjects.
Such special certificate designated by
the name of the subject or group of
subjects and shall not be valid for any
other. The president of the board
shall keep complete classified register
of all persons to whom certificates or
diplomas are issued.
The life diploma may be issued to
persons only as show superior prepara-
ton for success in teaching or school
supervisor. No one shall receive a
life diploma who is not the holder of a
state certificate, who has not been in
school work continuously for at least
five years, and who has not taught
under the supervision of the state
board for at least three years, except
that life diploma from another state
issued in accordance with the require
ments of this act or equivalent require
ments may be validated by the board.
All applications for the life diploma
shall show satisfactory proficiency in
the following subjects: The subjects
required for state certificate and in
addition thereto the following: Geome-
try, trigonometry, chemistry, zoology,
rhetoric, English literature, general
history, psychology, and pedigogics,
and such other subjects as the board
may require.
The state certificate may be issued to
such persons as have taught success
fully for at least eighteen months, or
ars graduates of an approved four year
college or standard normal school and
who show satisfactory proficiency in
photography, reading, penmanship,
arithmetic, geography, English grammar
physiology, and hygiene, including
special reference to the effects of
alcohol, stimulants and narcotics, his
tory of the United States, algebra,
botany, physics, drawing, civil govern
ment, and civil government of Iowa,
economics, didactics and vocal music.
The primary state certificate may be
issued to such persons as have taught
successfully for at least eighteen
months in primary grades and who show
satisfactory proficiency in photography,
reading, penmanship, arithmetic,
geography, grammar, history of the
United States, didactics, physiology and
hygiene, including special reference to
effects of alcohol, stimulants and
narcotics, elementary civics, vocal
music, physiology Of the child, child
literature, school management, history
Of education, school laws of Iowa,
primary methods, drawing, plant study,
and physical culture but practice teach
ing in connection with an approved
primary training course may be accept
ed in lieu of an equal time spent in
teaching.
The bill provides that in determining
the qualifications of applicants for pro-
fessionaf certificates as enumerated in
this act, other than primary and special
certificates, the board is authorized to
accept a diploma from any approved
college having a course of study in
which at least four years work above an
approved four year high school course
is required, in lieu in the examination in
the subject named, if the applicant has
in his college course pursued ped
agogical studies approved by the educa.
tional board of examiners for at least
one year Of five hours a week. Provid.
ed that from any standard normal schoo
meeting definite minimum requirements
as to equipment, faculty and course O
study which requirements it is made
the duty of the educational board of ex
aminers to specifically set forth, may bt