Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
ALL TEACHERS IN
s, D, SCHOOLS MUST
HAVE CERTIFICATES
State Superintendent Intends to
Strictly Enforce New Educa-
tioaal Law.

Pierre, S. D., Sept. 26.-The new edu
c~ational law Of the last session has
brought with II new rules and regula-
lions on the part Of the state educa-
tional department. and to save con-
fusion, the following statement as to
such rules has been made by the de-
:partment,
Under the provisions Of the law. the
department will validate certificates of
the rank of life diplomas, state, and
first and second grade certificates, Is
sued by other state departments, where
the grades are awarded by a state
board of examiners, but the subjects
and standings for such certificates
must conform to the requirements OF
his department for such certificates,
and when subjects or standings do not
conform. the holders of such certificates
must write in such additional subjects
or write in subjects for which grades
are already represented, but too low,
in order to raise such grades or to bring
1t up to the requirements as to the aY-
ierage necessary. The department viii
not validate certificates where the
!grades were awarded in any other a
iner, nor does the department validate
life diplomas until the holder thereof
has identified himself with the educa-
tional interests of the state for at least
a year.
Life diplomas and state certificates
are issued to graduates of educational
institutions of this and of other states
provided that such graduates must file
complete credits of their work in the
schools of which they are graduates,
together with such credits of all work
above the eighth grade.
School Boards Liable.
IAN applicant for a first. second or
third grade certificate who may have
failed at a previous examination, and
desires TO be a candidate at a SUISSE
quent examination, nay submit such
standings from the previous eXamina-
ions as are above the required average
for the certificate for which he may be
n candidate at a later examination,
providing that the standing is submit
ted with the manuscript in the other
subjects, and that the latter examina-
ton Is taken within six months.
Boards of education and school
boards as a rule are careless sometimes
in the employment of teachers who
do not hold proper certificates. The
law requires that every teacher in our
schools should hold some form of GER
tifcate. Those below and including the
first grades may hold primary certif-
Gates or any of the other FORMS, While
those employed as instructors above the
eighth grade must hold a state certih-
cate or life diploma. Principals OF
graded schools who do no teaching
must hold a first grade certificate or
better, but should he instruct. a state
certificate is required. School boards
should make it a point to see hat all
their teachers are properly qualified.
for all money paid out to an unqualified
person can be recovered for the district
from the members of the board person
ally by II patron Of the district. The
law provides and courts have SO held
that n contract made with improp-
erly qualified teachers is null and void.
Now that the certilcation of the teach
ing force OF the state is centralized in
the state department, the state super
inendent intends to see that the law IL
ObeVpd.'