The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-03-07
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS
TO receive STATE AID.
STATE SU?T. MARTIN TELLS SOME
TRlkG ABOUT THIS and OTHER
new EDUCATIONAL MEASURES.

Gently the following Interesting IN
tervIew with State Suit. Martin re-
garding the educational measures
enacted by the genera assembly at
the last session.
He said, "There are several mat
tiers Of great importance, but the
most far.reaching one, as 1 see It, is
the high school Law.
"This act provides that it may be
lawful for any conrty or for any
township Or aggregation Of town.
ships. or for any aggregation of
school districts or any incorporated
town or city within the State with a
population of not more than 1000
at the last preceding United States
census, to establish high school.
Under this provision it is qnite like
ly that in some eases we may have
county high schools, in others
township high schools, aud others
joint high schools covering an ag-
gregation of townships or districts.
GA large town or city may not
receive aid under under this act as a
town or city, but it seems to me that
it may do so as part of the county,
or as part of the township. This
act allows as much rs two mills CT
additional taxation for high school
purposes, and it also allows a high
school district to float bonds for the
erection of high school buildings.
There is a provision that the State
shall not aid any school more than
so per cent # the amount raised an
nually by taxa'ioa, subscription or
otherwise. There is a'sra provision
that 10 school shall receive aid I'M
less It has least % children and
two teachers in the high school ue-
part,i ent, that is above the seventh
o, ade, rs the act defines il.
ssNo one school shall receive nrre
than 81 200 annually, and no coun
ty shall receive more than 5 per cent
of the 10000 appropriated. Every
child IN the county where high
school is located is to receive free
high school tuition.
"rhe duty of putting this act
into operation devolves Tpon the
State board of education. If the
said State board of education can
succeed in working out the high
school problem uuder this acs: II
will certainly render great service
to the State aud tnr high school act
will probably be regarded rs very
important piece of epoch-making
legislation. Prof. Hand, OF the
University of South Carolina, and ]
expect to GO to Chicago next week to
the meeting of the department OF
superintendents of the National Ed
ucation association. While there,
We expect to confer with school Off,
cers from all parts Of the United
States in regard to high schools.
We also expect to visit some of the
public high schools in that section
of the country.
"Anolher important educational
act is the one to provide for the is
suing of bonds in the public school
districts of South Carolina. 1t is
merely general bonding act con-
tanning all of the best features Of
the numerous local bonding acts
which are introduced every year.
Hereafter it will be possible for any
district, under certain restrictions,
to float bonds for the purpose Of
building and equipping school houses
without the necessity of getting a
special act through the legislature.
In addition to being an advantage to
the schools, this act will shorten the
legislative calendar and save an
enormous amount in printing each