Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-04-02
HIGH SCHOOL REGULATIONS.

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HIGH SCHOOL REGULATIONS.
The state beard Of education has
adopted the following regulations for
the establishment of high schools un-
der the act Of 1907:
/. In a high school district where
there are no special school districts
five trustees shall be appointed by the
county board Of education at the regu-
lar time provided by law for the ap-
polntment of common school trustees.
When a high school Is organized and
new trustees appointed their term
shall be arranged to expire at the reg
ular time for the appointment Of the
trustees.
2. School trustees after they have
apportioned sufficient funds for the
proper maintenance Of the seven COM
mon school grades may transfer any
surplus, or part thereof, by warrant on
the county treasurer in favor Of the
high school trustees, which sum so ap-
portioned shall be considered a part Of
the high school income.
In all boards Of high school trustees
1t shall be competent for the chair
man and secretary thereof to sign pay
warrants when authorized by a ma
jority Of the board in regular meetings
to do So
3. Application for state aid to a
high school must be submitted to the
secretary Of the state board Of educa-
tion through the county superintend-
ents of education.
Applications must be filed prior to
October 1st, but for this year (1907)
the state high school board may eX-
tend the time If the conditions present
sufficient reasons for doing so.
4. After the application has been
received and inspection and examina-
tion shall be made Of each school, and
the condition Of each high school dis
trict by q high school inspector. II
said high school inspector makes a
favorable report the school may be re-
ceived by the chairman and secretary
OF the high school board. subject to
the approval of TIE said board, and
the aid shall then be disbursed as pro-
vided in the high school Act and the
regulations Of the state high school
board.
5. The high school inspector or in
spectors shall also make an annual
inspection Of each school, and any
school may be dropped from the list
Of those receiving state aid whenever
such schools falls below the require
ments Of the high school law and the
regulations based upon the same.
State aid may be withheld from any
high school whenever 1t becomes evi-
dent to the board that the teaching in
said school Is inefficient. The local
high school board shall receive at least
two months notice before such with
drawal of aid.
6. In determining the amount of
money raised locally for high school
support the supervising officers sala-
ry shall be counted as a part Of the
high school funds unless he devotes
more than third Of his time to
teaching in the high school. In such
case the part of his salary counted
shall be in proportion to his actual
teaching.
7. Funds from regular school in
comes, (such as the three-mill tax
and special taxes already voted), set
apart for high school support, as pro-
vided for in Sec. Of these regula-
tions, may be counted In determining
the income Of the high school. The ex-
ira two-mill tax, or any portion there
of, provided for in the high school act,
shall be given full credit in estimat-
ing high schools resources. In no
unless the district makes adequate
provision for the grades below the
high school.
s. No aid shall be given a high
school unless all Of the teachers in the
high school department hold first
grade certificates, except in cases Of
special teachers for the industrial and
commercial departments.
8. There must be at least two teach
ers in the high school grades. There
shall be a total Of eight hours work
each day by the teachers in the high
school department. Where there are
only two teachers it shall be compe-
tent for one teacher to teach more
than four hours and another less than
four hours in order to make the total
Of eight.
10. High schools receiving aid shall
continue In session at least thirty-two
weeks in each year, provided the
state high school board may give aid
for a school running as much as twen-
ty-eight weeks II the circumstances
justify the same. In each and every
years work in any class Of a high
school at least four separate studies
must be offered. Not fewer than six
teen recitations a week, Of not less
than forty minutes each, shall be ac-
cepted by the board. Studies under
this regulation may include industrial
and commercial branches.
II. The course of study adopted by
the state board Of education for high
schools or it's equivalent, shall be used
by the school receiving aid under the
Act. In all cases the course Of study
must be approved by the state high
school board.
12. Pupils who have completed the
regular common school course Of
study adopted by the state board OF
education, or an equivalent course,
shall be admitted to the high school.
Such students may present certificates
approved by their teachers and coun-
tersigned by their county superin-
tendents and be admitted without an
examination. Other students may be
admitted to the high school classes
by standing an examination on the
common school branches.
13. A careful record shall be kept
Of the progress of each student in the
high school department. and when
such students have satisfactorily COM
pleted the entire course they shall re-
ceive a certificate of graduation.
IA. High school districts which have
the requisite number Of students and
teachers provided for in the Act and
which have sufficient income to justify
the same under said Act, shall receive
aid under the following basis:
An approved two-year high school
shall receive $500: an approved three
year high school 800, and an approv-
ed four year high school $500, provided
that in each case the above amounts
shall not be more than fifty per cent
Of the annual income Of said high
schools. Provided also that schools
which meet the requirements OF the
Act and these regulations in regard to
courses Of study and number of teach
ers, but do not have annual incomes
double either Of the above amounts,
shall receive fifty per cent OF their
annual incomes available for high
school purposes. Provided further
that for each additional fifty high
school students above the first 100 of
enrolment, a high schoo! shall receive
500 additional aid. and that an ap-
rroved high school having at least
$500 worth Of equipment for teaching
industrial or commercial branches
shall receive an additional 500 OF aid
each year, provided that such addition
al aid does not cause the total aid to
exceed fifty per cent of the annual in
come of any high school district. II
there Is an unexpended balance at the
end Of the year the state high school