Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-12-16
County High Schools
How Provided for by Act of Legis=
lature.

have completed the primary school
course, or its equivalent, as tested by
examination or such regulations as
may be provided by the Board for the
admission of pupils; Provided, That
the county hign schools shall be separ-
ate for white and colored pupils, as
provided by law for all public schools.
Sec. Z. The Board of Education
shall have power to locate, establish
and manage the county high school or
schools, to make contracts with teach
ers, draw warrants on the County
Trustee on account of the high school
fund, and shall perform such duties
and exercise such powers with respect
to the control and management of the
county high school or schools as are
now vested by law in the District Di-
rectors with respect to the control and
management of the district schools.
Sec s. The County Board of Edu-
cation shall have power to make the
contracts of consolidation with the
proper authorities of seminaries, acad-
emies, or colleges, or with city Boards
of Education, or District Directors,
whereby the county high school may
be taught in said seminaries, academ-
les, or colleges, or city or district
schools; Provided, That the high
school branches be taught free of
charge to all pupils of the county en-
titled thereto; And provided further,
That the authority of the State Super
intendent, the County Superintendent,
the Board of Education, and all school
officers shall be as full and ample in
such consolidated school as in other
county high schools; And provided
! further, That no teacher shall be en-
ployed in teaching the said high school
branches unless said teacher shall have
"a teachers certificate of such grade as
may be prescribed for such service, by
the County Superintendent under the
general regulations, and unless the
employment of said teacher shall be
approved by the Board of Education.
Sec. 8. The county high schools
shall be under the general supervision
of the County Superintendent and of
the State Superintendent, as provided
for other public schools, and it shall
be the duty of the State Superintend-
ent to provide such special blanks and
forms, and general regulations, as may
be needed for the examination of high
school teachers, for warrants of the
County Board of Education, for grad
ing high schools and for other purpos-
es, and to make such changes in the
form of reports as may be necessary tc
adapt them to the use of the high
schools, and it shall be the duty of the
teachers of the county high schools,
and of consolidated county high
schools, and of County Boards of Edu
cation, to make reports on the pre-
scribed blanks and forms at the time
provided by law for the reports of 9th
er public schools, and in accordanc,
with the regulations of State ant
County Superintendents.
Sec. 10. The County Board of Edu
cation shall have power to admit al
pupils in the county high school o,
schools, persons over school age, o.
nonresidents of the county, upon tn,
, payment of such reasonable rates O
tuition, and under such regulations a
may be prescribed by the Board fo
persons not entitled to admission il
, said schools free of charge,
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of th
! County Trustee to pay all warrant
/ legally drawn by said Board of Educa
, tion on account of the county higl
! school fund, to keep an accurate ac
count of said fund, and to render re
: port of same to the said Board of Ed
: ucation, and to the proper officers a
, now provided by law with respect +
, other school funds.