The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-01
NEW SCHOOL LAWS REVIEWED Program Planned for
 State Work, CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS Youth of Alabama to Be Protect
 ed.
uneonstitusisnaiity of Former Statute is Csrreetea in Present One ---ss.tement is Prepared
 bx W. F. Feagin.

Now that the dust of the hurried ex- tra session of the Legislature is cleared. . view of the work accom- p1ished can be obtained. The educa- tional department has been affected to oome extent, and the educational laws of Alabama, those affecting the exami- nations for teachers, their frequency and the regulations affecting the Board of Examiners. that law regarding the districts were changed materially.
 Several new laws were passed. One provides for education of children to the evils of intemperance. to be under taken by the State Educational De- partment, and several regulations af- fecting the county high schools.
 A new child labor law. providing for attsndance on schools by the children before they are allowed to work in mill or factory, was passed to provide for the deficiency brought about by the un- constitutionality of the old child labor law.
 4 resume of the educational legisla- ton has been prepared by W. F. Fea- gin. of the Edpcational Department,
 Two sections of the examination law have been repealed and six sections have been amended materially. One of the repealed sections had reference to the official meetings of the Board of Examiners in November and May. The present. law E0dnEeS the QaLoS ana makes three examinations annually fn- stead of two and necessarily requires a change of time for the preparation Of the questions and for sending them out
 The other repealed section required the cancellation of a life certificate af- ter the holder had been out of the work of a teacher for live years. AS the law now stands, when life cer- tificate is granted a teacher 1t is a life ceftfficate Indeed and in truth unless cancelled for cause and it can be can celled only for immoral conduct or un- becoming or indecent behavior.
 None of the amended sections of the examination law as passed by the res cent Legislature go into effect until December 1 next, hence special exam nations at Montgomery can be allowed Dnly during the months of September, October and November. In other words after December l no more special ex- nminatfons will be allowed and every teacher who does not take the regular examination must wait until the next teguiar examination to make applica- 8i0n for a regular certificate. After December 1 temporary certificates may be granted to non-residents of the State who are selected for work with in the State. If they are not in the State at the time of the regular exami- hation last preceding.
 Teachers in Alabama who are sick at the time of any regular examination may be granted a temporary eertih- eate, provided such teacher can furnish . certificate of q physician. In other words temporary certificates can be granted only to non-restdents and to those who are sick enough to secure a physician's certificate at the time of the regular examination.
 All temporary certificates are valid Nnly from date of issue to the date on which may be made a final report by fhe Board of Examiners at the next succeeding regular examination. No teacher can secure 6 second temporary certfhcate after receiving one. until such teacher has obtained at a regu- lar exafiination a certificate to teach in the public schools of the State. All temporary certificates are issued with out cost to teachers.
 The next regular examination will be held the third Monday in December and In 1910 we will have three examina- eions instead of two as heretofore: one another the third Monday in July, and another the third Monday in December. It is thought that by having the exam nations arranged as they are that the game questions that may be given at the regular examination in April can also be given to the normal schools, who can under the law be allowed special examinations.
 By having the examination the third Monday in July the questions that are given at the regular examination at that time may also be given the teach CTS who attend the University Summer