The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-31
Must Not Employ Substi-
tutes Indefinitely, Rules
Comptroller.
TEMPORARY TEACHERS
ENTITLED TO FULL PAY
Instructor Should Not Draw Sal
aTy When He Does
Not Work.
Continued from First Pare.)


caused the trouble when the matter. vas
presented TO the Treasury Depar;n,ent
BY Auditor Tweedale
Order OF the Board.
Tie order Of the hoard, upon which
me decision Of tie Comptroller IS based
today read;
That beginning on and after De-
e@Iilher L, Katherine Reed be re-
qCired 70 employ Louise FCingslsv as
SQbstltuf= and to paw the said
L-ollse I>ingslev Al The rate Of 1913
Per diem, said DsyT-e1t TO cover not
oIi1 scnool days nut Saturdays, sun
WslS ,, and hDilGa-s- and that the pul-
p-9t Inent OF Sasd Louise kingsley
SLidll continue until the said Rather
the E-eeQ s IN 2 condition 10 resume
her duties unless otherwise ordered
oy the Board Of Education
Similar action was ordered ia the
case OF Florence jenkins who s-as 70
-cuared- fe- employ Rutr - CzozeDt,s-I y.
the rate OF S2-lF-a day. Doubling fbe
atlIhorltE= Of teachers TO employ srbsti-
Lg(es Tor an indefinite period at a rate Of
Se1t-st less than their own CompeuSa alton.
ON other words, to farm ont rbsfr
Er'aiJ l0TfSs Auditor TB-epdaIa recommend
- lhat -z4}e question De referred To the
Io'ilIJrcllel- Of The Treasury
Views Of Comptroller.
rae DOsitiel tsiSeT7 5Iy the Auditor IS
Upheld BY the Comptroller, who SAYS
= hEn
~ n attendance or taught IN The nUbI5c
-- 81 o9ss- aJiTlElz the present year Their
6 absence has been -cccasiened by sick
~ less I51dsF tze -eEde1 Of the Board Of
zi-oIlCsiFfon- they may continue TO re-
: man sbseut ioT- a5a Indefinite period and
s4eaf 7ecelve-tife 1uH amount OF their re-
sDsctITe =class. and grade, the one he
lnE required 10 pay q substitute less
2 1l5ln 5one-half the amount she viii re-
ceiVe- and the other tzao-thirds the
amount she viii receive
- As suggested by the Auditor 7 have
Dtsh unable 20 ind any direct law
3hlen specifically gives TO the school
=o9aIa authority To employ or pay sub
SSltutsS or temporary teachers who
= teach IN THE pgbItc schools in place of
= % l1flsseat- or EabSeat teachers. Neither :
nave z 6eea- abe 10 and any law or
ny duuioTit1 whatsoever authorizing
TIE school board to pay teachers for :
Gay wherein they are absent and fan 10
Ieacns whatever may be the cause OF
Schools Going Concerns
= Puhlle Schools from shsir very na- 1
( l5ircl1Tee trttend4t-5t To- Sc Eo6lE concerns, /
= aBd 4 have no doRbt & Is -tHe intent of 1
Congress that The public schools Of ]
Washington shan operate in an their
departments rooms. and classes each /
cay IN the school year. and that n71r51s I
IN these schools shah not be deprived Of !
-l.sstTtctIJn i0r a single day because of
SICKNESS or accidents happening To the 4
regular teachers, preventing them tenn /
-PeftfI7l5 from peTforTnfrlg such duties
% * teachers
The only way 70 keep them IN com
pfeJe operation IS 10 substitute The serv- /
p ICES OF a teacher temporarily FOR the
teacher who IS absent ard T am salts
1led that the power 10 employ temper
HrE- teachers is given BY Necessary i'm
plicatOn TO the Board Of Education in 4
lne provision quoted BY the Auditor
That the control OF the public schools /
OF the District of Columbia IS hereby I
Yested-ln 2 Board OF Education
- Pay Dependent On Services.
a teacher IN the public schools OF /
the District IS required 1nde- the law 4
e now 40 force 10 have certain oualifea- 1
tons and prior experience A teacher
IS not an office whose salary goes by
appointment but tIs salary is depend /
emf upon the fact Of dafly services
The power. 20 adopt rules and reg71-
latlonS 10 order TO supply substitute
teacnerSs however. does not carry with
Z the power under the glIise Of a rule
- =FsSaastlon= OF the Board Of Educa-
ton, 70 farm O1t these places and al
toV teachers 70 be paid salaries which
they have not earned By the perform
6nce Of the duties Of their places or
the payment by them to substitutes
Of smaller amounts.
The salary Of one Of the teachers
N question = SZ,10 per annuu, and 4
under the order of the Board Of Eau
cation she viii have 10 pay her sub
stitute a. the rate Of $1,000 per aunum
mus receiving for this school year g DO
o. which she has not earned single
dollar In the other case the teacher
under the order n question viii re-
cetve as compensation for the present
school year $50, and wiz be required
20 pay her substitute $50, she not
haT1ng earned q single dollar Of the
500 paid 10 her.
Against Public Policy.
such a farming out Of the Mace OF
teachers and the facts disclosed in this
case amount TO nothing less, is against
public policy, and If generally practfced i
would work TO the utter destruction Of /
ne schools OF Washington. in so far as
efficient teachers are concerned It is /
folly 20 assume as general rule that
2 teacher can - obtained as a substi-t
tute for the entlr2 scaoOl year for s. 900 i
and properly Ill the place OF teacher
whose compensation is fixed by law at !
s220o- II such can be accomplished il ]
IS perfectly apparent that the regular
teachers are being paid more than double /
what they are worth
i do not believe such is the case.
TT one teacher IS authorized 10 farm out 4
her place all others teachers are en-
titled TO the same privilege. 1t follows 4
from what has been said that the school i
board may emplOye n emergency cases 1
substitutes for teachers, and pay these
substitutes salaries got greater than \
they could leEall-- OBTAIN II regularly i
employed The amount OF pay of teach i
eTs in the schools uf AFashIh Eton. under 4
The law depends on certain qualiflca-I
tons and length of teaching A teach 4
er 8 right 70 compensation depends on Z
the rendition of services. and not the i
mere holding Of the place of teacher. I
tine they are not IN performance OF \
their duties which they hold appoint