Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-12
THE COMMISSIONS PROPOSAL.

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TIE COMMISSIONS PROPOSAL
The plan the Commission offers presenting the best adjust
mons in its estimation of the demands of the public schools
may be briefly outlined follows:
That for every biennial period the Department of Public
instruction shall prepare bhdge of estimates setting forth
the needs Of the Public Schools for the ensuing years
This budget shall be prepared under divisions namely,
the GENERAL FUND and the SPECIAL FUND
The GENERAL FUND shall include the salaries of teach
and supervisors salary of the Superintendent salaries of
tie Office force and the general incidental expense supplies
incidental I" instruction in the various subjects the course
study, the expense of manual and industrial training medical
inspection, libraries and books
The SPECIAL FUND shall include supplies for maiutep
and upccp Of school houses, shops cottages and outbud
g' and construction of npw building and of grounds
furniture fixtures and auror SERVED and all supplies not in
cluded under the General Fund. :
This b"dgct when completed bJ the Board of Public In
strueon shall be Submitted board Of Estimates consist
ing of six mcbc @ of whom shall be the Charmen Of the
Boards of Supervisors of the Counties of the Territory one
the Secretary OF the Territory and the SIXTH the Supentend
't OF Public Instruction, ex-oico The Board shall serve
withoUt pory'rSccId mileage to expenses
The duty of l R Of Estimates shall be to 90 over the
BndJe and make sih ircvsons be deemed proper
This Bond of Estimate have authority to change
that part Of the General Fnd dealing with administration and
the salaries of teachers supervisors ana Inspectors recommend
ed by the Department of Public Instruction School acconno
daon shall he estimated the basis of more than forty
pupils per teacher for of population Provision must
be made for children in oucd districts by new school houses
suitable transportation to Il central school.
The SCHOOL BUDGET having been passed upon by the
Board of Estimates shall then be presented thirty DAYS before
the opening of the Legislature the Governor who shall
submit the the Legislature within ten davs after
opens in regular session. with his recommendations Should
tie Board of Estimates fail within the time specified
the estimates of the Board of Public Instruction shall be sub
mittcd To The Legislature by the Governor direct.
PROVIDING TIE FUNDS
The FUNDS 10 the appropriations called for in the
SCHOOL BUDGET shall be derived from the following
sOurccs
The SCHOOL TAX of dollars paid by every male in
habltant between the ages of twenty and sixty years
FIFTY PER CENT OF THE INCOME FROM PUB
LlC LANDS sales, leases and licenses;
SPECIFIC TAX ON THE REAL PROPERTY AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE TERRITORY repre-
scented by levy of many mills the dollars of prop
cry and personal property be necessary the
difference between the called for under the General Fund
of the School Budget and the total of the School Personal Tax
the Public Lands income and other permanent Of
income devoted to public schools For instance if the General
Fund of the School Budget called for SS00000$
might be secured from the personal ax $25OOOO from the
fifty per cent of the income public lands leaving $45000O
to be raised by specific of three mills the dollar e
mating the assessed value of the real and personal property
at $4,000 $1,000.