The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-08-18
CoU NTY SCHOOL NOTES.

i S'Su1 years, ~ Is will quitc ScHcIoHy
misunderstood.
The following explanatory notes are
p ublished with the hope that much
official correspondence may thus be
made unnecessary, and that some
/, of the adverse criticisms of the county
superintendent position with regard
to issuing special certificates, or
rather retusi 1g to issue such certifi-
Gates, may be shown to be unreason-
able.
First grade and state certificate is
sued in this state are valid certificates
in every county of this state, but first
grade certificates are not valid certifi-
caes for teaching in high schools. i
No certificates from other states are
valid certificates in this state. Certi-
ficates of the second grades or b igher,
issued on ex examination, by the state
departments of education of other
states. may be validated in this state ;
but only our state superintendent has
power to pass upon and validate such
certificates. County superintendent
have no power, whatever, to endorse
or validate certifi cate fitm ttlel
tates. Iowa, M inn esots, Nebraska
and Indiana certificates of the second
grade or higher are Usually accepted
in this state, that is, the grades, or
standings, on those certificates are ac-
cepted in lien of examination, but ex-
animation is reqjquired in South Da-
kota History and in all other subjects
! required in this state, which do not
appear on the certificates from other
states. For example, iowa teachers
are required to write on South Da-
kota History and Drawing.
Second grade certificates issued in
any other county of this state may be
made valid in this county by the
county superinten dents endorsement.
Third certifi .ates are valid certifi-
Gates only in the county in which they
are issued.s Tney cannot be made
valid certificates in another county by
the endorsement of the county superM
endent.
Special certificates, or SO called
permits, can be issue d by the
county superintendent, on examina-
tion, only. They cannot be issued on
old expired certificates, or on certifi-
Gates from other states, or on common
school, high school, or college diplo-
mas. They cannot be issued on the
standings of teachers, or would be
teachers, who failed d to pass a r. gular
examination. Special examinations
and special certificates are only for
those who, for some good resaon,
could not take the regular tx;nins.
tion. A special certificate is good
only till the next regular examination.
| If teacher fails TO pass reg liar
examination, the county s. perinten-
dent has no legai power to give that
teacher special examination or a
valid certificate of any kind.
The teacher must wait and study
until the next regular ex animation.
The following quotations from our
school laws will show that a know.
e !ge of our teachers certification law
is of much Importance, especially to
school officers.
"Section 63. No person shall be
allowed to teach in any of the public
schools of this state nor draw tecah-
er'd wages as public school teacher
who is not the holder of valid
teachers certificate"
! "Section 1876. Teachers shall b.
employed only upon the exhibition Of
the teachers certificate valid IN the
county where employed"
"Section 131. If any one belonging
to any district shall be expended for
supporting school in which the En-.
gish lang uage shall not be taught ex
clusively, or if any such money b,
otherwise unlawfully ex pended, tht
county superintendent or any Taxpayer
of the district may in q civil action il
the name of the district recover sal {
money from the officer so expend-
ing t." (From Cnsp. l4S, Session
l avs of 1917
| The foregoing quotations ought t.
convince aly one that money paio for
teaching to tecaher who does no,
/ hold q vul;d Ooek;Enak, 20 sS.,. II az, full, =,