The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-06-01

present legislature nave HUI ye1 Oo0n
acted upon. Among the bills which
have passed both houses are:
No. "a, A--No candidate for any ju-
dicial or school Office shall be nomin-
ated or elected on any party ticket.
No. $50, A--Removes the restriction
in area of schools district, which is
now SO square miles.
No. Ais, A.-Removes the necessity
from graduates of high schools of
studying theory and art in the high
school in order to get a first grade
certificate countersigned by county
superintendent. Professional training
is now otherwise provided for by the
certificate law.
No 446, A.-Provides that no saloon
shall be located within six miles of
any military or naval academy which
the federal government recognizes as
such by detailing thereto any army or
naval officer as instructor.
No. 458, A.-Repeals the provision
of the law which requires every free
high school to offer a twelve weeks
course in the theory and art of teach
ing.
No. 1872, A.AIncreases from one acre
to four acres the area of land which
NAV be used for a school house site
without the consent of the owner.
No. 100, Schedules graduates of
high school teachers training courses
approved by the state superintendent
among those who are exempt from
attendance upon some professional
school for teachers in order to secure
a county teacher IS certificate.
Bills Advanced.
Among the bills which have been
advanced are:
No. sos, A.--Increases from 26 to SO
the number of county training schools
for teachers which may be established
and receive state aid
No. 533, A-Makes it legal for a
county superintendent to teach for pay
in professional school for teachers.
No. sos, An effect this bill quail
fes the holder of limited state GER
tifcate or of county superintendent IS
certificate as principal of county
training school.
No. 218, S.-Provides for a teachers
retirement fund.
No. 81, S.--Provides for an annual
state convention of members of city
school boards.
No. 800, Schedules principals of
free high schools among those who are
to attend the annual convention of
city superintendent.
Bills Killed.
Among the bills which have been
killed are the bill providing penalty
for the failure Of school boards to pub
lish official proceedings; the bill re-
pealing the law which requires teach
ers to have attended a professional
school for at least six weeks; creating
a state board of examiners for county
certificates; providing for an addition
al high school inspector; providing for
medical inspection of school children;
transferring the control of the state
school for the deaf and dumb to the
board of regents of normal schools; re-
pealing the law relating to the sale and
distribution of Webster's dictionary;
the Wherwein bill.
New Bills.
Below are given synopses of the ed
vocational bills before the present leg
islature which have not been included
in previous issues of the bulletin.
Assembly Bills.
No. 992, A.-Provides that county
and city uperintendents shall report
violations of the truancy law to the
commissioners VI 1dDOF duu industrial
statistics.
No. 1907, A.-Repeals the law auth
orizing clerks of school districts to
subscribe for the Wisconsin Journal of
Education at the cost of the district.
No. 1017, A.-Provides that after
July l, 1918, teachers in the e!emen-
tary grades in school district rain
tanning four-year high school shall
have had at least a four-year high
school course or its equivalent and shall
in addition have had at least one year
of professional study and training.
Killed.
| No. 1922, A.-Provides method by
which school district maintaining
two high schools may surrender the
certificate of one Of them.
| No. 1880, Authorizes counties
having county training schools to
abolish the Office Of county superin-
tendent and provide that the principal
Of the county training school shall be
ex-of1icio county superintendent.
/ No. 437, S.--Permits county superin-
tendents to teach in summer schools
1 for teachers, Passed senate