The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-06-28


public instruction.
II was answered by the attorney
general yesterday in long opinion
handed down in Interpretation of the
Cowles-Ritter bill passed by the last
legislature.
This bill provided for the operating
of teachers normal Institutes in all
the counties of the state. The measure
also provides that all persons desiring
to teach shall contribute fee of 81 to
maintain the institutes.
The meaning of the phrase, desire
to teach" bothered the state superin-
tendent. County superintendent all
over the state were firing in letters to
him asking for an Interpretation OF
the clause. They, too, We're bothered.
Did it mean that the fee should be
paid when a person enrolled in an in.
stitute, or did it mean that all persons
who taught should be forced to con-
tribute the fee? Or did It mean that
the teachers had to pay 81 when they
entered the institute and another dol
lar when they applied for certificate
to teach school?
After careful perusal of the Cowles-
Ritter law the attorney generals de-
partment is of the opinion that evil
dence of the desire of any person to
teach school is the application for a
certificate to teach.
Hence he holds that all persons who
apply for teachers certificates must
pay the 81 fee. 1t is not necessary
to pay the fee upon enrolment in the
normal institute, the attorney general
holds, although it is perfectly proper
to pay the fee then if the person en-
rolling desires to do so.
He holds further that the payment
of but one fee covers enrolment and
the application for certificate to
teach.
BY reason of misunderstanding as
to when the law becomes effective
about forty normal institutes have
been postponing their date Of opening
until an Interpretation Of the law could
be had from the attorney general.
This was useless for the reason that
the act does not become effective until
July 18th and all the Institutes will
have to operate up until that time un-
der the old law, which is repealed by
the Cowles- Ritter act.
Radical changes affecting the issuing
of uniform county teachers certifi-
Gates were announced by the state
superintendent Of public instruction.
They were promulgated in the form
of preliminary regulations governing
the issuance and renewal of uniform
county certificates beginning July
4th.
The new rules are as follows:
"The applicant for any class or kind
of uniform county certificate shall pay
a fee of 81 when filing the preliminary
or application for renewal.
EVERY examination which candi-
date attends for the purpose OF writ
ing any subject or subjects, shall be
considered an application for certifi-
cate and said candidate shall file pre-
liminary and pay fee OF 81, one-haff
of which should be paid into the state
treasury on the first day of the sue
ceeding month and one-half shall be
paid into the county institute fund.
applicants who attend an examina-
ton for the purpose of securing uni
form county certificate for the hrst
time must write in all subjects re-
quired. Such applicants may combine
the results of two examinations, pro-
vided the second trial is made within
q year of the first trial. The July
1911) examination may be considered
the second trial and such examination
may be combined with any regular en-
animation taken within one year just
prior to June, 1911.
"All first, second and special certiii-
Gates in force July 4. 1911. will become
indefinitely renewable. There will be
no non-renewable second class certifi-
Gates after July 4th no matter what
the percents may be on such certifi-
Gates. The application for renewal
must be fled not later than sixty days
after the expiration OF certificate.
The same rule is made to apply tol
certificates that expire before July
4th.
"The third class certificates in force
July 4th will be renewed for one year.
This will not apply to third class GER
tificates that may have been extended
to July LIST, but simply to those that
may have been issued following the
January and June examinations, 1911.
All third class certificates were is
sued for six months by the state.