The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-12
EXPLAINS new
TUITION LAW
PRIMARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
MUST PAY HIGH SCHOOL
TUITION FOR EIGHTH
GRADE GRADUATES.

William Bath of Houghton, county
school commissioner calls attention Ia
the new state law making it manda p
tory for primary school districts 70 pay
the tuition of eighth grade graduates
to one OF the three nearest high
schools. He explains the law as fol-
lows:
The new free tuition law provides
first that all districts which do not
maintain high schools must pay the
tuition to one OF the three nearest
high schools OF children who have
completed the studies of the eight
grades. 4 high school is defined as a
graded school maintaining twelve
grades with at least two teachers de-
voting their entire teaching time TO the
ninth. tenth eleventh and twelfth
grades.
A primary district is not compelled
10 pay the tuition of any pupil unless
such pupil is the holder of a county
eighth grade diploma or has passed az
least the eighth grade in q graded
school or had his tuition paid last year
under the provisions of this law.
Must Serve Notice.
A. written notice to the board must
be made every year on or before the
fourth Monday OF June is an essential
part of the transaction. This notice
may be signed by a parent. person in
parental relation or legal guardian Of
the children making application for
tuition. Any child who is a resident OF
the district on the fourth Monday
OF June and possesses the other neces-
sary qualifications is entitled 10 have
his tuition paid When a child is
resident of the district at the time
of making application, the tuition
must be paid for the entire year by
that district whether the family moves
from the district or not. II a child
moves during the year and wishes 10
change high schools there is no rea-
son why he should not be allowed to
do so.
The school board is required TO levy
tax up 10 twenty dollars or the tut.
tion may be paid from surplus primary
money, il the district has such. The
people at the annual meeting may op-
propriate a sum larger than twenty
dollars, IL necessary, hut the board
cannot pay a larger sum on its own
motion.
May Pay Transportation.
The board may vote to pay trans
portation Of pupils and levy tax
therefor IL it sees tit to do so.
The tuition is paid in amounts and
i'm a manner to be designated by
the receiving district, that is to say,
# is the province of the board In any
school district 10 determine tie terms
and manner Of admission of non-rosi-
dent pupils. We recommend. however.
that 1t be paid at the end Of each
semester.
The tuition is to be paid by one
district treasurer 10 another district
treasurer and in no case should money
be paid TO pupils or guardians.
1t is the board that levies the tax
for tuition and not the people.
This law is designed to take care
of pupils who live near districts main
tanning ten-grade schools and also of
pupils who live in districts maintain
ing ten-grade schools
Other Provisions.
a school board i'm a primary dis
trict may pay tuition to n ten-gradc
school having one teacher dcvoting his
entire time to tho ninth and tenth
grades until the ten grades are finish
cd. Then this district must paw the
child's tuition for the other two years
to a twelve grade school a district
maintaining a ten-grade school after
the ten grades are finished must pay
the tuition of children having .om-
pleted such work to a twelve-grade
high school
In making the application. one of
the three nearest high schools is de-
signated and a tent grade school may
be included as one of the three. if so
desired.
Under the law. as IL now reads.
neither the school board nor the
teacher in a primary district has any.
thing TO say about whether child
has completed the studies of the eight
grades or not. The law specifies that
he must hold an eighth grade diploma
or have completed eight grades q
work I'm a graded district.
This law is mandatory and school
boards have no discretion as to the
payment Of tuition.