The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-05
PROGRESS MADE
IN SCHOOL LAWS
legislature Passes Many Which
viii Prove Beneficial

Five important measures relative
20 the public schools Of the state have
h,en passed in the present session OF
the legislature.
The amendment to the compulsory
attendance law is one of the most
vital
Heretofore any person who success
fully passed the eighth grade has been
EXEMPT from compulsory attendance
oven though he or she might he un.
der lG years OF age. This exemption
~Il no longer apply unless the child
shall secure a permit as required uu-
der the law governing the employ
mrnt of minors and shall regularly
boz employed at some lawful work Il
uhy3irally able To do so.
other important bills are now
auaiting the governors signature,
hui there Is no reason To believe that
they will be- vetoed, as he is greatly
interested in any beneficial legisla-
ticn along educational lines. one
makes The qualification for school
electors the same in every district OF
the state. provisions in local or spc-
cial acts Notwithstanding
District Tuition Regulation.
District boards must pay tuition OF
those who have not completed the
eighth grade if they are nearer some
other school house than their own
fuo on, limit placed upon bonding
school district is that the amount
snail no; exceed 10 per cent Of tho
total valuation. Any county i'm the
state may now establish "a school Of
agriculture and domestic economy,
the state paying up 70 $4,000 a year
for it's support. School districts,
whether organized under general or
special acts, may be consolidated if
desired
Districts not maintaining high
schools are now required To pay thia
ton to any high school in the state
for eighth grade graduates, If proper
application is made. Formerly this
was limited 10 the three nearest high
schools. The tuition is To he paid be-
tore March II. otherwise interest will
be- charged.
Must Teach Agriculture.
Agriculture Is now included in the
list Of subjects on which teachers
must write when taking examinations
for certificates. Boards of superyis
ora mus, pay the actual and neces.
sary travelling expenses of the county
commissioners of schools and the
school examiners The library appor-
tioUmcnt viii hereafter be made pre-
yious to July -. and this money can
only be used by the townships and
district boards to purchase books FOR
their respective libraries from list'
prepared bv the superintendent of
puhIic instruction ana the state Ii
harlan
School districts may at the annual
O. special meeting vote To discontinue
school in the district for the ensuing
school sending the children to other
nearby districts and paying their tut
ZION and transportation.
the salary or the deputy superin-
tcndcnt of public instruction was
Icased to $4,000 and an assistant ~
periutondent at $500 per scar author
ned
Text Books at Cost.
The uniform text book hill was de-
i'Jtud and the free text book Till
which passed the Senate was downed
800 'u" House However. the passage
of the King bill requires text books
companies to file copy of every
tcvt look which they publish, vita
the superintendent of public instruc-
ton, together with the list price and
thr lowest wholesale price at which
the book Is sold elsewhere in the
United States.
for company must also file bond
agreeing not to charge more in Mich
ig'n than is charged anywhere In the
United States Retail dealers cannot
charge more than IS per cent above
The wholesale price ana the hoard Is
authorized To handle the books mt
gross cost To the pupils If pupils
move from the district. the board ~
required to purchase the books from
the pupils at price dependent upon