The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-04-30
CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL LAW
Resume of Measures That Will
Benefit the School Patrons
Over the State.

The State Legislature at its twen-
| ty-sixth session made several impor-
tant changes in the school law. The
duties of the state board of educa
tion were enlarged by requiring that
1.-THE board add to the present course
of study for the seventh and eighth
q ades, business forms and element
airy bookkeeping or some form of
industrial work and to the high
school course of study, full CONNER
cial and Industrial courses.
The textbook law now provides
that school trustees shall purchase
all new text and supplementary
books and school supplies that are
needed by the pupils and pay for
them out of the county school fund
of the district The books are to be
held as the property of the district
and loaned to the pupils. Parents
and guardians of pupils will be held
responsible for the proper use and
care of the books and shall pay for
any books damaged or lost by the
children. Manual training and do
nestle science equipment may be
bought and Used in the same manner
as textbooks. In making up the
budget of school expenses for next
year 1t will be well for trustees to
note that the district must furnish
the textbooks and make allowances
for that additional expense.
After July 1, 1918, new census
law will go into effect and in all
school districts having fewer than
thirty school census children the
teacher will act as census marshal
without receiving additional compen-
sation for the work. In districts
having more than thirty census chill
dren the present system will con-
tinue.
The new law for granting teach
ers' certificates adds business forms,
civics and current events to the sub
jects required for elementary certif-
Gates and also allows the state board
to give credits toward certificates for
satisfactory work in standard sum-
mer schools.
In order to help needy school dis
tricts the county commissioners
may now transfer money from the
county general fund to the county
school fund of any district II
the district has levied a special
school tax for that year of not less
than twenty-five cents on the hun
dred dollars. Under certain re-
strictions such transfer may be
made to help the district carry on
high school work.
The superintendent of public in
struction now has the power to COM
pei the transfer of school money due
to any child or children from the
fund of one district to that of an
other If the child or children have
during the school year moved from
the one district to the other.
Heretofore the state board of edu-
cation has had full control of the
state permanent school fund. There
is now created a state investment
board consisting of the board of edu-
cation, the attorney general, and the
state treasurer. The investment
board may use the money to buy
United States securities, bonds OF
this state or of other states, and
bonds of any county of Nevada, pro-
J vided the total Indebtedness of the
county does not exceed ten per cent
( its assessed valuation and the
bonds bear not less thon five per cent
interest.
A decidedly welcome change in
the law is one which allows a county
to bond for building high school
without the necessity of a special act
of the legislature. Elko. Humboldt,
and White Pine counties all had
special high school bonding acts
passed this year. Under the gener-
al bonding act now on the statute
books those counties need not have
waited for session of the legisla-
ture.
Assembly Joint and Concurrent
Resolution No. II will, If finally car
ried, so amend the state constitution
that the permanent school fund may
be loaned at six per cent on such