The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-06-19
HOUSE BILL NO. 2s2.
To Provide q Minimum Salary
For Teachers

Be it enacted by the General Assem-.
bly, of the State of Colorado:
Section l.-0n or before the day des-
ignated by law for the commissioners
of each county to levy the requisite
taxes for the then ensuing year, the
school board of each district shall Ger.
tlfy to the board of county commits
sioners that part of the speaial tax
levy. such part not toexceed ten mills.
which shall be sufficient, with all other
apportionments from state or county,
for said district to pay each teacher in
the district the sum of fifty dollars
$500 per month for term of not less
than six months in each school year,
and such part of the special tax levy
shall be made by the county commits
sions and used for the purpose Of pay.
ing teachers salaries. only. Provided,
that by and with the consent of the
county superintendent of schools,
school districts in attitudes of 5000
feet and upwards may limit for china
tic reasons, their schoo. term to not
less than four months. The teachers
in said school shall receive fifty dollars
($50) per month for the time employed.
Nothing in this act shall operate to
prevent any school board from en-
ploying it's teacher or teachers for a
longer term, or from paying larger
salary per month than is herein pre-
scribed.
Section 2. If any school district in
any county in the state is unable, with
the levy provided in Section f:s1gatb-
er with the ordinary apportionment
from state and county school funds,
to pay its teacher or teachers fifty dol
lars $500 month for minimum num-
ber of months prescribed in this act it
shall be the duty of the county sup
erintendent Of schools to apportion to
each of said districts. and it shall be
the duty of the county treasurer to
place to the credit of such districts,
the sum of money, which, together
with that part of the special levy of
the district provided in section l of
this act, and all other moneys available
for said district to be sufficient to paw
the minimum salaries for the minimum
time prescribed in this act; said funds
shall be credited by the levy of the
county school tax as provided by sec
tion 5S92 of the revised Statutes of
1906; provided that not more than one
third of the proceeds of such tax shall
be used for the purpose of enabling
each district to comply with the fore
going requirements. If any school
districts shall fail to certify said spec
ial levy of ten mills or such portion of
it as may be necessary for the purpose
therein named, the county commits
shall cause the same to be made at the
same time that the general levy is
made by said board.
Section 3. In any county in the
state in which there are school dis
tricts unable, by means Of such part of
the special levy required in section l
of this act, and their apportionato
share of the one-third of the general
school levy of the county and the gen.
eral state of apportionment to pay the
salaries prescribed in this act, it shall
be the duty of the county superintend-
ent to certify these facts to the State
Superintendent of Public Ins struction on
not later than the first day of June
and December in each year. If the
etate Superintendent of Public In
struction, after investigation, is con-
vinced of the necessity as set forth in
the certificate of the county superin-
,endent, it shall be his duty to appor-
tion to every such county sum of
money sufficient. together with all
funds from other sources to pay the
minimum salaries provided for teach
ers in this act, and the state treasurer
shall pay into the treasury of such
county the sum so apportioned by the
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, to be placed to the credit of the
district designated in the certificate of
tbe county superintendent. Said mon
eys shall be drawn from the public
schuol income fund of the state; pro-
vided, that not less than sixty thous-
and 1850, 900. 0O) dollars of said fund
shall be used for this purpose, which
shall be prorated among the counties
requiring the same according to their
respective needs. No aid from the