Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-02-05
THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Supt. III. f. Miller Publishes Valuable
Information.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
TO OFFICERS AND PATRONS
The Tuition Law, the Boys Acre Corn
Club, Rural Examination and
Applicants for County
Certificates.
Tuition Law.

Certificates.
Tuition Law.
Section l. Pupils permitted to at
tend high school outside of home dis
trict. Any person of school age, who
is resident of a school corporation
not offering high school course and
who has completed the course of stu
dy offered in such school corporation,
shall be permitted to attend any high
school that will receive him, provided
the average cost of tuition allowed
shall not exceed the average cost OF
tuition in the nearest high school, un-
der conditions and provisions of the
section two CD of this act.
Section 2. Applicant to present
certificate as to qualification. Any per-
son applying for admission to any
high school under the provisions OF
this act shall present to the officials
of said high school certificate from
the president or secretary of the
school corporation in which he re-
sides, stating that the said applicant
is of school age and that he is resi-
dent of said school corporation, which
certificate shall be issued on applica-
ton therefor. He shall also present
a certificate signed by the county su-
perintendent showing proficiency In
the common school branches, read
ing, orthography. arithmetic, physiOl-
ogy, grammar, ciyics, geography, Uni
ted States history, penmanship and
music; provided, however, that such
person may be admitted to any grade
in such high school upon his passing
satisfactory examination before the
officers thereof, or under his direc-
tion.
Section 8. Tuition fee-hOw paid.
The school corporation in which such
student resides shall pay to the treas
ures OF the school corporation In
which the student shall be permitted
to enter, a tuition fee equal to the av-
erage proportion of contingent expen-
ses in the high school department In
the latter corporation during the time
he SO attended, not exceeding, how
ever, a total period of four school
years. Such payment Is to be made
out of the teachers fund OF the deb
tor corporation.
We publish the above Tuition Law,
because NUMEROUS ln4uAiCo nav OSSAe
made concerning the same.
First: The law guarantees to ev-
cry child the advantages OF four
year high school education at the ex-
pense of his home district.
Second: The Tuition Law provides
that children residing In districts not
offering a four-year course OF hign
school may attend high school In
another district and their tuition paid
by their home districts, provided tnat
the amount of tuition that may DO
collected from the debtor district
shall not exceed the average cost OF
tuition in the nearest high school.
The rights of the children demand
that the work done in every high
school be bona fide school work.
whether the work outlined for the
high school be for one year course.
a two year course, a three year course
or a four year course. 1t Is justly
proyided that district Offering one
or more years of bona fide high school,
work shall be compelled to pay tnl-
ton for resident pupils only for sucn
years of work as are not onered ~
the home school. For example, dis
tricts conducting ninth grade work
only shall be compelled to pay tui-
ton for tenth, eleventh and twelItn
years. A district maintaining a two
wear high school course shall be re-
required to pay tuition for eleventh
and twelfth years only.
Third: the Tuition Law doesn't re-
ouire that the nearest high school OF
fering the work the pupil is prepared
TO enter upon, be an accredited hlgn
school. but it does require that the
high school must be doing bona nde
work approved by the department OF
public instruction.
Fourth: The pupil must present to
the president or secretary OF tno
school corporation in which ne re-
sides, certificate issued by the coun-
ty superintendent, showing that ne
has finished the branches named IN
section two.
The Boys Acre Corn Club.
1913.
The acre corn club work this year
will be carried out under the cooper
atiye arrangements made by the En-
tension Department OF the Iowa State
College of Agriculture with the U. >.
department Ol ASric"ituo' A"S
club members thus become members
of the National Corn Club and VIII
be entitled to all accompanying PRIV
ileges. The following conditions APP
ply: % r
inclusive.
Acreage: One acre.
Basis of award:
4. Yield of corn an acre. .oV
p. Showing of profit on investment
and work '.oV
2 Exhibit of. ten best ears OF corn
at the county or state fair or
contest ,SV
A. Written History on: How
grew my corn crop. .zV
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