Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-15
.gllls.0N PUBLISHERS TO
EXPLAIN DISCRIMINATION
state Board OF Education Invites
New Bids on School
81 Textbooks.
CONTEST OVER FUNDS SETTLED
Amicable Arrangement Reached as to
Apportionment TO Richmond and
Henrico and Chesterfield Counties,
Following Annexation.

( of the school funds for the counties of
HenFicp and Chesterfield and tho city
OF Richmond was amicably settled by
: the State Board of Education and to
5 cerned at special meeting OF the
: board, which was held yesterday in the
otnDe OF Superintendent of Public In
.struction II, c. Stearnes.
The action of the board In this mat
ter was pronounced equitable by the
school superintendent of both coun-
ties and by the Richmond superinten-
dent, The questions affecting the APP
pprtioHment grow out of the annexaS
ttgn Of territory by the city. which be-
o9lne effective November B. Thereby
j the school population OF Richmond was
Increased.
This is The superintendent of the
funds for the current school year de-
rived from the State school tax allowed
by the board, and finally approved by
the representatives of Chesterfield,
Henrioo and the city of Richmond
- Flor Chesterfield, s12,69+.i1: based on
a school population of 5.514.
For Henrioo, sli,e3s.6S; based on n
school population of 6,44S.
For Richmond, s6S.692.oO; based on a
schSol population ofiS1.31s.
= at was shown that the total fund for
Tim State derived from tho school tax
this year will be s1,3b1 ,502.s9. The APP
portianment Is at the rate OF s2193
per capita.
POLLARD DEFENDS
CITY'S INTERESTS
City Attorney X. r.. Pollard appeared
before the board to represent the.
eity's interests, Haskins IIobson APP
peAred for the County OF Chesterfield,
and c. w. Thrqekmorton for Henrico.
Tbs changes In school population were
yaFiously estimated, but tho figures
finally agreed upon were conceded by
all the interests represented rs equi-
table.
The board. after dispos!ng of this
matter, received the reports of several
committees that had given considcra-
tlon 10 different phases Of the con-
trcReray over the cost of textbooks for
tho schools.
In ono report It was represented
that the committee was of the opin-
ion that the prices are too high on
certain elementary books and high
school books, which appear in what
iH known as the preferred list" The
ohtection was 10 the books used In
tha first and second years, in the. high
schools, In particular, second
port called attention to apparent dis
crimtnRtlons against the State IN
prices for books now in use under
exteti1g contracts.
The committee recommended thnt
The board call for new bids with the
following specifications:
], Tho retail price. .. Exchange
price not 10 exceed 90 per cent of the
retail price. with promotional and de-
motional exchanges. 8. Rental OF
plates, !. The lowest wholesale price
to- school boards and retail dealers
5.sEach company TO agree that, 1t will
adopt no principle of distribution not
approved by the State Board of Edu-
nation. q. All bids 10 be submitted on
Or before December TO-
REPORT SHOWS SEVERAL
APPARENT DETERMINATIONS
of he
examinations in School Book Prices
wa SlRo submitted. II showed SOW
eral apparent Determinations and the
hoard therefore adopted a resolution
providing that tho publishers be asked
Tor an explanation Of the seeming diff
ferences between the prices they al
low Virginia ana thosc they allow
other States
TEXT OF RESOLUTION
ADOPTED MY STATE BOARD
The following resolution. which was
adopted, epitomises the textbook sit
uatton as 1t is to-day:
9t"Whereas, the special committees of
the State Board of Education on prices
ofStexts and relative prices in Virginia
aud other states have reported,
FlFst. That prices on certain pri-
mary texts appear to be too high. and
that prices on many high school texts,
paTticulariy those TO he used In the
first and second years, should he ma
teriaily reduced; and,
Second, That apparently certain
texts have been offered to Virginia at
q discriminatory price and wheGeas the
State board is determined TO secure
school books adapted to the needs. of
the public schools at the lowest pos
sible cost to the patrons OF the schools,
he il
"Resolved First, that new bids be
requested on all school texts on forms
to be furnished by the Department of
Public Instruction and TO be submit
ted on or before December 20, 1911.
Said form shall give name of text Of
ferad, publisher, date, lowest whole
sale price to school boards and to
wholesale dealers Of. o. T. publisher
and F. Q. d. Richmond), retail price,
exchange price and rental price OF
plates where plates are bid
Second. That the following cond-
tions, in addition TO those already
stipulated, shall enter into the con-
tract with publishers:
"la) Tho exchange price. sAall not
EXCEED SO per cent OF the retail price
fb) Promotional and demotional en-
change. (c) The period of exchange
shall be one and one-half years. Cd
That in case IA so-cailed special state
edIson OF any book the Virginia
list be offered at lower price than
tho price in the Virginia contract, the
publishers Of such text shall at once
submit n copy to the State Superin-
tendent OF Virginia, with the option of
the substitution of the special State
y edition at the special price for the
regular text on the Virginia list.
I'm case the publisher submits a
special Virginia edition OF any text,
tho bid shall state wherein this edi-
officially filed"
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