Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
Items of Interest to Friends and
Patrons of our Schools.
THE NEW SCHOOL
CODE FOR OHIO

4 The General Assembly of Ohio in
special session has just finished com
plete revision of the State school code.
Sweeping changes are made in the
I public-school system. 1t is doubtful
/ If there has ever been more construc-
tive and progressive school legislation
enacted by a single session of the leg
islature in any other State within the
last half century.
The more important provisions of
the law are:
/. New ruraI-school supervision
law. Under this act the school dis
trlcts of the State are to bestyled. res
pectively, city school disuicts, village
scnool districts rural school dist.I is,
and county-school district.
- New certification law. There is
to be a State board Of school eNalnin-
cts, consisting of five competent per
sans, residents OF the scare, 10 be APP
oipted by the superintendent, Of pub
ii" instruction not more tnan three Of
whom shall belong to the same politi-
cal party.
3. Law on the training of teachers
for village and rural schools. Boards
of education which maintain first
grade high schools in village or rural
districts may establish normal de-
partments in such schools for the
training of teachers for village and
rural schools.
4. Low basing the distribution Of
the State school fund on the number
Cf teachers and GNeragc daily attend
lncc OF pupils.
3. Law on minimum salaries for
teachers. No person shall be employ
ed TO teach in any public school in
Ohio for less than $40 a month. When
school district has not sufficient mo-
ney to pay its teachers such salaries
for eight months Of the year, after the
GARD of edvcation of such di jrlct
has made the maximum legal school
levy, three-f,ar, ms Of which shalt be
fer the tuition fond, then such disulct
rlay receive from the State treasurer
sufficient money to make up the deti-
c-ency
6. Law for state aid 10 weak school
districts approprlates the balance Of
former appropriations and the sum
Of $4,000,
Z. Law on the inspection OF high
schools. The superintendent Of pub
lie instruction shall appoint two COM
petent high school inspectors, not
connected with any college or univer-
sity, two public-school inspectors sell
ected from the faculty staff Of the coll
lege of education of the Ohio State
University, and one public high-school
inspector from each of the faculties
Of the Ohio normal colleges at oxford
and Athens and the Ohio normal
schools AZ Kent and Bowling Green
s. Law providing that agriculture
shall be taught in all the common
schools Of all villages and rural-school
districts which are supported in whole
or in part by the state. 1t may be
taught in city-school districts at the
option Of the board of education. Four
district State supervisors Of agricul-
tural education are to be appointed
by the superintendent of public in
struction.
9. Law on Standardization Of viii
laSe and rural schools. Instead Of eX-
aiming the pupils for admission TO
liEl schools, the elementary rural
schools from which Ihey come are 10
be examined in equipment courses OF
stJCy provided with competent anJ
evcr-present super -ision, and staud-
ardized so that thu school and the
teacher may stand the test as well
as The pupil.