The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-01-29
WOULD SPEND S750,000
PER YEAR ON SCHOOLS
The Town System Would Be
Maintained, with Each
Town Compelled to Main
tain a Junior High School
or a School Which Is at
Least on the Same Plane

Sweeping changes in Vermont's educa-
tional system are recommended in the
educational bill presented in the Vermont
House yesterday afternoon, as carrying
out the recommendations of the state
educational commission which, in turn,
were based on the recommendations OF
the Carnegie Foundation investigators.
The bill contains lis printed pages and
225 sections and is entitled
Gan act to esta blish public educa
tional system and to provide for its
maintenance and control; to offer equal
educational opportunities to all children
whether residents in cities, villages or
rural districts; and to equalize taxation
| for the support of schools
! The bill is divided into seven parts
and deals with agencies OF administra.
tion, public schools, teachers, school prop
erty and equipment, specially ineorpOrat
ed districts, financial support of schools,
and enumerates sections repealed.
The purpose of the act is TO take care
primarily of elementary and secondary
schools of the state as the initial duty
OF the state TO It's citizens.
The bill provides that the sum of $780,
600 be appropriated annually as a part
OF the consolidated school fund making
with income from permanent school and
other funds and state tax, a grand total
of about S75O000 which the state will
expend on education, making the meas
ure at any rate, the most notable intro
duced for several generations and prob
ably one of the most important II not
the most important educational measure
ever introduced in the legislature. Inc
total sum Is to be known as the con.
solidated school fund, for annual appor
tionment and distribution under the pro-
visions of the act.
The method Of distribution OF this |
fund shall be as follows: General admin |
istration and office purposes Of the state
board OF education, etc. 100000.
Salaries and expenses Of union super |
intendents and supervisors. Sl25.0O0 Yo-
catioual education. $4,000.
Teachers training courses in the sec
ondary schools, $4,000.
Summer schools, etc, S30O0.
Transportation and board Of pupils,
sl25,000.
Instruction Of secondary school teach
ers, $4,000.
Agricultural extension instruction in
cooperation with federal extension work
in agriculture, 5000.
For inspection Of health. $1,000.
For advanced instruction Of non-resi-
dent pupils in high schools, $4,000
For payment Of the net salaries 81
teachers 40 provided by enumerated sec.
tons Of the act 100000.
For equalizinV opportunities and rates
OF expenditures, SZ35,OO0.
The colleges benefit from the act only
40 far AZ the appropriation il made TO
apply to pedagogical instruction Of sec.
ondary school teachers. sl5N00; and for
agricultural extension work. 5000.
The bill follows the lines Of report Of
the commission on the subject Of educa-
ton as applied 10 the public school sys-
tenn and the expenditure Of the money Of
the state Ia that direction. with such
features that The poor towns
are helped to make their standard 81
educatiou as high a. The larger communi-
ties with a more favored grand list.
The hill takes effect on July 4. next,
md provision IL made for the continue.
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ls have been arranged for until they
shan have expired.
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