The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
COUNTY BOARD MUST GIVE UP
Anew School Committee to Take the
Place Of County Board Of Education
School Book Companies Must Sup
ply Bonds Showing Right Prices. 81

Eighteen important changes have
been made in the school laws of the
state at this session of the legislature.
The two most important are the Stau-
'denmayer bill for state board Of edu-
cation to look after the finances of the
various institutions and the Bennett
bill as amended in the assembly, pro-
viding state aid for rural school teach
ers, who attain certain educational
qualifications, or remain as successful
teacher in one rural school district.
Another important law enacted at
school district meetings in all school
districts shall be held on the first
Monday Of July at O'Clock in the aft
ernoon. Special state aid is allowed to
county training schools to the amount
Of $3.50 annually that give an approved
course in domestic science.
Each school board of education must
purchase at the expense of the district
flag, which must be displayed from a
flag staff on the school grounds or from
the school building, during seasonable
Gather
Persons residing in school districts
not maintaining high school or state
graded school of the first class may at
tend any high school or any estate grad
led school offering instruction in the
ninth and tenth grades and have the
tuition become a charge upon the town
or county in which the parents reside.
There is a clause in the bill which pro-
ENides that such pupil shall have COM
tpleted the course Of study offered in
gthe home district and have certificate
to the effect signed by the county SUI
tperintendent of schools.
Amy person between the ages of four
teen and sixteen years living in cities
maintaining industrial schools, who is
snot required to attend public school
Tor who is not attending a high school,
unjust attend such industrial school at
least FIVE hours week for six months,
Sor four hours week for eight months.
State Aid for Buildings
WhCIO bWO bCuOOl QlSGrlCbS are con-
Teolidated by the vote of the people the
state viii pay one-half Of the cost Of
lerecting one-room rural school in the
union district, provided that not more
than $1,000 be paid to any one school
district.
The number Of the high schools of
1.-THE state that may offer winter courses
for country boys and girls and receive
special state aid is increased from ten
TO fifteen.
The compulsory age for attendance
at industrial schools in cities is in
creased from 16 to IL years. Any mi
nor in employment between the ages of
JIG and IL years must attend such school
in the daytime at least five hours a
week for six months.
There has been an increase in the
amount of state aid for the mainten-
ance of county training schools for
teachers. The old law limited the aid
on the basis of the number of teachers
employed The new law gives addi-
tional aid where the school is main
tanned for more than nine months of
the year.
No school book company shall offer
any textbook for sale, adoption or ex-
change in Wisconsin, until an agree
ment has been made and bond given
to the effect that the wholesale prices
of sale books in Wisconsin shall be as
cheap as such books are offered for
sale by the company in any state of the
union.