The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-20
HOUSE BILL No. 631.

| Marcn ~, 19l0I
HOUSE BILL No. 631.
AN ACT relating to the state department
OF education, and repeating sections l490,
I49S, 1915 and 9014 of the General Stat
utes OF 1909 and section q, chapter iSl
| of the Session Laws of 1891. and section
ioo Shap ne IL OF the session LAWS avs in in
conflict herewith.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
| Section l. The state superintendent of
cation and the officers and assistants here
in provided for shall constitute the state
department of education.
Sec. =. On and after the second Monday
in January, 1917, the salary of the state
superintendent of public instruction shall
be three thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. The state superintendent of pub
lie instruction is hereby authorized to APP
point assistant, who shall be designated
assistant state superintendent of public
instruction. Said assistant shall take the
proper oath of office, which shall be filed
in the office of the secretary of state; lie
shall act the deputy of the state super
intendent of public instruction, and shall
perform the duties, not inconsistent with
law, which the state superintendent may
require; and he shall receive Il salary of
two thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. f. The state superintendent of pub
lie instruction may also appoint chief
clerk, who shall act as clerk of the board
of commissioners for the management and
Investment of the school funds, and who
shall perform such other duties as the
superintendent may require, whose salary
mum; a statistical and filing clerk whose
salary shall be ten hundred dollars per an u
whom shall receive a salary of nine hum
bred dollars per annum
See. 5. The state board of education
shall be composed of the state superin-
tendent of public instruction who shall
be ex-officiO chairman, the chancellor OF
the State University, the president of the
State Agricultural College, the president of
the Kansas State Normal School. and three
other persons to be appointed by the Gov
fan
takes effect the Governor shall appoint
three persons who shall serve as members
on the first Monday in April, 1915. and
which shall expire, respectively, on the
first Monday in April 1915 eth, the first Mon
April, 1918; and thereafter the Governor
shall in the month of March in each year
appoint one person who shall serve as n
member of the board for a term of three
years, beginning with the first Monday in
April and Until his successor is appointed
and qualified Each member of the state
board of education shall receive all neces-
sary and actual travelling expenses in
board and in the discharge of the duties
required by law, and in addition thereto
each appointed member shall receive as
full compensation the sum OF five dollars
per day for each days actual service in
attending the meetings of the board, not
exceeding ten days in any year.
Sec. g. The state board of education
shall meet at such times and places as
may be determined by them and at the
instruction. The board shall prescribe
courses of study for the public schools of
the state, including the common or district
schools. the graded schools, and the high
schools; they shall also prepare n course
of study for the normal institutes; and
they shall revise the several courses of
study when, in their judgment, such re-
vision is desirable; they shall have author
ity to make rules and regulations relating
to the observance of the prescribed courses
of study; and they shall also issue state
teachers certificates under such regula-
al wi ow he
state board may determine.
Sec. T. At a meeting called by the state
superintendent of public instruction dur
ing the month of April 1915, the state
board of education shall elect a secretary,
not member of the board, who shall be
an expert in education graduate of
four-year course of study of a university,
college. normal school, or institution of
like rank, and who shall have had not less
than five years of experience in educational
work superintendent or supervisor. The
secretary first elected under this act shall
serve from the first day of July, 1915, I'M
til the first day of July, 1919; and there
after the secretary of the board shall serve
for a term of four years and until his
cessor is elected, unless removed by the
board for cause; and the regular election
month of April next preceding the date of
the expiration of the term of office. The
secretary of the state BOARD of education
shall be subject to the direction of the
state superintendent of public instruction.
He shall serve as inspector of colleges and
universities accredited by the state board,
and shall have charge of all matters relat-
ing to state teachers certificates, and
shall perform such duties as may be re-
quired by the state board of education or
the state superintendent of public instruc
ton and he shall receive a salary of two
four hundred dollars per annum.
The state board of education may also en-
ploy a stenographer at Il salary of nine
hundred dollars per annum.
Sec s. The state board of education shall
have exclusive and sole authority to define
official standards of excellence in all mat
ters relating to the administration. course
of sfu instruction schools.
graded schools, and high schools. and to
accredit those schools in which the speci |
fled standards are maintained; and the |
board may grant to accredited schools an
certificate or other evidence |
of approval.
Sec. O. Any person who shall complete a |
four year course of study in any high |
school accredited by the State Board of |
shall be entitled to admission |
to the freshman class of the State Univer- |
sity, the State Agricultural College, any !
of the State Normal Schools, on presenting !
a statement containing transcript of his I
high school record signed by the principal !
of the school and certifying that such per |
son has satisfactorily completed said I
course of study.
Sec. 10. The state superintendent of |
and consent of the State Board of Educa- I
ton, appoint assistants, not exceeding /
four, who shall serve supervisors of the |
DubIic schools of the state including rural
graded and high schools. Said assistants
shall perform such other duties as may be
required by the state superintendent of
public instruction or the State Board of
Education: and each of said assistants
shall be allowed actual and necessary
travelling expenses incurred in the peri orIn-
ance of his duty. and shall receive sal
,ry fixed by the State Board of Educa-
ion not exceeding two thousand dollars
per annum: provided, that state funds /
Except as herein provided shall be ex-
pended for the purpose of inspection of I
rural. graded and high schools.
Sec IL. Sections 1896 149S. 1913 and 9O14
If the General Statutes of 1902 section Z,
.hapter 1s1 of the Session Laws of 1891
md section 1, chapter 241 of the Session
Laws of 1903. and all acts and parts of
icts In conflict herewith are hereby re-
,ealed-