Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1917-04-06

The Washington legislature passed
several important educational meas
ures directly bearing on the com mon
schools according to an interview
given out by Mrs. Josephine Corliss
preston. superintendent of Public
Instruction.
House Bill No. 1O5 (High SchOOD
/. The Act relating to the attendance
4 of high school pupils from non-high
school districts and providing for the
reimbursement of certain school dis
tricts for the cost of educating high
school pupils from other school dis
trcts, creating two classes of school
districts for each purpose, providing
fdf fund and plan of taxation for
such reimbursement, fixing require
ments for admission to certain high
schools, and giving boards of direct
ors power to arrange and pay for
transportation of pupils for the pur-
poses of this act.
This act" explains Mrs. Preston,
provides for the classification of
present school districts" 1t provides
for the levying of tax upon all non
high school districts. not to exceed
two mills, for the purposes of Great
ing fund out of which the high
school districts are to be reimbursed
for the actual cost of educating pu-
pills from non-high school districts.
In arriving at the cost per pupil
a>for educating pupils from non-high
school districts the high school dis
trict is authorized to consider only
items of current expenses, which are
specifically set forth in this act. The
apportionment Of state and county
funds earned by the attendance of
pupils from non-high schools dis
trlcts is to be deducted in arriving
al the amount due the high school
district from the high school district
iund for educating such pupils.
The State Board of Education is
authorized and directed to classify
all the school districts in the state
INTO high school and non-high school
districts. In order to protect the in
'erests OF these districts which are
now maintaining a two or three year
nisn school course, the act provides
'nat those districts which are now
maintaining at least two year high
-'noo' snail be temporarily classified
as high school districts. The State
board is authorized to remove such
u'''ric's from such classification if
'".! lail TO advance their school to
iour year course within two wears
"om the taking effect of this act.
transportation of high school pu-
p'iS is authorized to the nearest
available high school and districts
are authorized to enter into con-
tracts therefore.
The reimbursement of the n,pn
s'u0oi district for the cost of educat-
lug nigh school pupils from a nom
aa eA scnool district is not to be
,s sneu as a tuition charge as af-
'e''ins the apportionm emf of the our
''u' state school fund.
'u'sutute House Bill No. 10.
=, Identification Billy
No. we" OF the criticism that has
,iso..i lade OF the standard for GER
.H.alion in the state of WASHINGTON
ca..,s ~ view of the original bill on
a. a. 'ioh which was introduced
any,. iesuit OF the investigation and
vov a'ion of the Educational Sur
1o,s nihlSslon appointed by the
thai legislature, it was apparent
onr sOne changes were necessary in
rais,n e''ihcation law looking to a
ivinrr Oh the standard. The or
Bill " Oiii on this subject blouse
ton ~ ~. lo) met with such opposi-
deemoa oushout the state that it was
stitrt advisable to prepare a sub
por.,o MEASURE which would incor-
Of tho some of the general features
. Accors,o original House Bill No. IS.
No 1s usiy Substitute House Bill
neoa' ~ was prepared as a compromise
obiect,o 70 eliminate some of the
HOUSE n,a, features of original
Aedy ~ ',i No 16, as well as to rem
and We. eiects in our present law.
BY ~ was =. agreed to in a conference
the heads of the higher in