American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-03-29

establish a teachers retirement fund.
The principal conditions are that the
teachers 10 be pensioned shall be not
less than IS years of age in case of
women and not less than so years of
age in case of men; shall have taught
not less than IS years, Is of which.
including the last 10. shall have
been in said school district in case of
men, and in case Of women shall have
taught for 30 years, Is Of which, in
Guiding the last 10. shall have been in
said school district.
House Bill No. 375.
This bill contains three provisions
as follows:
(a) Sec. 12Sm.-The first provis-
ion refers to the special tax which
may be levied for maintaining a gym
nasium. At present this tax is limited
only by the provision hat the grand
total district a may not exceed 20
mills. This means that it would be
legally impossible for some districts
10 levy 10 mills for the support of
gymnasium. This bill limits the gym
nasium tax absolutely to a minimum
of one mill.
The amendment also cuts n certain
complicated provisions which are of
no real value and have already given
rise to legal conflicts.
OBJ Sec. 129c.-The second provis-
ion allows independent districts to
levy over the maximum of ten mills
up to Is mills with the approval of
the State Board of Education.
fl CO, 1OQa- nLs~ --1-4tA-
was passed in 1913, but owing to con-
flict with other bills has been de-
clared by the courts of non-effect-
It attempted to change the number of
teachers required to constitute an in
dependent district Glass "A" from IS
to 20.
The educational system has been
running on this basis for three years
and this amendment is included
simply to validate the intention Of
the Legislature in 1913 and the actual
conditions now existing.
Senate Bill No. 167.
The present laws contain a mass of
ambiguous and conflicting provisions
concerning the qualifications Of voters
at school elections. After the most
thorough study Of this question with
the aid of county superintendent
school trustees, and legal advice, this
Act is submitted, which clears up the
whole matter and reduces it to abso-
lutte simplicity; the new provisions are
as follows:
"a All persons over the age Of
twenty-one who have resided in the
district where they offer to vote a
least thirty days Immediately preced.
ing the election and who are:
(a) Freeholders. including boil
husband and wife when the Freehold
is community property; or,
= o. parents having children under
t~wenty-one years of age.
Senate Bill No. ITO.
This is probably the most far-reach
ing measure in the educational field
It has an exceedingly interesting his
tory for the bill as passed is radically
different from the original. although
n aimed to solve the same problem.
In its first form the bill provided
two contrasting courses of study, on,
for the rural population. seven month.
a year for ten years, the other TO
centers of population nine months
year for eight years. II also provides
in all districts, both common and in
e dependent, that the board should fl,
the length of term. thus repeating tn
d present minimum of nine months 70
large districts.
The new bill makes no change il
the law as to school term, but call
V for ID a course of fundamentals 70
minimum term schools and CD a com
mission to study the whole probler
Of the curriculum and work of schools