The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1917-04-26
Legislation Affecting Schools
Is Analysed by Supt. Sheriff.

the State upon the condition that
each county sharing in this fund
shall duplicate the amount received
from the State.
That all counties receiving as
much as 81 500 shall maintain at
least one first class high school as
standardized by the State Board of
Education; provided that any county
| levying the maximum high school
tax permitted by law shall receive a
supplementary sum from this funo
beyond the State requirements which
supplement shall be enough to make
total high school fund of not less
than $4,000 nor more than $4,000.
Sixth, That no fewer than three
teac, Ill be employed in every
Nc l.ie ~ Z; first class mgip school; /;
no f. 1u- lAhan tvs teachers for
every Fth 'efoAear or second class high
school, and no fewer than one teach
er for every two-year or third class
high school. These teachers shall
do all their teaching in the high
school work except in cases here
after provided in consolidation with
elementary schools.
Seventh, That county high schooI
boards have the power to make con-
tracts for consolidation of the high
school funds and the elementary
funds in any locality where thought
expedient and proper and for the
employment of teachers in said con-
solidated schools, the distribution of
the work of said teachers and the
pay thereof, which power is hereby
expressly conferred; that if there be
not sufficient funds to maintain a
sufficint number of two-year high
schools to accommodate the children
of the county, then in elementary
schools where two or more teachers
are employed and where there be a
sufficient demand for higher in
struction, the elementary school
authorities shall permit said ele-
mentary school to teach as many as
two additional grades of high school
work, the same to be paid for out OF
the elementary fund and controlled
by the elementary school authorities.
Eighth, That in no one-teacher
school shall more than six grades be
taught unless the children of said
one-teacher school shall live so far
distant from a school operating
eight grades as to render it lnl-
practicable for said children to at
tend said eight grade school. Then
upon the recommendation and ap-
proval of the county superintendent,
the county board of education or
district directors may permit the
ona-teacher school to teach as many
as eight grades; provided further
that a two-teacher school must teach
eight grades and if there are as
many as six students eligible to
enter the ninth grade or first-year
high school and there is no school
doing this work within reasonable
reach of such students, then the
county board of education, upon the
approval of the county superintend-
ent, may permit two-teacher school
to teach as many as nine grades OF
one year of high school work; pro-
vided further that if there are three
or more teachers employed In the
school and there are as many as
twelve pupils prepared to do work
in the ninth and tenth grades or the
first two years of high school worn
and there is no school doing this
work within reasonable reach of such
students. then upon the recon-
mendation and approval of the
county superintendent, the county
board of education or district direct
ors may permit a school of three or
more teachers to teach as many as
ten grades or two-year high school
work, these schools to be maintained
out of the elementary fund; pro-
vided that all teachers doing work
above the eighth grade must hold a
certificate to teach the additional
subjects. schools may be estab-
lished under either one of the above
provisions.)
Ninth. That the course of study
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