Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-24
Synopsis of New Statutes
and Amendments to Old
Ones Issued by the State
Board of Education.
AN ENTIRELY NEW
SYSTEM OF REVENUE
Age Limit for Compulsory
Attendance at the Public
Schools Reduced From Is
to 16 Years-Minimum
County Levy Equal to $l5
Per Child of School Age.

Per Child of School Age.
The state department of education
has issued for the benefit of the general
public especially an interesting synop-
sis of the various educational laws
passed by the last legislature and ap-
proved by the governor. The changes
made by these laws are of special iu-
terest to those engaged in school work,
to school boards, boards Of school trus-
tees, county superintendent and 9TH
ers, 1t has been pointed out before the
per capita provision completely changes
the system of school revenue in that
there will be a more equal apportion-
ment of it.
The summary issued is as follows:
CHANGES MADE.
House bill No. 115-Amends section
=. 100 by changing the upper limit OF the
compulsory period from Is to 16 years.
House bill No. 11S-Supplementing
article % and containing two amend
ments perfecting the act passed in
1918 to guarante- free high school tut
ton to all chituren of high school
grade in the state First, by authoriz-
ing the county superintendent to draw
orders for county warrants to transfer
tuition to another county. Second.
provides that for the purpose Of the
article only such high school work VIII
be credited as is approved by the state
board of education or the county SUI
perintendent.
House bill No. 257, section 65a--
Fixes the minimum county levy at an
amount equal to SIS per child per school
age.
House bill No. 3O4, section 67-First,
changes the minimum census from 70
to Is. The result will be somewhat
fairer distribution than the present law
provides. Second, raising the maxi
mum apportionment for teachers In
consolidated and rural high schools
from 5000 to $500 a year. Both of these
provisions are really based on the n ~
SIS minimum county levy.
CHANGES IN BOND LAW.
House bill No. 800, article Makes
the following notifications in the bond
law for common school districts: CA
Section rs, raising the limit frorn
four to six and requiring that all bonds
shall be issued on the amortization
travagance by allowing protest when
more than one-half of the property is
owned by residents. (C)-Section rs
requiring bonds to be offered first tt
the state board of land commissioners
Dissection 80, placing responsibility
for payment of bonds on the county
commissioners.
House bill No. 324-This bill en-
powers school districts employing 80 OF
more teachers to establish a teachers
retirement fund. The principal condi-
tions are that the teachers to be pen
stoned shall be not less than So 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 81
years, Is of which, including the last
10, shall have been in said school dis
trict in case of men, and in case Of
women shall have taught for 80 years
Is of which, including the last 10, shall
have been in said school district.
RELATING TO TAXES.
House bill No. 375-This bill con.
tains three provisions as follows!
(a) Sec. 129m-The first provision
refers to the special tax which may bt
levied for maintaining a gymnasium
At present this tax is limited only By
the provision that the grand total dis
trict tax may not exceed 20 mills. This
means that it would be legally impos'
sible for some districts to levy 10 mills
for the support of gymnasium. This
bill limits the gymnasium tax abso'
lutely to a maximum of l mill.
The amendment also cuts out certain
complicated provisions which are o.
no real value and have already giver
rise to legal conflicts.
(b) Sec. 129c-The second provis.
ion allows independent districts to lew
over the maximum of 10 mills up to II
mills with the approval of the STATE
board of education.
(c) Sec. 129aa-This provision wal
passed in 1918, but owing to conflic
with other bills has been declared b,
the courts of non effect. II attempted
to change the number of teachers re
CURED to constitute an Independent
district class "a" from 50 to 20.
The educational system has beef
running on this basis for three year
and this amendment is included sim
ply to validate the intention Of the leg
islature in 1918 and the actual condi
tons now existing.
MAKES LAWS LESS AMBIGUOUS
Senate bill No. 167--The presen
laws contain a mass of ambiguous AM
conflicting provisions concerning tn
qualifications of voters at school cleo
tons. After the most thorough stud
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