The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1917-04-26

State Board of Education.
Tenth, That it shall be the dut,
of the county courts of the State t,
elect a high school board in eacl
county of the State in accordance
with the present high school law
and it shall be the duty of sale
boards, when elected, to properly
administer the high school fund,
provided by this Act, together witt
all other funds coming to their hands
from the respective county levies ano
other sources as provided by law.
Eleventh. That pupils completing
any given grade shall receive a GER
tificate of promotion signed by
teacher or principal which shall
entitle the holder admittance in the
next highest grade but this shall not
be construed as to deprive the
teacher of the grade to which SAID
pupil is promoted of demoting SAID
pupil if in the teachers judgment
said pupils best interest demands
such action.
Twelfth, That pupils completing
the eighth grade of the elementary
work shall receive certificate sign
ed by the State Superintendent, the
County Superintendent and the
Principal. Such certificate shall
entitle the holder to admittance into
the first year of the high school.
That pupils completing any given
grade of the high school work shall
receive a certificate of promotion tC
the next grade above and on the com
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pletion of the four years high school
course, shall receive a diploma sign
ed by the State Superintendent, the
Chairman of the State Board OF
Education, the State High Schoo
Inspector. the County Superintend-
ent. Chairman of the County High
School Board and the Principal OF
the high school Such high school
diploma shall entitle its holder to
enter the State University or the
junior year of any State Norma
School.
TEACHERS CERTIFICATES
Another bill was passed with the
following provisions that any teach
er who holds an elementary or high
school certificate with an average
glide Of IS per cent o. more, issued
by the State Superintendent OF
Public instruction shall be exempt
from further examination. provided,
however, that he does not discOn-
tinue teaching for more than three
successive years; Provided further I
that any teacher who holds sec nC |
grade elementary or high schoOy
certificate issued by the State Super |
intendent of Public instruction shall |
be entitled to the renewal of same
however, that he attenC |
and do satisfactory work in three OF
more courses in an accredited Sum-
ner School, approved by the State
Board of Education, said renewal to
De good for two years. (Teachers
wishing their certificates renewed
will please file same with statement
rom the officials Of an accredited
Summer School that the work as
prescribed by law has been done Dy
hem. The County Superintendent
will then forward all applications tC
he State Superintendent for re
lewal. OF course, it will be observ-
ID by all that the State no longer
makes any requirements as to the
Reading Circle work. 1t is hoped
hat, however, the counties will con-
niue to do this splendid work.
Wish to say, however, that the July
Examination will use the Reading
Circle books as the basis for the eX-
mination in School Management
nd Pedagogy
EQUALIZATION FUND
A bill was passed with the follow
ny provisions;
First, that IA per cent of the
ieneral Education Fund shall be APP =
ortioned as a special equalization .
und to the counties meeting the
onGitions imposed by law for the
urpose of aiding in and encourag-
~ the lengthening of the short 9
chool terms in many of our count
IS. \
Second, that this fund shall be 7
attributed equally for the purpose
f equalizing the number of school
avs in the several counties as fol- t
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9 Per cent of the fund to the
ounties that have an average school
ERIN of less than 100 days. the re-
tanning per cent to the counties /
nat have an average school term of
,ss than 140 days; provided that no f
ounty shall receive, after the first ,
further distribution until
aid county shall have arranged to
,ngthen it's elementary school term a
bove that of the last year in which
shared in this fund, minimum
lumber of days. to-wit:
All counties that have a school
TX of from sixty to eighty cents on
lie hundred dollars of taxable prop
rty, two school days; and all
ounties that have total school tax {
f from forty to sixty cents on the y
undred dollars, three school days [
being expressly provided that un P
ss a county shall have a school tax a
f at least forty cents on the hun-I
red dollars and two dollar poll
TX. it shall not share in this fund ; A
rovided that it is not required of ST
ny county now levying the maxi f,
um tax permitted by law to s,
ngthen its term in order to receive h
lie benefits of this provision. IF,
Third, that all money received A