Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-30
FULL PAY IS DUE
 TEACHERS SAYS SUPT. C. Q. CASE
LAW DOES NOT PERMIT oEDUc- TON BECAUSE OF CLOSING OF SCHOOLS ON ACCOUNT OF EPl. DEMlc OF INFLUENZA DE- cLARES STATE OFFICIAL

That the teachers of public schools , in Arizona which have been closed | for SO many weeks on account of the | epidemic Of Spanish influenza should receive full pay, regardless of wheth- CT the schools were open or not, is the opinion of c. O. Case. state superin- tendent of public instruction, and that he also believes that the laws of the state provide for full payment of salaries. will be good news to the many teachers who have been serious ly inconvenienced through the closing of the schools and the nOn-payment of salaries.
 With reference to the right of the teachers to receive their full pay for the time the schools are closed be- cause of the epidemic, Superintendent Case makes the following statement:
 Should Have Full Pay
 Hard conditions occasioned by an unusual epidemic have closed, for an extended period, the public schools of Arizona. and these conditions, over which teachers of this state have no control, have suspended the services of the teachers. at the same time hold ing them liable to resumption of sery- ice at any time.
 "I feel in all justice to the teachers that their full salaries should be al- lowed for the period during which the schools may be closed on account of the epidemic. It is also my opinion that, as a matter of law, unless other wise stipulated by contract, that no deduction can be made from teach CTS salaries during the time the schools may be closed on account of the epidemic.
 No Desire to Cut Salaries
 "I am not aware that there is any tendency on the part of school boards in Arizona to deduct from the salaries of the teachers because of the prevail ing influenza; but, whether or not this tendency prevails, I deem it my duty to state my views in the matter.
 'Dr. J. w. Crabtree, secretary of the National Education association, has written me advising that in no state have teachers salaries been increased to keep pace with the increased cost of living, that it is exceedingly diff cult for them to make ends meet and that the National Education associa- tion is advocating that teachers should suffer no reduction of salaries for the loss of time occasiOned by the closing of schools or be required to use their vacations in making up time.
 Fear Appropriation Loss
 Inquiries are coming to my office regarding the eight months school term required by law, some districts being apprehensive of losing their next years appropriation of school moneys through a possible failure of maintaining the required term. As far as possible, every school district in the state should maintain, even this year. an eight months school term, but the law itself anticipates and pro- vides for even such extreme abnorm- al conditions as are now prevailing. While paragraph 2S21, Revised Sta tutes of Arizona, 1913, prescribes that no apportionment' of school moneys may be made to any school district in the state which has not maintained a public school for at least seven months during the preceding school year, the same paragraph protects a school district in case of an epidemic by also prescribing that no district which is prevented by fire, flood or