Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-25
Board of Education Gets
Power to Stop Longevity
Increase When Advisable

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Legislative provisions in the District
appropriation bill give the board OF edu-
cation authority to withhold the lon
gevity increase of any teacher because
Of unsatisfactory efficiency rating, and
provide for transfer to the credit of
the federal government of s125,000 on
account of the construction and equip
ment of the District Jail.
Some of the limitations with respect
to expenditures or legislative provisions
fare: That the width of the roadway OF
18th street northwest between Z street
and New York avenue shall be thirty
five feet instead of tbirty-two feet as
ispecded in the schedule.
In connection with the appropriation
for municipal improvements near gov
eminent buildings it is provided that
the work shah be done under the d.
ERECTION of the Commissioners, by con-
tract day labor or in such other man
ner as in their judgment may be most
advantageous to the government.
The Commissioners are authorized to
expend for appropriations heretofore
made for the upper Potomac interceptor
sewer not to exceed $1,000 for the
acquisition by purchase or condemnation
Of such land in the square west of
square numbered four as may be neces-
sary for site for and the construction
Of a sewage pumping station at the
northwest corner of 27th and K streets
northwest, within the limiting lines of
Rock Creek parkway.
Teachers Probationary Period.
The first year Of service for all teach
ers hereafter appointed in the graded
schools shall be probationary.
1t is provided that hereafter the
board OF education is authorized, on
re To- nf 20 IN ton
of schools, to withhold the longevity
increase of any teacher because Of an
unsatisfactory efficiency rating.
Preliminary to permanent appointment
as patrolman. there shall be q period of
probation for such time as may be dxed
by the Commissioners, and no person shall
receive a permanent appointment who has
not served the required probationary
period, but. the service during probation
shall be deemed to be service in the uni
appointment, and as such shall be In
cluded and counted In determining eligi-
bility for advancement, promotion, retire.
ment and pension in accordance with ex-
listing law. II the conduct or capacity
Of the probationer be unsatisfactory to
the Commissioners the probationer shall
be notified in writing that at the end 81
such probationary period he shall for that
reason not be retained in the serice. The
retention Of the probationer IN the service
manent appointment therein.
1t is provided that on and after July /,
1918. appropriations made for the Ma
tional Training School for Girls shall be
District OF Columbia in the manner now
provided by law for expenditures from
appropriations for general expenses Of the
government of said District.
Leave on Legal Holidays.
All per diem employees and day Ia
borers OF the District of Columbia who
teen working days next preceding such
days as are legal holidays in the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and whose employ
ment continues through and beyond
said legal holidays shall be granted
such leave Of absence with pay as is
granted the regular annual employees
of the District Of Columbia for said
legal holidays.
The sum OF s1e5,ooo shall be trans
ferred to the credit of the United
of the United States to the credit Of
the District of Columbia to pay the in
debtedness of the District of Columbia.
to the United States on account OF the
construction and equipment OF the Dis
trict jail. as provided in section 1897
Of the Revised Statutes Of the District
of Columbia.
The SUM Of ss7.74o.so shall be trans
ferred to the credit of the United States
from the amount In the Treasury of the
United States to the credit Of the Dis
trict of Columbia to pay the indebted
ness of the District of Columbia to the
United States on account of advances to
pay teachers In the District public
schools. as provided by the act entitled
IAN act making appropriation for the
payment of teachers in the public
schools of the District of Columbia, and
providing for the levy of a tax to re-
imburse the same approved April Is,
1874.