The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-04-04
SYNOPSIS OF SCHOOL LAWS EN-
ACTED BY THE 1918 REGULAR
SESSION OF THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY OF KENTUCKY

Commission. to be used by the Com
mission for promoting the teaching
of illiterate men and women. No
part shall be paid for salary TO any
member of the Commission. The
Commission has power to employ
field agents in as many counties as
il may deem proper for the purpose
of futhering this work, and the field
agents are to lend aid and assistance
to the County superintendent,
school boards ami trustees. in in
creasing the attendance of pupil
children in the common schools of
the state.
senate Bill i6.-Provides that
cities of the second class may levy
an advalorem tax upon real and
personal property, not exceeding
% cents on the hundred dollars OF
taxable property. The bill permits
them to levy, also. the amount nee
essary for sinking fund purposes
for the fiscal year.
Senate Bill ii.-Provides that the
fourth Friday in October of eacn
year shall be designated as Temp
erance Day, and this day shall be
observed in all public and high
schools of the State: but, if pre-
ferred, in each subdivision in eacn
county. The Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction shall prepare and
furnish a suitable program to be
used on Temperance Day, and lac
shall also furnish placards setting
forth statistics. epigrams, notices
and up-to-date scientific truths
showing the evils of intemperance
in the use of alcohol and intOxicat-
ing beverages and from the use Of
cigarettes. Every teacher must post
these placards in the school room.
Senate Bill 6S.-Gives 10 the mag
istrate and police courts of the
state concurrent jurisdiction with
the county courts in the enforcement
of the compulsory school law.
Senate Bill i32.-(a) Makes the
school age from six to eighteen, in
stead of from six to twenty, but
provides that any person may at
tend a common school without pay
ing a tuition fee.
Oh Provides that the fiscal court
may levy for common school pur-
poses not exceeding thirty cents on
the one hundred dollars of assessed
valuation Of property in the county.
(c) Repeats law providing for
special examination for qualifica-
ton for the Offices of the county
Superintendent. and provides that
any person holding a degree of
Bachelor of Arts in Education,
Bachelor of Science in Education.
an advanced certificate issued by
the University of Kentucky, or an
advanced certificate issued by the
State Normal Schools, shall be
eligible to hold the office of County
Superintendent.
Id II provides that the salary
of County Superintendent shall be
not less than 5000 nor more than
$500 per annum. The law does not
apply to these superintendent now
in Office.
(e) Provides that the State Board
OF Education may issue certificates
TO teach in high schools to gradu-
ates of institutions Of higher learn
ing. either within or without the !
State. This law also empowers the
State Board TO grant such certifi-
Gates TO graduates of standard col
leges of agriculture. One-tenth of
whose work has been done in Edu-
cation, - these certificates being
good for a period of four years.
~ HarmOnizes sections 70 and
81 Of the School Law by providing
that no change in the boundary Of
any subdistrict shall be made pre-
vious to the taking or estimating Of
the school census.
(g) Provides that the board of
trustees Of a graded school may
condemn not exceeding three acres A.,
OF ground for site for graded COM
mon school.
(h) Provides that any graded
common school and one or more ;
subdistricts, or two or more sub ;
districts, can consolidate and vote /
on the proposition Of issuing bonds {
or levying taxes; and the cOnsOli- {
dation may be conditioned upon the {
Of the voters Of such bond I
issue or tax-levy; and if the prop {
osition Of bond-issue or tax-levy {
fails, the boundaries Of said district !
Shall remain as before consolida- I
ton and all orders shall be null and {
void. But if the graded school bond $
issue or tax-levy is carried, then all {
belonging TO the graded
districts shall thereupon vest in the c
County Board Of Education. c
Senate Bill i37.-PrOvides for the
payment Of the teachers beginning s
on the second Saturday in Septem- G