The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-28
BILL BEFORE STATE
 LEGISLATURE:

A bill is about to be introduced i'll the Connecticut Legislature which, if it becomes law, will violently revolu- tiOnize the entire educational struc- ture of the state. This bill will be founded upon a Detailed Plan for School Code for the State of Connec- ticut," of which Henry c. Morrison is said to be the author.
 It includes among other things the following pernicious provisions: Duties Of Local School Board Under
 Proposed Code.
 1. Elect 8 superintendent Sub ject to Qualification by the Commts- siOner as to Qualifications" which means that they may vote for the su- perintendent that the Commissioner wants, and him only..
 ?. If the superintendent is ineffi- cient and the school board removes him, he may appeal to the State Board of ! ducation who may order him reinstaIed contrary to the wishes of the local board.
 8. If the superintendent is efficient and the local board wants him, the commissioner may remove him and substitute some one he wants, disre- garding the wishes of the local beard.
 i. Establish schools of Approved DCsign"-if the local school board does not the Commissioner will do so without consulting them, but the cost of erection is to be borne by the To- cality in which the school is erected.
 ). Local boards have the empty honor of recommending to their cit ies or towns the sites for school build ings and appropriations for erection of school buildings of approved de- sign" at the expense of the city or town.
 $. Local boards may let contracts of construction for such buildings also for repairs at the expense of their own towns or cities.
 :. Local boards can make no ap- DOintments whatsoever and can only confirm or reject the nomination" for superintendent and clerk, but r cannot even appoint the superinten- dent Without the Approval of the commissioner cf Education" This provision is in apparent contradiction with Provision "1" above noted.
 s. Local boards cannot direct any expenditures they can only sane tion'' those of the superintendent, and the superintendent is in reality responsible only to the "ComInission- CT of Education.''
 9. Local boards may ".rccomlnend' to the ''Cor2missioner of Education the establishment of offices and posi- tions in the district school system, but the Commissioner may please himself about the establishment of | same.
 10. Local boards may make rules and regulati tions but nothing that may | conflict with the "code''-which means nothing of importance. II. In other words, all the import i ant functions of the local school boards. including the supervision of | expenditures, the appointment of | teachers, Janitors, clerks, and other i highly important incidentals, are giv- l en to one man known as the Com l missioner of Education.'' whose of ! fee is in Hartford. who has no par ticular connection or interest in any local school or district who is out of sympathy with it's requirements. and beyond personal contact with its needs.
 F. In other words, the chief duty of the local school boards is to act as obedient puppets and figureheads for the ''Commissioner of Eiucation''- yield to him every function and duty which touches real authority and re- tain netting but empty titles for