Arizona republican., 1919-02-07
EDUCATION BILL PASSES HOUSE
 N|THNOCHANCE
Measure Prepared By Com
 mission On Education Is Adopted;Plans To Take Schools Out Of Politics

| Without altering in the slightest de- gree the structure or the purpose of House Bill 10, though amending 1t in many particulars, the house yesterday in committee of the whole by almost Q unanimous vote. recommended the pas sage of the bill and later sent it to the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills to be prepared for final passage House Bill 10 is the bill prepared by the commission on education, of which Professor John D. Loper is chairman. The bill was offered early in the ses sion by Speaker Peterson. and Consid- cration of it lately has been deferred from time to time on "ccOunt of his absence.
 This bill providesc for reconstruc- ton of the educational system of the state, one of it's objects. and it's main object, being to take the educational institutions out of politics. The bill amends the constitution. As it was originally drawn, it provides for the appointment of a state board of seven members to be appointed by the gov ernor, only four of whom could be members of the same political party: four of them to be persons identified with school work. and three to be per sons actively engaged in business pursuits.
 It amended the constitution so as 10 remove the office of state superintend- ent of education from the list of elect i've offices, and providing that that of iicer should be appointed by the board. It put all the educational institutions of the state under the control of the board and also gave the board charge of ed ucational work in all other institutions. mot inconsistent with the supervision, government and control under powers vested in other boards.
 These are the main features of the measure.
 Features of the Bill
 A good deal of opposition developed from the outset against the provision putting the university under the con- trol of the state board, on the theory that it is not a part of the public school system. The advocates of the bill, however, were never very insistent upon that provision, so that after 2 very brief discussion yesterday that was stricken out without opposition, and later a clause was added to the bill providing for the appointment of a board of regents by the governor. In this connection. the Buehman bill, yes terday was passed by the senate for the appointment of the boa to be so con- stituted as to be a non-bolitical board formed in the same manner as the state board of education is to be, under House Bill 10.
 Another amendment adopted yester- day provides that not more than three instead of not more than four members shall belong to the same political party ofh fn ncfa of n he taken from other walks of life. The limitation of the lay members to per sons fin active business was removed
 Another change was made in the manner of the appointment of the members of the state board of educa . tion. In the original bill it was pro- Vided only that the appointment, should be made by the governor, of the seven members for various terms so that the term of one should expire each year and thereafter, one member 10 be aD- pointed yearly, not more than one member from any county. This was amended so that the appointments vii have to be made by the governor witt the consent and approval of the senate The friends of the bill offered no oppo- sitiOn to any of the amendments tha were adopted
 Try to Defer Action
 When the bill was taken up in tho committee of the whole, Mir. Franci: moved that it's consideration be de ferred that it might be considered alons with several other educational meas ures which are pending in one house Ol the other. Speaker Peterson opposed the motion as a proposed waste 0 time. This bill, he said was not in con flict with any other and did not i'm pinge upon the others. It stood alon and should be considered alone. Hous bill 50, though, provided for differ ent system, but if the friends of tn bill before the committee wanted i now. they would not want house bill , at any time.
 When he consideration of the bi was finished, Mir. DelbridgD aga z moved to defer final action when t. speaker again insisted on inmediat action, saying that this bill would in terfere with no other that might b enacted As constitutional amend ment, it could not be effective for tou years. It could not be passed upon b the people for two years, at which tim state school superintendent would b elected under the existing law an would hold his office for two years.
 MT. Peterson said that he had hear it objected to the bill that it was un democratic;. that it placed too grea power in the hands of the state schot board. He would undertake to sho that House Bill No. 50 was still nor