Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-13
AMENDMENTS TO
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| While II remains the duty ui ire 'oahey
| Board of Education to FURNISH teachers
! for the county schools, the board oi
trustees of any school may notiiy the |
county board of its decision to cheese |
n teacher. If such notice is n't served /
before Nav Is il becomes the dLty oi tie
county board to furnish a teaci.d; but,
any teacher so furnished may be rejected
| by the boards of trustees, who then as
| sumo the duty and responsibility is
| selecting their own teacher by TINS
| means the County Board Of Education OF
not relieved of the duty of furnishing
| teachers but free choice is allowed the
| trustees of the local districts
The final power of deciding upon
! change in district lines or upon aconsolha-
| ton of districts is returned TO the voters
| of each district, subject only to the neces-
| sity of obtaining petition signed b y35 |
| per cent of the voters IN order to secure |
a referendum, when the plans OF the /
| County Board of Education are opposed. |
| This method overComcs delay where |
| opinion is united and leaves free the ap- |
| plication of the referendum where dii-
| ference of opinion exists.
! POWERS or STATE AND COUNTY BOARDS.
| The State Board of Education remains
without power on financial questions, eN-
| ceptng the distribution Of the small ap-
preparation covering the salary OF the
| State commissioner and expenses oil the
| officers Of the State Board oi ducation
| This appropriation is gtci'etl by the
| Legislature from q budg' prepared ny
| the State board.
The County Boards o. l.!EratIon re.
| tain tho initiative IN consolidation OF
/ schools or alteration OF distfh toundaries,
| and i'm preparation of the budget covering
] !, tassb - a
| items is made subject 10 amcndncnt ny
referendum. ;,
The commission has eliminated all
direct powers ol the State commissioners
Of education. the county supcrintendents
! and the sllpcrint tcndeuts q schools, leaving
the powers Of these oil 10 hc dele
gated hv the boards fol v hum they act
| as executives Bv this arrangement the
| boards cannot he controlled ~ any way
| hv their appointed officers he term oi
these officers has been rcCuccd TO one ~
year.
The right to administer oathS has
been taken from the state commissioner
and county sllperintcndonts and IS lodged
with the state Board 81 i ilration, the
| County Boards of Education and the
boards Of education Of special districts
Provision has been made for the re-
turn Of special districts to the counties u
sncb nrocedure is approved by vote or
petItion OF the voters Of the distinct SUD-
iect. however. to the consent Of the loun-
IL Board Of Education
sELF-coNTROL FoR WILMINGTON.
II has been provided that any city hav-
| ing Is 900 inhabitants, or more, may
elect n board Of seven members; and the
board az the CITY Of Wilmington. with
,ts boundaries fixed as the city limits, IS
given power to expend in the rcmodcllng
/ ~ buildings up to $1,000, without rel
erence to the State Board Of Education.
! Wilmington cannot be brought under
county control in any way,
As TO requirements for hlgh schools
courses in either science or agriculture
arc made acceptable. The existing code
requires both The State Board q tdu-
/ cation NAV also change the subjects re-
o1,ired ~ be taught bv the three high
school teachers made mandatory under
the law.
II has been made more clear that the
minimum courses in elementary sub
ects shall be taught in the English Ian
c1larc. otherwise the teaching or use OF
foreign language i optional
ne County Boards of Education are
authorized ID establish special schools
for Noors.
Bv re-wording oi several sections OF
tht. code il j. made evident that the con
troll III private schools Is hmifed 70 the
securing az 4 certificate stating that the
minimum course ri studies Tor elementary
schools j. being gwen In the f.ughsh Ian
glage ana ID the securing Of attendance
rcnorts A new section has been inserted.
reciting definitely that private schools are
subject ID certain sections only o. the
Law
While the prescribed qualifications for
her~ and officers ~ the school sFsi"i9
remain aS htretotaIc d has been provided
thar ,he STATE Board 81 Education fnaE
substitute other met hod~ q Quailit ing,
provided she standards oi 'llc laW are no.
reduced Certificates valid fog ctrtaIu
po~ltIou~ PRIOR To 1919 remain yaiti tor
similar positions in any part otthc STATE.
and aH extra COMPENSATION for length q
service has becn changed 70 date from
tho time q employment instead 81 the
date of enartmeut Of the school law sal
arv payments NAV be made iu ten month
ly iflstallments beginning October 10, or
in twelve payments as heretofore.
The recommendations above enumerat-
I'd and other MINOR changes have required
much discussion and rew0rdlng Of eighty
thrtss Of the TWO hundred sixteen sections
IN the Law The draft 81 the proposed new
law is now in the printer $ hands, and
Nessrs William : Hilles. James VI rat
ter6eld and James VI Iunneii hAve
undertaken the work Of putting the act
N legal form for presentation to the
Legislature.
Sincerely yours,
Pierre s. du Pont.