The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-06-03
Louisiana School Revenue In
crease May BE S2,25O, 900.

Baton Rouge, La, May 27.-
To put the states public school
system in position to meet the
educational needs of Louisiana's
100000 boys and girls, the State
Board of Education will ask the
General ASSEMBLY for the follow
ing Legislation at THE session.
IA constitutional amendment
providing for a state school tax
Of three mills in place Of the pres
ent one and a half mill tax. This
would increase public school re-
venues about $3.50, 900.
"A constitutional amendment
increasing the parish school tax
by one and a. half mills. This
proposed amendment would make
the total revenue levied in the
parish of Orleans for school pur-
pose seven mills, and would pro-
vide that one mill of the seven
could be funded into bonds for
the construction of school build
ings.
3-An act providing for a state
loan fund to encourage attend
ance in Ndtnal schools aud COL
leges and requesting the benefici-
aries to obhgate themselves to
teach in the public schools of
Louisiana until they have paid
back their loans.
Am act requiring assessors
to take the school census and per-
hitting compensation to be agreed
upon between the assessor and
the school board.
5-An act requesting the fees
paid by applicants for teachers
certificates to be credited to the
current school fund in the par
ish in which the examination is
conducted.
Gan act giving the State
Board of Education authority to
approve first grade and life GER
tificates issued by state depart
ments of education in states other
than Louisiana; to issue life GER
tificates to Louisiana teachers who
have taught successfully for as
many as twenty years, and to is
sue emergency certificates where
the necessity exists.
An act authorizing tho State
Board of Education to provide a
circulating library for the public
school.
San act giving parish schoo
boards authority to provide spe-
cial classes for mentally defective
and r.degeperate children.
9-An act amending the COM
pulsory attendance law, making
the period of attendance to CORE L..
spond with the length of the
school session and requesting the
attendance Of children beyond the
age of IA who are not engaged in
a useful occupation.
10-An act allowing school,
board members s. day instead
of So as at present, and expenses
for attending school board ses.
sions.
11-An act to provide a school
for deaf and blind negro children
l2-An act to provide a norma
school for negro teachers.
State Superintendent Of Educa-
ton Harris explained this pro.
gram Thursday at a joint meet
ing of the House and Senate com.
mittees on public education calico
!, expressly for hearing him. He
made a string appeal for quick
relief for the public school system
of Louisiana, so handicapped by
lack of sufficient funds, as to make
the outlook for the youth of thi'
state exceedingly dark as things
now exist.
Superintendent Harris statec
that the three first measures OF
the program are the really i'm
portant ones, and that while thu
others would go long way to
ward helping the states schoo
system function more efficiently
, they are not vital at this moment
The amendment for an increas
of one and a half mills in thu
state school tax would give tn
school system under present as
: sessment valuation an increased
a income of something in the neigh