The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-01-06
STATE AID FOR
RURAL SCHOOLS
Requirements To Meet Before State
Aid Is Extended

For the purpose of receiving State
Aid, a State Rural School is defined
as one which meets the following re-
quirements:
(a). The school shall be in session
at least nine 90 months in the year.
OBJ. 1t shall have a suitable mo-
dern school building properly lighted,
heated and ventilated, which shah
comply with such requirements as to
specifications and sanitation as are
II escribed by the Superintendent of
Public instruction.
(c). 1t shall provide at least on>
CD acre of land for Fairgrounds and
experiment plats.
Id. 1t shall have a suitable library
and such other apparatus and equip
and such other apparatus and equip
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(e). 1t shall be in charge of a
teacher of successful experience hold
ing a First Grade Certificate or one
of higher grade.
Q). II shall maintain a regular
course of study for elementary schools
DIS are prescribed by the State Course
vi u WlilIh Shuil ItltIuuc llStI h'-
ton in elementary agriculture and
lone economics.
Applications for State Aid are made
TO the County Superintendent of
Schools of the county in which such
schools are located. The County Sup
erintendent shall forward to the Sup
erintendeht of Public instruction such
applications as are endorsed and re-
commended by him together with the
certificate of the Superintendent of the
county wherein the school making
such application is situated to the
effect that such school has complied
with the conditions prescribed. Such
applications are filed in the office of
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, and prior to the apportionmem
of any aid shall be duly inspected BY
the Superintendent of Public Instruc
ton or by a properly authorized in
spector.
/. Each school must possess a IN
tied States flag at least eft. x3ft. in
size made of good quantity bunting,
and a flag pole which shall extend a,
least II foot above the root of tho
school building. The pole shall BE-
equipped with pulleys and running
line for raising and lowering the flas.
2. The walls and ceiling of the
building must be clean and neat, eitn
er white finish or tinted with a soft
shade of color.
g.. Each school should be provided
with good-sized portraits of Georg.
Washington and Abraham Lincoln
suitably framed.
A. The pupils desks must be kept
in good repair, and must be of suitable
sizes to fit the children of different
ages.
5. Blackboards should be prefer
ably of slate, but other kinds may be
approved by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, provided that they
are kept in good condition. The chalk
trough on blackboards in one-room
schools should not be more lnan 2S
inches from the floor.
G. Crayon used must be dustless.
z. Erasers must be of the dustless
roiseless variety.
S. Primary supplies such as colored
construction paper and other neces-
sary material for busy work must be
pioNIutu ny Tic SClOOl DOdTu 10 the
amount of at least ten dollars per
year.
8. Penmanship and examination pa
per of uniform size and quality must
be furnished by the school board.
10. Each school should possess one
set of up-to-date school maps on
spring rollers in a case consisting of
at least:
l map OH World on Mercator's Pre-
lection.
i map OF North America.
i map of South America.
l map of Europe.
l map OF Asia.
/ map of Africa.
/ map of Australia and New Zealand
l map of United States.
/ map of South Dakota.
II. Globe at. least IL inches in dia-
meter mounted on a suitable stand.
IL. An up-to-date edition of a stand
ard dictionary with suitable stand.
IL. Must possess a library of at
least 100 volumes approved by the
Superintendent of Public instruction
housed ina suitable bookcase.