The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-04-27
State School
Aid Changed
BULLETIN BY EDUCATION DE-
PARTMENT GIVES MAIN
FEATURES OF NEW LAW.

The following bulletin issued by the
State Department of Education, states
plainly the main features of the new
State Aid Law as passed during the
recent session of the legislature. This
information is interesting to all pa
irons of the Schools as well to school
officers.
The main features of the new State
Aid Law are as follows:
1. The law becomes operative for
the school year 1922.
2. Schools are classified and aided as
follows:
a. Graded elementary, Four or more
teachers. If 6 year course, $500; II .
year course, $4O0.
b. Ungraded elementary, one or
more teachers, but not ranked as
graded; with first grade teacher, $15O.,
and with second grade, $100, with
eight months term; three-fourth
amount with seven months; superior,
under standards set by State Board,
not to exceed $125 additional.
C. Four year high school, 4 years be-
yond eight elementary grades, $1,000.
d. High school department, at least
2 years beyond eight elementary
grades, $4OO.
e. Junior high school, year course
beyond six elementary grades, S3OO.
f. Senior high school, year course
beyond Junior high school, $780,.
2. Consolidated schools are classi-
fled and receive aid under above head
ings.
8. Special Industrial Departments !:
oricnlture 900
General Industrial Training = 900
Home Training -------------- oOO
Commercial ------------- oOo
a. High School Tuition, $500 per
month, plus apportionment. Tuition
to be deducted by State Department
from special aid (not apportionment)
due to district from which pupil comes,
should the tax rate of such district be
less than a mills.
5. Association Aid, as at present for
schools now organized, within dlscre-
tion of State Board. No new associa-
tions to be formed.
6. Defective classes:
Deaf f-----------S $50 per child
Blind -- 800 per child
Subnormal - 100 per child
Crippled -.---- $50 per child
Defective speech - 1,500 per teacher
7. Teacher Training Departments
in High Schools. Aid for one, two
and three teacher departments to be
fixed bv State Board~within the limit
of an aggregate amount for the en-
tire state fixed in the law.
8. Consolidated Schools. Special
consolidation aid discontinued ($30O.
Glass A; $3.50. Glass b.
Transportation aid under rates de-
termined by State Board to $4,000.
Building aid, 40 per cent, not to ex-
ceed $500.
A change has been made relaxing
somewhat the special requirements on
consolidated schools, but the exact ex-
tent cannot be stated in SO informal a
bulletin as this.
g. Library Aid for Purchase of
Books. $40 per teacher Gnstead OF
$40 at presently not to exceed $40 per
building (S25 at presently
10. Isolated Pupils. Care of isolat-
ed pupils under rules of State Board,
not to exceed $50 per pupils.
II. To Assist School Districts with
High Tax Levy To any school dis
trict whose tax levy for maintenance
lies between 20 and SO mills, the state
shall pay as supplemental aid one.
third of the excess above 20 mills. 1t
the tax levy for maintenance exceeds
80 mills, then, in addition to the above
amount, the state shall pay as supple
mental aid one-half of such excess
above 80 mills, provided that no school
district shall receive supplemental aid
if tax levy of 20 mills in such dis
trict will yield the equivalent of $100.
for each pupil enrolled in the public
schools of such district; and provided
also that no school district shall re-
ceive supplemental aid equivalent to
more than 5000 for each elementary
teacher employed and $3.50 for each
high school of special teacher employ
ed. In school districts maintaining
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