The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-30
AWAIT REPORT
OF COMMITTEE
Hearing on Seven-Member
School Board Bill May
Lead to Action.
WELL RECEIVED HERE

Whether Kenosha must hold spe-
cial election for a referendum on
whether it should adopt the seven
member school board elected in the
city at large, thereby bringing an ex-
pense to the city of approximately 81
500, or whether simple passage of a
bill now before the legislature will
eliminate all that, will be known pres
emily when the committee on munich
palities in the Wisconsin assembly
makes it's report. The committee held
hearing on the Krause bill, 497A
last. week at which time representa-
tives from Kenosha were present
Whether the committee took any &C
ton at that time or not is not known
since it is the rule that these usually
go into executive session following
hearings and do not make public their
decision until they are ready to report
back to the assembly. 1t is this report
that Kenosha awaits with considerable
interest.
The bill which is up for considera-
ton is an interesting one in that it
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ing problem of public school manage
ment. In survey made by COM
mittee of members of the board of edu-
cation and committee from the Ke-
nosha civic council, which, endorsed
the movement for a sevenme mber
board here-it was pointed out that
Kenosha was the only city in the coun-
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from 10000 to 10000 which had 10
members on school board. It was
represented as the largest school board
in the United States in that class.
Want Smaller Board.
Now the board itself has gone on
record as favoring the smaller board
preferably one of seven members elect
ed at large rather than from individual
wards. The Krause bill provides for
just that. While there was some OPP
position to this bill expressed at the
recent committee hearing particular
ly from the assemblymen from Super
Tor and from Racine, the majority OF
the comittee appeared to be for the
bill.
The new bill seeks to amend sub
sections two and three of section 40
Cd and subsections six and seven of
section 40.695 of the Wisconsin stat
utes relating to election of school
boards. 1t reads, "The board of educa-
tion in any city of the second, third
or fourth class shall be elected in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
following subsection: the board of edu-
cation shall consist of seven members
elected by the people at large from
the territory of such city. Such mem
bers shall be elected at the annual
spring election held in such cities. The
names of the candidates for such
Office shall be printed upon a separate
ballot under the title Members of the
Board of Education
Provides New Method
"At the first election held for the
office of members of the board of edu-
cation, the two persons receiving the
highest number of votes shall be elect
ed for two years, and the three re-
ceiving the next highest number of
votes shall be elected for one year
Therefore such electors shall elect at
each spring election members of the
i board of education for the term OF
three years. Each elector shall be en-
titled to vote for as many candidates
as there are members to be elected
and the ones receiving the highest
number shall be elected.
"The term of Office of each such
member shall commence on the first
day of May following such election
and each member shall hold Office I'M
til his successor is elected and quail
fed.
Section 2. The first election for
commissioners or members of board
of education in any city of the second
third or fourth class in which such
commissioners or members were not
elected prior to the taking effect OF
this act, shall be held on the first
Tuesday of April, 1925. Commission
.ers or members of any board of edu-
cation shall continue to be appointed
and shall continue to serve as provid-
ed by law prior to the taking effect
of this action until may 1, 1926.
Section 8. This act shall take eff
feet upon passage and publication"