Evening star., 1926-11-18
SCHOOL BOARD TOURGEFREE
BOOKSANlD ABSENTEE PAY ACTS
Congress, In Coming Session, Will Be Asked
i to Sanction Text Book Distribution
and Pay Teachers on Leave.

The Board of Education committed
Itself to an ambitious legislation pro
gram for the benefit of the public
school system here at its regular meet
ing yesterday afternoon, when the
oody voted to draft six bills for intro.
1uct1on in Congress.
Carusi Makes Final Report.
Mr.. Carusi. as chairman of the spe-
1al committee empowered to aScer-
ain public opinion on the proposed
engineering of the school day and dis
oensing with home work, made final
eport on this subject, alter which
lis committee was discharged.
He read a tabulated list of the re-
,ult Of the ballots cast in The Stars
eferendum as well as the votes taken
1t various meetings Of citizens and
)arent-teacher associations, which
showed that 6 to were op-
posed to dispensing with home work
and 10 to l were opposed to extending
he school day. He said that out OF
5000 votes cast only 1S9 favored
school on Saturday morning. -
Il believe" Mr.. CaruSi declared at
he end of his report. that public
opinion has been accurately ascer-
aimed, and l recommend that Gen.
AAlIOS ~. L IIcS Oc dOF4SCO OA Jul 1AiIU~
.ngs."
Cpon the recommendation of DR.
Ballou the board referred the several
,core protests Of pupils whose parents
i've outside Of the District and would
)e compelled to pay nonresident tut
ton rates under a new ruling by
Auditor Donovan to the District Com
nissioners. The board will ask the
Commissioners either to refer the pro-
.ests to Auditor Donovan or the cor
poration counsel.
With the protests was a 26-page re-
port by Maj. Raymond o. Wilmarth
business manager, concerning the ex-
act status of each protesting pupil.
Bills providing for tree text books
and the granting of leave of absence
with pay for experienced teachers and
officers in the system head the list of
legislation which will be sought.
Other bills ordered drafted by the
members of the board follow:
A bill designed to clarity the status
Of &c teachers and establishing in
definite language the procedure to be
followed by teachers in qualifying for
&C salaries.
A bill providing relief of individual
members of the Board of Education
from financial responsibility for the
results of their action when serving
in their official capacity.
A bill permitting teachers who re-
ceive in excess OF $4,000 to take posi-
tions in the night and Summer
schools.
A bill providing for a second five
year school building program, to fol
low the present one, which should be
concluded in 1880.
Henry Gilligan, chairman of the
legislation committee, who submitted
the recommendation for new legisla
ton, explained that there was no i'm
mediate need for action on the draft
ing of the last bill. but that the draft
ing of such a measure should be re
ferred to the finance committee fOl
consideration.
Urges Building Program.
THE first f1veyear school building
program act" Mr.. Gilligan explained
in his report on the subject. was ir
the nature of an emergency law
largely to make up accumulated
shortages of schoolhouse accommoda
tions over q long period of years.
THE committee is Of the opinion