The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-05
SENATE Limits
SCHOOL Terms
TO 5 MONTHS
Tightens Griffin Bill and
Sends 1t to House for
Concurrence
EXTRA TAX UP TO
PEOPLE AT ELECTION
By J. c. BASKERVILL
The TimeS-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALElGH. May 1.-DeclulnS
that the Griffin school machinery
bill was still not tight enough and
did not contain enough limitation,
the senate adopted an amendment
bv Senator Clement Of Rowan
limiting the school term over the
entire state to eight months and
10 more, then passed the bill on
second reading by vote of +6 to
7 late yesterday afternoon. The
hill is expected to pass third
reading TODAY with little or no
opposition. Five of the seven
votes cast against it on second
reading were by senators who
thought the bill still was not
strict enough.
If the house now passes the
bill in it's present form. as many
think likely, none of the larger
cities in the state will be able to
operate their schools nine months.
as they have in the past. but Will
be limited To eight months, as set
up i'm the statewide cight-mOnthS
school term law. They will be per
mitted 10 levy supplemental taxes
for the eight-mOnthS term, how
ever, but only after submitting
the question to vote Of the PEG
pie.
The school forces Of the state
through their LOBBYISTS and the
officials of the North Carolina
Education association, opposed the
bill and made every effort to de
feat it. They have openly been
favoring the school machinery bill
in the house which would permit
the levying of supplemental taxes
without a vote Of the people,
either for Supplementing the &
months term or for an extended
term of nine months.
An amendment by Senator
HinSdale of Wake county that
would have limited supplements
for teachers salaries to not more
than 10 per cent Of the amount
received bv the state, was defeat
ed. The objection to this amend
ment was that if a definite limit
was fixed in the law. this would
tend to become the minimum ra-
Their than the maximum, with the
result that many counties or dis
tricts would want 10 levy Il tax
for q 10 per cent suppleent, when
a 5 per cent supplement would be
sufficient. The bill leaves the
amount of the supplement to be
determined by the state school
commission.
The amendment by Senator
Moore. to fix a limit on supple
mentS for teachers salaries, eX-
tended term and maintenance to
not more than 20 per cent of the
amount received from the state,
and then only by vote of the
people. was also defeated.
Whether the house will pass the
bill as II passes the senate, refuS-
inc to permit the larger cities to
have a nine months school term,
is regarded as doubtful. although
it is agreed there is little chance
that the house viii adopt the Az
cock school machinery bill in he
house. which is supported by the
school forces. 1t is agreed, how
ever that the larger cities that
have been having a nine months
term will put up bitter fight to
retain this right. The delegations
from the counties having these
larger cities-Guilford. Mecklen-
burg. Buncombe. Forsyth, Wake,
Durham and a few others-wield
q great deal of influence in the
house and it would not be sur
prising if they secure the adop-
tion of an amendment to permit
the larger city charter districts IN
these counties to levy supplement
tai taxes for ninth month pro-
vided the peODle affected vote 1or
it i'm a special election.
The house is in no mood 20
compromise with the school poll
ticians, however. as indicated yes
terday when i. passed the WOmDle
resolution calling upon the North
Carolina Education association to
report to the general assembly all
its receipts and disbursements,
The resolution was introduced
many weeks ago by Representative
Womble of Wake county with the
avOwed purpose of showing up the
lobbying activities of the North
Carolina Education associations.
The bill was sent to the house ed
ucation committee, where the
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