The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-12
TERRITORIAL BD. OF EDUCATION E
 IN SESSION HERE
Members Are Considerinq Matters to Be Present.
 ed 10 Legislature

Early consideration of all mat ters that must be referred to tn extraordinary Legislative Sessiol were voted yesterday morning at tn first meeting of tEe Territoria Board of Education now in sessioi in Juneau.
 The first matter taken up fo definite recommendation was al amendment to Chapter IT, Sessiol Laws of Alaska, 1885, concsrnin' the Independent School Distric Law. The recommendation cal for enlarging the present distric from 50 square miles to 250 square miles and for action toward allow. ing a Territorial refund to the dis trict.
 I Also considered at last night: meeting was the Teachers mini mum salary law and deficiencies il the appropriation for transportation Nc recommendation had been mao. on these matters at the close c last nights. meeting. 1 T7le-D Day SeSSicn
 The Board is authorized by lav to meet for a ten-day session. B. holding night meetings, howevel ttc members expect to cover a points on the 23-item agenda b. Saturday night, Dr. James c. Ryan Commissioner of Education, saiC today Daily morning session vii be conducted at the Board of Edu cation office in the Federal Build ing, and whenever necessary night meetings will be held
 At yesterday mornings sessiol Commissioner Ryan was instruct ed to write letters informing the Governor and the President of tn Senate that the Board is now in session and available for confer ence.
 Members Here
 Two new members, replacing re- signing colleagues, are pr. William M Whitehead of Juneau, member at-large, and Mrs. Alberta Peterson of Teller, representing the Secono Division.
 Other members of the Board are "A. IT. ziegler, president, iron Ketchikan, representing the Firs oivisicn; Mrs. Margaret Harrais Valdez, Third division, and Mrs. A H. Nordale, Fairbanks, Fourth di- vision.
 Business Considered
 Among the 23 items of bushes to be considered at the present ses sion is the election. of Vice President of the Territorial Boar of Education to replace Leonaro Smith, who resigned following his election as Highway Engineer fol the Territory.
 Major items to be taken up in clude the following: school building to be constructed during the sum mer of 1946 at Aniak, Naknek Sand Point, Teller, Gulkana, Can dle, Minnie Fields Home, Clark. Pcint, Homer and Palmer; Voca tional Rehabilitation; Apprentice ship training program; applications for new schools at Kodiak Nays Base, Kamakansk, Bethel, LevelocE College, Pile Bay, Stoney River, Ia kotna reopenD Whittier, Moods Island, Nushagak; High Schoo credit by special examination fo. adults over g years of age.
 Required subjects for High Schoe graduation, automatic organizatio. of school districts by Territoris Board of Education; report on tl Anchorage and Juneau meeting c Superintendents; amendment o transportation regulations; Alaski History Textbook, and tuition fol Native Children in Territoria Schools.
 The last item is one of espec- ial importance, said Dr. Ryan. Fo- the past five years, education at thorities in the Territory have beei trying to secure legislation allow ing for such tuition to be paid b. the Federal Government. Al States in the U. s. receive tuitio. from the Indian Bureau when Tn. dian children are enrolled in pub. lie schools. Alaska with somewhere between 26 and 30 percent of stu dents attending schools classified as natives receives TO such compen- sation.