Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-26

force tneir COmmunlSIlC OplI1-
ions on us. Are they ashamed
of their lack of interest-pre-
pairing to blame those next two
steps down on migration?
Who's going to pay how
much for what child attending
which school?
Dumb Virginian.
+
These District residents who
are attempting to decide
whether Virginia should adopt
the Gray Plan make me a bit
angry. Their opposition re-
wolves around three points. and
! challenge them to answer
these questions on these points:
/. The plan will be expen-
sive. Will it be more expensive
than the untold millions that
have gone down the financial
drain through depreciation of
District real estate as a result
of encroachment of colored
populations?
2. The plan will lower edu-
cational standards. Will 1t
lower them as much as inte-
grafton has lowered them in
the District?
3. The plan is unconstitu-
tional. Who can predict the
next f1uctuation Of the SUI
preme Court?
Opponents of the Gray plan
have not come up with any
other solution. I have an open
mind and will cheerfully con-
slider any counterproposal that
is better or cheaper. Until such
a plan is developed, my vote
will be for the constitutional
amendment. Reader.
Certain spokesman for the
opposition to holding of a con-
stitutional convention for the
purpose of amending Section
l4l of the Virginia constitu-
ton are trying to create the
impression that the idea of
States and localities paying
tuition for children attending
private schools is new, untried
and contrary to the Federal
Constitution. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
AS a matter of fact. section
l4l now provides:
Counties. cities, towns, and
districts may make appropria-
tons to nonsectarian schools
Of manual. industrial, or tech
meal training. :"
All the proposed convention
would do would be to. expand
this provision to permit the
State as well as the localities
to make such appropriations
and TO permit the appropria-
tons to be made for other types
Of education as well as for
manual. industrial, or tech
meal training.
Connecticut Laws Relating
to Education, 1910. sec. 1854, D.
10, have the following provi-
sion:
The State board of educa-
ton may examine any incorpo-
rated or endowed high school
or academy in this State and
If 1t shall appear that such
school or academy meets the
requirements OF the State
board OF education for the ap-
prevail of public high schools,
said board may approve such
school or academy under the
provisions Of this part, and any
town IN which a high school
is not maintained shall pay the
whole of the tuition fees of
pupils attending such school
or academy, except it be a
school under ecclesiastical con-
troll, and such town shall be
reimbursed therefor by the
State as provided by law"
Laws Of New Hampshire Re-
iating to Public Schools, 1s41,
Oh. 1873, sec. 81, p. As, have this
provision:
Any school district may
make contract with an acad-
envy. high school or other lit
erary institution located in
this or. when distance or trans
portation facilities make it
necessary, in another State.
and raise and appropriate
money to carry the contract
into effect"
Public School Laws of North
Carolina. l943, Article AZ. sec
lions l15-135, page 80, state as
follows:
In any school district where
there may be a private school
regularly conducted for at least
SIX months in the year, unless
1t be a sectarian or denomina-
tional school, the school COM
mittee with the approval of the
coun MY superintendent NAV
contract with the teacher OF
such private school to give in
struction to all pupils of the
district between the ages OF
3 and 81 years in the branches
OF learning taught in the pub
lie schools, as prescribed by
law, without charge to pupils
and free of tuition. The
a m cunt paid such private
school for each pupil in the
public school branches, based
on the average daily attend
ance, shall not exceed the
regular tuition rates in such
school for branches of study
Other States, including Me-
vada. Tennessee and Maine
have similar provisions. Finally
the educational provisions OF
the Veterans Readjustment
and Assistance Act Of 1850 pro-
vide for the payment of an
educational and training al
lowance to eligible veterans at
tending any accredited school,
public or private. There can be