General duties of School Superin tendents. ARTICLE III. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. SECTION 1543. General duties of School Superintendents. 1545. May appoint teachers and open schools, when. 1547. Warrants drawn by him. 1548. Same, for expenses and claims. SEC. 1543. It is the duty of the School Superintendent of each county: 1. To apportion the school moneys to each school district quarterly; 2. On the order of the Board of Trustees or Board of Education to draw his warrant upon the County Treasurer against the School Fund of any city, town, or district; 3. To keep open to the inspection of the public a register of warrants, showing the Fund upon which warrants have been drawn, the number thereof, in whose favor and for what service drawn, and also a receipt from the person to whom the warrant was delivered; 4. To visit each school in his county at least once in each year; 5. To preside over teachers' institutes held in his county, and to secure the attendance thereat of lecturers competent to instruct in the art of teaching; to enforce the course of study, the use of the text books, and the rules and regulations for the examination of teachers, prescribed by the proper authorities; 6. To issue certificates of first grade, valid until the next regular meeting of the County Board of Examination, to persons holding certificates of like grade granted in other counties; 7. To certify to the State Board of Examination the names of persons examined before County Boards of Examination who have attained the standard of proficiency prescribed by the State Board of Education, to entitle such persons to a State certificate; 8. To distribute all laws, reports, circulars, instruc tions, and blanks which he may receive for the use of school officers; 9. To keep in his office the reports of the Superintendent and a file of the educational journal; 10. To keep a record of his official acts and of the proceedings of the County Board of Examination; 11. To keep in his office such works on school architecture as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education, and pay for them out of the unapportioned County School Fund; 12. To (except in cities) pass upon and approve or reject plans for school houses; 13. To appoint trustees for any district which fails to elect at the annual election; 14. To make reports when directed by the Superintendent of Public Schools, showing such matters relating to the public schools in his county as may be required of him. for a failure SEC. 1544. If he fails to make any report required Forfeiture under the provisions of subdivision fourteen of section to report. fifteen hundred and forty-three, he forfeits one hundred dollars of his salary, and the Board of Supervisors upon receiving from the Superintendent notice of such failure. must deduct the amount forfeited from his salary. SEC. 1545. He must, when there is sufficient money in the Fund of any school district to maintain a school therein for five months, if the Trustees fail to have such school kept, appoint a teacher and open and keep such school, and may draw his warrant upon the Fund of such district for the expense incurred. SEC. 1546. He may in his discretion require the Trustees of any district to repair the school buildings or property, or to abate any nuisance in or about the premises, if such repairs or abatement can be done for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and there is a sufficient amount of money in the Treasury to the credit of the district. He may also in all cases require the Trustees to provide May, teachers appoint and open schools, when. May direct repairs, etc., when. Warrants Same, for expenses suitable outhouses; and if the Trustees neglect to make such provision he may cause it to be done, and pay for it on his own warrant out of any money to the credit of the district. SEC. 1547. He must draw warrants in the order in which they are ordered by the proper authority. Each warrant must specify the purpose for which the money is required, and must be paid in the order in which it is drawn; but no warrant can be drawn unless there is sufficient money in the Fund to pay it. SEC. 1548. He must draw his warrant on the County and claims. Treasurer for any bill audited by the Trustees of any district and authorized by law in his own favor on the unapportioned county school money for the payment of members of the County Board of Examination; for the binding of school documents, not to exceed twenty dollars a year; for postage and expressage for his office, not to exceed one dollar for each district in his county; and for any other incidental expense of his office which may be authorized by law. State Teachers' Institute to be con ARTICLE IV. TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. SECTION 1558. State Teachers' Institute to be convened, etc. 1559. Appropriations for. 1560. To be held annually in certain counties. 1561. When held in other counties. 1562. Length of sessions. 1563. Pay of teachers in attendance. 1564. Expenses of Institute, how paid. 1565. Counties excepted from the provisions of this Article. SEC. 1558. The Superintendent of Public Instruction. must annually convene and preside over a State Teachers' vened, etc. Institute, which must continue in session not less than three nor more than five days. Appropriations for. SEC. 1559. The sum of five hundred dollars must be appropriated biennially out of any unappropriated moneys in the General Fund for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of such annual institutes. SEC. 1560. counties. Whenever the number of school districts To be held annually in any county is ten or more, the School Superintendent in certain must hold at least one Teachers' Institute in each year, and every teacher employed in a public school in the county must attend such institute. in other SEC. 1561. In any county in which there are less than When held ten school districts the Superintendent may in his discre- counties. tion hold an Institute. sessions. SEC. 1562. Each session of the institute must continue Length of not less than three nor more than five days. SEC. 1563. When the institute is held during the time that teachers are employed in teaching, their pay must not be diminished by reason of their attendance. SEC. 1564. For the payment of the expenses of institutes, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars in any one year must be paid, on the warrant of the Superintendent of each county, out of the unapportioned County School Fund. The Superintendents of two or more counties may unite and hold a joint institute, in which case the expenses must be apportioned by the Superintendents between the counties joining in the institute. Pay of attendance. teachers in Expenses of how paid. Institute, Counties from the excepted provisions SEC. 1565. Any county in which the teachers have an organized County Association or Institute, sustained by a majority of the teachers in the county, and holding of this regular monthly meetings, is excepted from the provisions of this Article. Article. ARTICLE V. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SECTION 1575. Names of districts. 1576. What forms districts. 1577. Formations of new and changing boundaries of old districts. SECTION 1578. Duties of Superintendent on receipt of petition for either. 1579. Duties of Supervisors on same. 1580. New district when not to share in school moneys. 1583. Union Grammar Schools, when to be established. SEC. 1575. Every school district must be designated by the name and style of " District (using the name of the district), of County" (using the name. of the county in which such district is situated); and in that name the Trustees may sue and be sued, and hold and convey property for the use and benefit of such district. A number must not be used as a part of the designation of any school district. SEC. 1576. Each county, city, or incorporated town, unless subdivided by the legislative authority thereof, forms a school district. SEC. 1577. No new district can be formed, nor can the boundaries of any district be changed, unless at least ten heads of familes present a petition to the School Superintendent, setting forth the boundaries of the new district asked for, or the change of boundaries desired, with reasons for the same. SEC. 1578. After giving notice to all parties interested, the School Superintendent must transmit the petition to the Board of Supervisors, with his approval or disapproval, and a note of such changes in the boundaries as he may think advisable indorsed thereon. SEC. 1579. If the School Superintendent approves the petition, the Board of Supervisors must establish the district with boundaries as approved by him, unless by a unanimous vote of the whole Board they establish the district in accordance with the original prayer of the petition, or with such modifications as they may choose to make, or reject it. |