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TITLE IO

Failure of trustee to

close schools

Teachers entitled to

wa es.

Payment of expenses

Annual appropriation

Summer institutes

revocation of such teacher's license, and a wilful failure on the part of trustees to close their schools during the holding of an institute as required, shall be considered sufficient cause for withholding the public moneys to which such districts would otherwise be entitled. Any person under contract to teach in a school in any commissioner district is required to attend an institute, if held for that district, even though at the time the school is not in session, and shall be entitled to receive wages for such attendance.

$7 The treasurer shall pay, on the warrant of the Comptroller, to the order of any one or more of the school commissioners, such sum or sums of money as the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall certify to be due to them for expenses in holding a teachers institute; and, upon the like warrant and certificate to pay to the order of any persons employed by the Superintendent as additional instructors to conduct, instruct, teach or supervise any such teachers institute.

§8 There shall be annually appropriated out of the free school fund the sum of $30,000 for the maintenance of teachers institutes.

§9 There shall be annually appropriated out of the free school fund the sum of $6000, for the establishment and maintenance c summer institutes in accordance with the provisions of this section. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and maintain three summer institutes having a course of at least three weeks duration for the training and instruction of teachers for the common schools of the state, to be located at three convenient and accessible points therein to be selected by him. Such institutes shall be supplied with proper instructors, to be appointed by the State Superintendent for that purpose, utilizing so far as practicable, those who are employed as institute conductors. Admission to said institutes and all the advantages thereof, shall be free to all teachers of the state and those preparing for teaching therein. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish such regulations for the government of such summer institutes as he may deem best, and may establish regulations in regard to examinations thereat and certificates of qualification to be issued to graduates therefrom as shall, in his judgment, best furnish incentives and encouragement to teachers to attend such institutes. The conductor in charge of such institutes shall transmit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction at the close thereof, in such form and at such time as the Superintendent shall prescribe, a full report of such institute, including a list of all

1Added to title to by chapter 156, laws of 1896.

TITLE II

the teachers in attendance, the number of days attended by each teacher, together with such other statistical information as the Superintendent may require. He shall present a full statement of all. the expenses incurred by him in carrying on the institute, with vouchers for all expenditures made, accompanying the same by an affidavit of the correctness of the statements made and accounts presented. The sum of $6,000 is hereby appropriated out of the Appropriation free school fund for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.

TITLE XI

Teachers training classes

Annual

for instruction of teachers

§1 There shall be annually appropriated out of the income of the United States deposit fund, not otherwise appropriated, the ration sum of $30,000 and out of the free school fund the sum of $30,000 for the instruction of competent persons in academies and union schools, in the science and practice of common school teaching, under a course to be prescribed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

academies and

$2 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall designate the Designation of academies and union schools in which such instruction shall be schools given, distributing them among the school commissioner districts of the state, as nearly as may well be, having reference to the number of school districts in each, to location and to the character of the institutions selected.

classes

attendance

instruction

83 Every academy and union school so designated shall instruct Instruction of a class of not less than 10 nor more than 25 scholars, and every scholar admitted to such class shall continue under instruction not less than 16 weeks. Whenever it shall be shown to the satis- Default in faction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction that any pupil on term of attending such class or classes, has been prevented from attending' the same for the full term of 16 weeks, or has attended the first full term, but not the full time in the second term, during any one year, or that for any reason satisfactory to such Superintendent, said class or classes have not been held for the full term of 16 weeks, such Superintendent may excuse such default and allow to the trustees of the academy or union free school in which said class or classes shall have been instructed, pay for such scholar or scholars for the time actually spent in attendance, or during which said class or classes shall have been under instruction, at the rate of $1 for each week's instruction, as provided in section 5

Allowance of pay

TITLE 12

Conditions
of admission,
number of
classes, etc.

Instruction

free

Payments to trustees for

instruction

= Expenses of inspection and supervision

Visitation of classes

commissioners

of this title. The Superintendent shall prescribe the conditions of admission to the classes, the course of instruction and the rules and regulations under which said instruction shall be given, and shall, in his discretion, determine the number of classes which may be formed in any one year, in an academy or union school, and the length of time exceeding 16 weeks during which such instruction may be given.

84 Instruction shall be free to all scholars admitted to such classes, and who have continued in them the length of time required by the third section of this title.

§5 The trustees of all academies and union schools in which such instruction shall be given shall be paid from the appropriations named in the first section of this title at the rate of $1 for each week's instruction for each scholar who has attended for the term of time as required by section 3 of this title, on the certificate of the Superintendent, to be furnished to the Comptroller.

§6 The appropriation provided by this act, for the instruction in academies and union schools in the science and practice of common school teaching, shall be deemed to include, and shall include, the due inspection and supervision of such instruction by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the expenses of such inspection and supervision shall be paid out of said appropriation on vouchers certified by the Superintendent.

$7 Each class organized in any academy or union school under appointment by the Superintendent for instruction in the science. and practice of common school teaching, shall be subject to the visitation of the school commissioner of the district in which such Duty of school academy or union school is situated; and it shall be the duty of said commissioner to advise and assist the principals of said academies or union schools in the organization and management of said classes, and at the close of the term of instruction of said classes, under the direction of the Superintendent, to examine the students in such classes, and to issue teachers certificates to such as show moral character, fitness and scholastic and professional qualifications, worthy thereof.

Departments open to applicants

TITLE XII

State scholarships in Cornell University

§ The several departments of study in Cornell University shall be open to applicants for admission thereto at the lowest rates of expense consistent with its welfare and efficiency, and without distinction as to rank, class, previous occupation or locality. But,

TITLE 12

ships

with a view to equalize its advantages to all parts of the state, the Free scholarinstitution shall receive students to the number of one each year from each assembly district in this state, to be selected as hereinafter provided, and shall give them instruction in any or in all the prescribed branches of study in any department of said institution, free of any tuition fee or of any incidental charges to be paid to said university, unless such incidental charges shall have been made to compensate for materials consumed by said students or for damages needlessly or purposely done by them to the property of said university. The said free instruction shall, moreover, be accorded to said students in consideration of their superior ability, and as a reward for superior scholarship in the academies and public schools of this state. Said students shall be selected as Selection of the Legislature may from time to time direct, and until otherwise ordered as follows:

students

examination

I A competitive examination, under the direction of the Depart- Competitive ment of Public Instruction, shall be held at the county courthouse in each county of the state, upon the first Saturday of June, in each year, by the city superintendents and the school commissioners of the county.

of applicants

2 None but pupils of at least 16 years of age and of six months Qualifications standing in the common schools or academies of the state, during the year immediately preceding the examination, shall be eligible.

examination

3 Such examination shall be upon such subjects as may be Subjects for designated by the president of the university. Question papers prepared by the Department of Public Instruction shall be used, and the examination papers handed in by the different candidates shall be retained by the examiners and forwarded to the Department of Public Instruction.

scholarship,

4 The examiners shall, within 10 days after such examination, Certificate of make and file in the Department of Public Instruction a certifi- filing of cate, in which they shall name all the candidates examined and specify the order of their excellence, and such candidates shall, in the order of their excellence, become entitled to the scholarships belonging to their respective counties.

how filled

5 In case any candidate who may become entitled to a scholar- Vacancies, ship shall fail to claim the same, or shall fail to pass the entrance examination at such university, or shall die, resign, absent himself without leave, be expelled, or, for any other reason, shall abandon his right to or vacate such scholarship either before or after entering thereupon, then the candidate certified to be next entitled in the same county shall become entitled to the same.

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TITLE 12

Leave of

absence, when granted

Preference of candidates

Notices of examinations

Superinten

dent

In case any scholarship belonging to any county shall not be claimed by any candidate resident in that county, the State Superintendent may fill the same by appointing thereto some candidate first entitled to a vacancy in some other county, after notice has been served on the Superintendent or commissioners of schools of said county. In any such case, the president of the university shall at once notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and that officer shall immediately notify the candidate next entitled to the vacant scholarship of his right to the same.

6 Any state student who shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the president of the university that he requires leave of absence, for the purpose of earning funds with which to defray his living expenses while in attendance, may, in the discretion of the president, be granted such leave of absence, and may be allowed a period not exceeding six years from the commencement thereof for the completion of his course at said university.

7 In certifying the qualifications of the candidates, preference shall be given (where other qualifications are equal) to the children of those who have died in the military or naval service of the United States.

8 Notices of the time and place of the examinations shall be given in all the schools having pupils eligible thereto, prior to the first day of January in each year, and shall be published once a week, for three weeks, in at least two newspapers in each county immediately prior to the holding of such examinations. The cost of publishing such notices and the necessary expenses of such examination shall be a charge upon each county, respectively, and shall be audited and paid by the board of supervisors thereof. Duty of State The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall attend to the giving and publishing of the notices hereinbefore provided for. He may, in his discretion, direct that the examination in any county may be held at some other time and place than that above specified, in which case it shall be held as directed by him. He shall keep full records in his department of the reports of the different examiners, showing the age, postoffice address and standing of each candidate, and shall notify candidates of their rights under this act. He shall determine any controversies which may arise under the provisions of this act. He is hereby charged with the general supervision and direction of all matters in connection with the filling of such scholarships. Students enjoying the privileges of free scholarships shall, in common with the other students of said university, be subject to all of the examinations, rules and

a Liabilities and restrictions imposed on students

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