BULLETIN, 1915, NO. 22

WHOLE NUMBER 649

Letter of transmittal....

Preface......

Introduction....

Finance.....

I. Basis for the distribution of State school moneys..

Redistribution by counties on changed basis..

Discussion....

II. Extent of restriction attached to the local expenditure of State school

moneys..

Complete restriction..

Partial restriction...

Discussion....

III. State aid.....

Maintenance of schools...

Employment of qualified teachers and the payment to teachers of a

minimum salary.

CONTENTS.

School libraries..

Erecting and furnishing schoolhouses..

Free texts.....

Local school supervision.......

Enlargement of the sphere of public elementary education.

Vocational education, including manual training....

Day schools for deaf, blind, and crippled children..

Evening schools....

Teaching of local history and geography.

Medical inspection......

Improvement of rural-school conditions..

Rural schools....

Graded schools..

Consolidation...

Transportation..

Increase in average length of school term.

Teachers' institutes...

Discussion....

Tabular summary of purposes for which State aid is granted..

IV. Restrictions upon the right of localities to borrow money and to issue

bonds.....

Authority.

Purpose..

Amount.

Period.....

Denomination...

Rate of interest.

Selling price....

Care of the sinking fund.

State loans to localities...

Other restrictions relating to bond issues..

Discussion....

V. State regulation of the taxing duties and powers of localities

Unspecified, minimum, or fixed requirements.

Regular levy................

Special levy.....

Tabular summary of unspecified, minimum, or fixed tax require-

ments.

Maximum limitations.....

Rate on valuation of taxable property...............

Amount determined by designated bases, or stated as a gross

sum..

Poll tax...

Permissive power to localities to exceed designated maximum..

Tabular summary of maximum tax limitations...

Discussion.....

VI. State intervention..

Transfer of authority from local to State officers..

Levying of taxes....

Duties involving the expenditure of school moneys.

Liability of localities or local officers to the State...

Maintenance of schools......

Apportionment, care, and expenditure of school money.

Provision of sanitary schoolhouses........

Submission of financial reports..

Fire drills.......

Removal of school furniture when building is used for other than

school purposes..

Remission of fines....

Withholding State school moneys................

Maintenance of schools for the time required by law..

Levying and payment of taxes....

Care and expenditure of school moneys and filing of official

bonds....

Submission of reports.....

Return of school enumeration..

Employment of qualified teachers and superintendents and the

payment to them of a minimum salary.................

Provision of specified school accommodations and accessories...

Enforcement of the compulsory-attendance law................

Introduction of specified studies into the curriculum.........

Exclusive use of State-adopted texts and State-course of study.....

Laws relative to medical inspection..........

Exclusion of instruction in foreign tongues..

Exclusion of denominational, sectarian, or partisan instruction..

Nonseparation of pupils because of race or social position..........

Closing of schools during institute session.......

Appointment of a school agent or treasurer and the reporting of

the same..

Performance of all duties specified by law..

Discussion.

VII. General summary..

Local control.

Divided control..

Central control...