CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 5 Plan of classification____. A. General administrative control and supervision of education_-_ 6 9 B. State finance and support_--- C. Local (county, district, municipal) finance and support. D. Buildings and sites_____ E. Teachers in elementary and secondary schools.... G. Teachers: Professional training and education.. 58 71 84 88 F. Teachers: Employment; contract; appointment; dismissal_ 94 106 O. Technical, industrial, and vocational schools: Elementary and secondary 166 EDUCATION LEGISLATION SERIES. Digest of the laws regulating the administration, character, and finances of the public-school systems of the States of the Union. By Wellford Addis. In Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1893-94, vol. 2, pp. 1063-1300. Digest of school laws. In Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1903-4, vol. 1, pp. 249-518. State school systems: Legislation and judicial decisions relating to public education, October 1, 1904, to October 1, 1906. By Edward C. Elliott. 2d ed. rev. Washington, 1907. 156 p. (Bulletin, 1906, No. 3.) State school systems: Legislation and judicial decisions relating to public education, October 1, 1906, to October 1, 1908. (II) By Edward C. Elliott. Washington, 1909. 364 p. (Bulletin, 1908, No. 7.) State school systems: Legislation and judicial decisions relating to public education, October 1, 1908, to October 1, 1909. (III) By Edward C. Elliott. Washington, 1910. 305 p. (Bulletin, 1910, No. 2.) Legislation and judicial decisions relating to education, October 1, 1909, to October 1, 1912. By James C. Boykin and William R. Hood. Washington, 1913. 304 p. (Bulletin, 1913, No. 55.) Digest of State laws relating to public education in force January 1, 1915. By William R. Hood and others. Washington, 1916. 987 p. (Bulletin, 1915, No. 47.) State laws relating to education, enacted in 1915, 1916, and 1917. By William R. Hood. Washington, 1918. 249 p. (Bulletin, 1918, No. 23.) State laws relating to education, enacted in 1918 and 1919. By William R. Hood. Washington, D. C., 216. p. (Bulletin, 1920, No. 30.) 4 STATE LAWS RELATING TO EDUCATION. INTRODUCTION. The material presented in this compilation constitutes a second supplement to Bulletin, 1915, No. 47, "Digest of State laws relating to public education," the first such supplement having been embodied in Bulletin, 1918, No. 23, "State laws relating to education, enacted in 1915, 1916, and 1917." The period covered extends from January 1, 1918, to December 31, 1919, and the school legislation of all the States and the Territories and insular possessions is included. Six States-Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and South Carolina-hold annual sessions of their legislatures, and their enactments, therefore, appear for both 1918 and 1919. Laws of distinctly local application and ordinary appropriations such as are made from year to year are omitted, except in a few cases where they seem of especial interest. The purpose of these "digests" of school laws is twofold: First, to present for the use of persons wishing it an index of all general State educational legislation; and, second, to summarize the enactments of the period covered in such manner as to show their main provisions and purposes. A third possible value of the work is the "trend" of school legislation which may be seen in it. Without doubt, the States are now enacting their laws in less haphazard fashion than formerly. The tendency to enact laws in the light of the best practice elsewhere and of the experience of other States with like legal provisions is more in evidence as each year passes. The bureau's digests are designed to help along this tendency. The style of this bulletin follows that of the digest of 1915 and the supplement of 1918. A plan of classification embracing about 110 items is arranged, and kindred enactments are grouped under the appropriate heading. It will be observed that the plan begins with general State administrative provisions and proceeds through the entire public-school system. PLAN OF CLASSIFICATION. A. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. a. General. b1. State boards. b2. State oflicers. b3. State inspection of schools. cl. County boards. c2. County officers. d. District, township, and municipal boards and officers. e. School meetings; elections; qualifications of voters. f. Administrative units-districts, townships, municipalities, etc.; formation, division, dissolution. B. STATE FINANCE AND SUPPORT. a. General. b. State school lands. c. Permanent State school funds; composition and investment. d. State taxation for school purposes. e. General apportionment of State school funds; special State aid for elementary education. f. Special State aid for secondary education. C. LOCAL (COUNTY, DISTRICT, MUNICIPAL) FINANCE AND SUPPORT. a. General. b. Local (county, district, municipal) bonds and indebtedness. c. Local (county, district, municipal) taxation for school purposes. d. Poll taxes, etc. D. BUILDINGS AND SITES. a. General. b. State aid; approval of plans. c. Decoration; care; sanitation, inspection, fire escapes. e. United States flag in schools. f. Teachers' cottages. E. TEACHERS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. a. Teachers: Qualifications, general; examination fees. c. Teachers' examinations and certificates: Special. d. Teachers' certificates: Validity; indorsement; registration; revocation. e. Teachers' certificates: Recognition of normal school and college or university diplomas; certificates from other States. F. TEACHERS: EMPLOYMENT; CONTRACT; APPOINTMENT; DISMISSAL. a. General; tenure, duties, etc. b. Teachers' salaries. c. Teachers' pensions. G. TEACHERS: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION. a. University departments and schools of education. b. State normal schools. e. County and local normal and training schools. d. Teachers' institutes and summer schools. H. SCHOOL POPULATION AND ATTENDANCE. a. General; "standard" schools. b. School census. H. SCHOOL POPULATION AND ATTENDANCE-Continued. c. School year; month; day; minimum term. d. School holidays. e. Place of attendance; consolidation of schools; transportation of pupils. f. Compulsory attendance; truancy; truant officers. g. Child labor; employment certificates. h. Separation of the races. I. SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. a. General. b. Corporal punishment. c. Suspension and expulsion. d. Fire drills. e. School fraternities. J. HEALTH REGULATION. a. General. b. Physical examination and medical inspection. c. Vaccination. K. TEXTBOOKS AND SUPPLIES. a. General. b. Free textbooks. c. Uniformity of textbooks. L. SUBJECT MATTER OF INSTRUCTION. a. General; course of study. b. History, civics, and patriotism. c. Physical education; military training. d. Physiology and hygiene; alcohol; narcotics; other health instruction. e. Moral and ethical education; Bible in the schools. f. Humane treatment of animals. g. Music. h. Drawing. i. Technical, manual, and industrial education; household arts. j. Agriculture. k. Days of special observance. 1. Other special subjects. m. Sectarian instruction. n. Modern languages; regulation of instruction in. M. SPECIAL TYPES OF SCHOOL. a. General. b. Kindergartens. c. Evening schools; Americanization; removal of illiteracy. d. Vacation schools; playgrounds; social centers. e. University and school extension; public lectures. f. Farmers' institutes, etc. g. Private and endowed schools; parochial schools. N. SECONDARY EDUCATION: HIGH SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES. a. General. b. High-school inspection. O. TECHNICAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS: ELEMENTARY AND SEC ONDARY. a. General. b. Agriculture. c. Trade. 1. Continuation. |