THE RULES AND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS NORTH CAROLINA 1907 issued from the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction raleigh, n. c. THE RULES AND THE LAW RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS NORTH CAROLINA 1907 issued from the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction raleigh, n. c. 3. First Grade High Sc-liools must provide not less than t\vo years nor more than four years of the prescribed high school course of study, and must maintain an average daily attendance of not less than twenty pupils. 4. Second Grade High Schools must provide not less than one year nor more than two years of the prescribed course of study, and must maintain an average daily attendance of not less than ten pupils. Upon recommendation of the County Superintendent and the High School Inspector, such schools may by permission of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction extend their course of study to three years. 5. The term of every public high school receiving aid under this act must be not less than twenty-eight weeks. THOSE ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS. 1. Every First Grade High School shall be open^ without tui- tion, to all children and all public school teachers of the countj' of sufficient preparation to enter. 2. If there be but one public high school established in a county, whether it be first grade or second, grade, upon . order of the County Board of Education it shall be open, without tuition, to all children and public school teachers of the township or county of sufficient preparation to enter. 3. If there be more than one First Grade or Second Grade High School in a county, the territory to each may be limited and assigned by the County Board of Education. REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION. Pupils who have satisfactorily completed the course of study prescribed for the first seven grades or years in the elementary public schools, or an equivalent course of study, may be admitted to any public high school upon certificates signed by their teachers and countersigned by the County Superintendent, or upon pre- scribed examination on those subjects, according to the discretion of the principal of the high school. APPORTIONMENT OF THE STATE HIGH SCHOOL FUND. 1. On August 1, 1907, the first apportionment of the State high school fund will be made as follows : Counties having one member of the House of Representatives will 1)6 entitled to receive not more than $500 for the establish- ment of one or two schools; comities liaving two members, not more than $750 for the establishment of two or three schools; counties having three members, not more than $1,000 for the establishment of two, three or four schools. If on that date the applications on file exceed the appropriation, they shall be scaled in proportion to the representation of each county in the House of Representatives. In the apportionment the establishment of First Grade High Schools will be encouraged. Every county ought to have at least one First Grade school. 2. After August 1, 1007, the balance of the State high school fund will be available to such counties as shall legally apply for it. before November 15, 1007. Applications from counties not hav- ing previously received any part of the appropriation wall be given preference: and if any balance then remains, it will be apportioned among the other counties having on file applications, as nearly as may be in proportion to the representation of each county in the House of Representatives. FUNDS TO BE PROVIDED BY COUNTY, TOWNSHIP, OR DISTRICT. 1. The county, township, or school district nnist provide for each public high school established an amount at least equal to that contributed by the State, in no case less than .$2.50. 2. In counties receiving aid from the second hundred thousand dollars for a four months' school term, no part of the county school fund shall be used for the establishment of any public high school. In such counties, the local funds for these high schools must be raised by private subscription or by special taxation in the towaiship or school district, as provided in sections 4113, 4114, or 4115, of the public school law. 3. In other counties, the township or school district in which the high school is located shall raise annually by special taxation, or by private subscription, at least as much as the amount re- ceived from the State for high school instruction ; and the County Board of Education shall appropriate from the county fund a sum equal to that raised by the township or district, not to exceed $500. 4. All funds thus provided must l)e used exclusively for high school instruction and paid out separately for that purpose as directed by law. CONTRACTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC OR GRADED SCHOOLS. 1. Part of the funds available for bigli sc-liool instruction in any county may, in the discretion of the County Board of Educa- tion, be used, as directed in section of the law, by contract with the committee or trustees of any public or graded school wherein high school branches are already taught. Such contracts must ])rovide for the admission to such schools of students and public school teachers of the township or county in the high school grades and for the payment of tuition of such who attend from outside the limits of such school district, at a rate- of tuition not to exceed .$2 per school month for each pupil. Under section 6 of the law contracts can be made with the trustees or committee of one exist- ing public high school of the county to admit to the high school grades thereof all public school teachers and children of the county at such rate of tuition for each as may be agreed upon. Only one- half of such tuition, however, can be, paid out of the State appro- l)riation. and the maximum available for this purpose to any county shall not exceed the- maximum amount heretofore fixed for the counties in the apportionment of the State fund. In counties receiving aid from the second hundred thousand dollars, the other half of such tuition shall be provided by district or township taxa- tion, or by private donation; and in other counties at least one- half of this amount must be provided by township or district taxa- tion, or private donation, and the other half may be provided out of the general school fund. Such contracts may be made with graded schools in towns of more than twelve hundred inhabitants, as well as smaller towns. Such contracts may include free tuition for all children and public school teachers of the entire county, or may be limited to one or more townships of the count3\ If, how- ever, all the money available for high school instruction is used in connection with one such school, then the high school grades of that school must be open, without tuition, to all children and teachers of the entire county. 2. The high school course of study in such schools must either conform to the prescribed course or nnist be approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. INSPECTION. All public high schools, aided under tbis act shall be subject to such inspection as may be directed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. PAMPHLET CONTAINING COURSE OF STUDY. " The course of study and additional rules for the operation and management of the public high schools' will be issued in a sepa- rate pamphlet later.' PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL LAW. AX ACT TO STIMULATE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE STATE AND TEACHER TRAINING. The General AssemUy of North Carolina do enact: HIGH SCHOOLS MAY BE MAINTAINED NOT LESS THAN FIVE MONTHS ANNUALLY. Section 1. With tbe consent of the State Board of Education, the County Board of Education in any county may, in its discre- tion, establish and maintain, for a term of not less than five school months in each school year, one or more public high schools for the countj' at such place or places as shall be most convenient for the pupils entitled to attend and most conducive t-o the pur- poses of said school or schools. HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO CONSIST OF THREE PERSONS. Sec. 2. For each public high school established under this act a committee of three persons shall be appointed by the County Board of Education, who shall be known as the School Commit- tee of Public High School of ..." County. The powers, duties and qualifications of said committeemen shall be similar to those of other public school committeemen. They shall be appointed as follows : one for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of 'six years ; and at the expiration of the term of any committeeman his successor shall be appointed for a term of six years: Provided, that in case of death or resignation of any committeeman, his successor shall be appointed for the unexpired term only. Within two weeks after appointment the committee shall meet and elect a chairman and a secretary and enter upon the performance of their duties. RULES, REGULATIONS, AND COURSE OF STUDY. Sec. .3. All public high schools established and maintained under the provisions of this act shall be operated by the County Board of Education under such general rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Education. The courses of study for such high schools and the requirements for admission to them shall be prescribed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion. INSPECTION. CERTIFICATES. AND MINIMUM SALARY OF TEACHERS. Sec. 4. It shajl be the duty of the County Board of Education to locate all high schools established under this act, to furnish the State Superintendent of Public Instruction with such information relative to said schools as he may require and to make such local rules and regulations for the conduct of said schools as may be necessary : Provided, that before any State funds shall be appro- priated for the support of any public high school, the State Super- intendent of Public Instruction shall cause the same to be inspected by some competent person to see that suitable arrangements have been made for giving high school instruction and to enable said school to conform to all the requirements of this act and to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education : Provided further, that lio one shall teach in any public high school that receives State funds under this act who does not hold a high school teacher's certificate from the State Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction, who shall have power to prescribe a standard of scholarship and examination for same: and: provided further. that no one shall be employed as teacher in such high school with- out the approval and recommendation of the County Superintend- ent. The minimum salary of any public high school teacher hold- ing such certificate and employed as high school teacher in such high school shall be forty dollars per school month. HIGH SCHOOLS AIDED MUST HAVE THREE TEACHERS. Sec 5. Before any high school shall be established under the provisions of this act, the committee or conmiittees establishing such school shall first provide for thorough instruction, for at least five months in each school year, in all branches of study required to be taught in the public schools of the State ; and no school shall be entitled to the benefit of this act in which less than three teachers are employed. [Each school must have at least two teachers in addition to the high school teacher.] arrangement for free TUITION IN HIGH SCHOOLS already ESTABLISHED. Sec. 6. The County Board of Education of any county may enter into an agreement with the board of trustees or the com- 10 mittee of one public bigli school of the county to permit all chil- dren of said county of school age who are prepared to enter such high school and all public school teachers of said county desiring high school instruction to attend such school free, the rate of tuition for each pupil in each high school grade to be fixed by agreement with said County Board of Education, and paid as follows : one-half out of a fund set aside by the County Board of Education from the county school fund for that purpose, and one- half out of the special State appropriation hereinafter provided, under such rules as the State Board of Education may prescribe: Provided, that the sum apportioned by the County Board of Edu- cation for this purpose shall not exceed five hundred dollars and the sum apportioned by the State Board of Education for the same purpose shall not exceed that apportioned by the County Board of Education: Provided further, that the course of study in such high school shall be approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. CONDITIONS OF STATE AID. Sec. 7. The County Superintendent of Schools in any county in which said public high school or high schools shall be established shall give due notice of the same to the State Board of Education before any State funds shall be appropriated for the support of said school or schools. And when the County Treasurer of any county shall certify to the State Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion that as much as two hundred and fifty dollars has been placed to the credit of any public high school established and inspected as provided for in this act, thereupon a State warrant shall be issued upon requisition of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for two hundred and fifty dollars and sent to the Treasurer of the county in which such high school is located, to be placed to the credit of said high school, and paid out exclusively for the support of said high school on the warrant of the high school committee, approved by the County Superintendent of Schools. The Treasurer of each county in which such public high school or schools shall be established shall keep a separate account of the public high school fund, and at the end of each school year he shall make to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and to the County Board of Education a report of all receipts and disbursements of said fund. 11 MAXIMUM STATE AID ^.lOO. AND INCUMBER OF SCHOOLS AIDED IN ONE COUNTY LIMITED TO FOUK. SiEC. 8. If a larger amount than two Inindred and fifty dollars be provided by taxation, or by private donation, or by local ap- propriation, or otherwise, for the support of any public high school established and maintained under the provisions of this act, then the State shall contribute a like amount: Provided, that the State shall not contribute more than five hundred dollars in any one school year for the support of any one high school: Provided further, that not more than four public high schools in any one county shall be entitled under the provisions of this act to receive State funds. NO SCHOOLS AIDED IN TOWNS OF MORE THAN 1,200. Sec 9. High schools may not be established under this act in towns of more than twelve hundred inhabitants. Contracts, how- ever, may be made between the County Board of Education and the committee or trustees of any public or graded school wherein high school branches are taught. Such contract shall provide for the admission to such school of students in high school grades and of public school teachers of any township, townships^ or of the county, and for the payment of tuition by the County Board of Education for teachers and children so attending from outside the limits of said school district, and the tuition in no case to exceed two dollars per month. Upon the making and approval of such contract and the deposit with the County Treasurer of an amount sufficient to pay one-half of amount estimated to be necessary for such purpose either by direct appropriation by the County Board of Education from a fund set aside for that purpose or by private donation, then upon proper certification of such facts a State war- rant shall be issued for equal amount payable to County Treasurer upon request of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction : Provided, that no aid may be given by the State in cases where under the contract less than one hundred dollars is needed to pay the tuition, and that the State may not in any case be called on for more than five hundred dollars: Provided further, that the course of study of such school shall be submitted to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and approved by hiuL SUM OF .$oO,000 ANNUALLY APPROPRIATED. Sec. 10. The sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby annually appropriated for the pur- 12 poses of high school instruction and teacher training provided for in this act. The State Board of Education shall have the power to fix such rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of this act as may be necessary for the proper distribu- tion of this fund. TEACHER-TRAINING SCHOOL TO BE ESTABLISHED. Sec. 11. That there shall be established and maintained at some suitable point in eastern North Carolina a Teachers' Training School for the training of young white men and women, under the corporate name of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School. LOCATION OF TRAINING SCHOOL BY STATE BOARD. Sec 12. That said school shall be located by the State Board of Education at such point in eastern North Carolina as they may deem proper, and shall be located in or near that town offering the largest financial aid, having due regard to desirability and suitability for the location of said school. PURPOSE or TRAINING SCHOOL AND COURSE OF STUDY. Sec 13. That the object in establishing and maintaining said school shall be to give to young white men and women such edu- cation and training as shall fit and qualify them for teaching in the public schools of North Carolina. And the board of trustees hereinafter provided for in prescribing the course of study of said school shall lay special emphasis on those subjects taught in the public schools of the State, and on the art and science of teaching. And in no event shall they prescribe a curriculum beyoixl that which would fit and prepare a student for unconditional entrance into the freshman class of the University of North Carolina. TUITION free to PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS. Sec 14. That tuition in said school shall be free to those who signify their intention to teach for such time and upon such con- ditions as may be prescribed by the board of trustees,- and the board of trustees upon the recommendation of the faculty shall give those students in said school who have completed the required course a certificate of proficiency in the work done. MANAGEMENT OF TRAINING SCHOOL. Sec 15. That said school shall be managed by a board of trus- tees, consisting of nine persons, together with the State Superin- 13 tenclent of Public Instruction, as chairman, ex offlcio, said trustees to be appointed by the State Board of Education : Provided, that two members of the said board shall be selected from the First Congressional District, t\YO from the Second, t\YO from the Third, two from the Fourth, and one from the Sixth, whose term of office shall be six years : Provided further, that of the trustees first elected three shall hold office for two years, three for four years, and three for six years. Said term of office to begin on the fif- teenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven. That the State Board of Education shall appoint trustees for the full term of six years upon the expiration of the term of office of any member of this board ; vacancies occurring by death or resig- nation of any member of this board shall be filled by appointment of the State Board of Education for the unexpired term. AH trustees shall take oath to perform faithfully their duties as required by this act, and shall hold office until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The board of trustees shall report biennially to the Governor before the meeting of each General Assembly the operation and condition of said school. POWERS OF TRUSTEES. Sec. 16. That said board of trustees above provided for, upon their election and qualification, shall be and become a body cor- porate 'and politic, with all the powers usually conferred upon such bodies and necessary to enable them to acquire and hold property, manage and conduct said school, and do all other things necessary for the carrying out of the provisions and purposes of this act. Sec. 17. That as soon as said school shall have been located by the State Board of Education and the trustees herein provided for shall have qualified, the chairman shall call a meeting of said trustees for the purpose of organizing said board as soon as practicable. After said organization the said trustees shall pro- ceed to build and equip the necessary buildings for said school and shall make such rules and regulations for the government of said school as they may deem proper : Provided, that no rules shall be made that would discriminate against one county in favor of another in the admission of pupils into said school. AMOUNT OF STATE AID AND LOCAL AID FOR BUILDINGS AND SITE. Sec 18. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) be and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid, from any funds in the hands of the State Treasurer not otherwise appropriated, for 14 • the purpose of aiding in erecting and equipping the buildings for said school, one-half of said sum to be paid in one thousand nine hundred and seven and one-half in one thousand nine hundred and eight: Provided, that the town or community in which said school is located shall contribute the sum of not less than twenty- five thousand dollars ($25,000) toward the construction and equip- ment of said buildings, and the title to said buildings shall be in and held by the State Board of Education. STATE AID FOR SUPPORT OF TRAINING SCHOOL. Sec. 19. When it shall be certified to the State Board of Edu- cation by the trustees that said buildings of said school are com- pleted and ready to be occupied, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) annually shall be and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of maintaining said school, to be paid out of the special appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) herein appropriated for high school instruction and teacher training. Sec 20. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratifi- cation. In the General Assembly read three times, and ratified this the 8th dav of March. A. D. 1907. Sm.Z.'SS'mi omjsW