ARTICLE VII. BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND VIII. DISTRICT CENSUS MARSHALS. IX. CLERKS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. X. SCHOOLS. XI. PUPILS. XII. TEACHERS. XIII. DISTRICT LIBRARIES. XIV. EDUCATIONAL JOURnal. XV. STATE BOARD OF EXAMINATION. XVII. CITY BOARDS OF EXAMINATION. XVIII. COUNTY SCHOOL TAX. XIX. DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX. XX. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO SCHOOL FUNDS AND TAXES. XXI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC ARTICLE I. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SECTION 1517. Board, how constituted. 1518. Organization of. 1519. Concurrence of a majority of all members necessary. 1521. General powers and duties of. 1522. Traveling expenses of. consti 1517. The State Board of Education consists of Board, how the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruc- tuted. tion, the Principal of the State Normal School, and the School Superintendents of San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sonoma, and San Joaquin Counties. NOTE.-Const., Article IX, Section 1, provides for a Superintendent of Public Instruction. Section 2 makes it obligatory on the Legislature to encourage education, and provides a School Fund. Section 3 provides for a common school system, and for a school at least three months in each year. Section 4 provides for a University on the proceeds of the grants of land for educational purposes.-See Doll vs. Meador, 16 Cal., p. 295; Megerle vs. Ashe, 27 id., p. 322; Bludworth vs. Lake, 33 id., p. 255; Wyman vs. Banvard, 22 Cal., p. 524. Organization of. Concurrence of a majority of all 1518. The Governor is the President, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction the Secretary of the Board. 1519. A concurrence of a majority of all the memmembers bers is necessary to the validity of any act of the Board. necessary. Meetings of. General powers and duties of. Traveling expenses of. 1520. The Board meets at the call of the Secretary, and not less than twice in each year. 1521. The powers and duties of the Board are as follows: 1. To adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this State for its own government and for the government of the public schools and district school libraries; 2. To prescribe and enforce rules for the examination of teachers; 3. To prescribe a standard of proficiency before a County Board of Examination which will entitle a person examined by such Board to a State certificate; 4. To prescribe and enfore the course of study in the public schools; 5. To prescribe and enforce the use of a uniform series of text books in the public schools, except in incorporated cities and towns; 6. To adopt a list of books for district school libraries; 7. To grant life diplomas; 8. To review, on appeal, an order revoking a State certificate or diploma; 9. To have done by the State Printer any printing required by it; 10. To adopt and use in the authentication of its acts an official seal; 11. To keep a record of its proceedings. 1522. The actual traveling expenses of the members incurred in attending the meetings of the Board must be audited by the Controller, and paid out of the General Fund in the State Treasury. 'ARTICLE II. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. SECTION 1532. General duties of Superintendent. 1532. It is the duty of the Superintendent of Pub- General lic Instruction: 1. To superintend the public schools of this State; 2. To report to the Governor a statement of the condition of the State Normal School, and other educational institutions supported by the State, and of the public schools; 3. To accompany his report with tabular statements showing the number of school children in the State, the number attending public schools, and the average attendance; the number attending private schools, and the number not attending school; the amount of State School Fund apportioned, and sources from which derived; the amount raised by county and direct taxes, or from other sources of revenue, for school purposes; and the amount expended for salaries of teachers and for building school houses; 4. To apportion the school funds, and furnish the Controller, Board of Examiners, and each County Treasurer and School Superintendent with an abstract of such apportionment; 5. To draw his order on the Controller in favor of each County Treasurer for the school moneys appor tioned to the county; 6. To prepare, have printed, and furnished to all officers charged with the administration of the laws relating to public schools, and to teachers, such blank forms and books as may be necessary to the discharge of their duties; duties of Superintendent. Same. 7. To have the law relating to public schools printed in a pamphlet form, and annex thereto forms for making reports and conducting school business, the course of study, rules, and regulations, a list of text books and library books, and such suggestions on school architecture as he may deem useful; 8. To supply school officers and teachers, school libraries and State libraries, with one copy each of the pamphlet mentioned in the preceding subdivision; 9. To visit the several orphan asylums to which State appropriations are made, and examine into the course of instruction therein; 10. To visit the schools of the different counties, and inquire into their condition; 11. To authenticate with his official seal all drafts or orders drawn by him, and all papers and writings issued from his office; 12. To have bound, at an annual expense of not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, all valuable school reports, journals, and documents in his office or hereafter received by him. Who is eligible. ARTICLE III. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. SECTION 1542. Who is eligible. 1543. General duties of School Superintendents. 1544. Forfeiture for failure to report. 1545. May appoint teachers and open schools, when. 1546. May direct repairs, etc., when. 1547. Warrants drawn by him. 1548. Same, for expenses and claims. 1549. May appoint deputies. 1550. Compensation of Deputy in San Francisco. 1542. No person is eligible to the office of School Superintendent who is not a professional teacher, possessing a first grade certificate. NOTE.-Const., Art. IX, Sec. 1. 1543. It is the duty of the School Superintendent General of each county: duties of School Superin 1. To apportion the school moneys to each school tendents. 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 temporary certificates, 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; 8. To distribute all laws, reports, circulars, instructions, 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; 40-VOL. I. |