Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1907 — Did Well For Public Schools. [ARTICLE]

Did Well For Public Schools.

‘•The sixty-fifth general assemb ly, just is a record breaker in its wori done for education. It did more for the schools han any of its predecess ors for thirty years or more," said Easset! A. Cotton, state superintendent' of public instruction. “The members of the general assembly can not be commended too highly for their intelligent, careful consideration of the educational needs of the state. The chairmen of the committees on education in the senate and house, T. T. Moore and T. D. Slimp, r .spectively, and their associates deserve speci. 1 mention for their faithful and ui_tiring consideration ot the educational bill —before them. The splendid laws enacted will have a far reaching influence in giving Indiana her proper rank in the educational world. NEW SCHOOL LAWS. “The following is a list ot the new school laws, all of which have been signed by the governor: “House bill 680, which provides for an increase .n the state school tax levy from LL6 cents to 13.6 cents. “Senate bill 228 For the first time in the history of education in our state, we now have an educational standard of qualification for teachers in addition to the written examination. “House bill 208. This bill pro vides for a stace normal school system, with the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute as the center of the system. “House bill 552 provides that the township trustees shall abandon all schools in which the daily attendance is twelve pupils or fewer, and that they may abandon schools when the attendance is fifteen or fewer. ““House bill 698 provides that tie local levy for tuition purposes required of the poorer townships and towns before receiving state aid to supporta six-months school shall be 25 ce its, , instead of 40 cents, and that these corporation may, by carrying a4O cents local levy, participate in the state funds to unable them to support a seven-months school. “These, in addition to two or three bill of small interest, are the laws.”