APPENDIX 1 



REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 



A. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL BOARDS 



1. The school boards shall determine the salary and term of employment of all 

 teachers and shall elect them upon nomination by the superintendent. If 

 they reject any nomination they shall require the superintendent to make 

 further nominations. 



2. They shall employ janitors and other employees required for the proper op- 

 eration of the schools, determine their salaries and terms of employment and 

 prescribe their duties. 



3. They shall authorize all purchases. 



4. They shall make suitable provision for the accommodation of pupils in ap- 

 proved school houses and for transportation and shall provide that all school 

 houses and outbuildings are kept in a clean and proper condition. 



5. They shall seasonably prepare a budget of school expenditures and before 

 September of each year make suitable assignment of the school money to 

 the various needs of the schools. In state aided districts accounts shall be 

 kept as the State Board shall require and shall be open at all times to the 

 inspection of the superintendent or any other ofi(icer of the State Board. 



6. They shall hold meetings for the transaction of business at least once in tvi^o 

 months and shall require the attendance of the superintendent. The sec- 

 retary shall keep a written record of each meeting. 



7. They shall exercise all powers and perform all duties vested in and imposed 

 upon the school board by law or regulations of the State Board which are 

 not committed to the superintendent or by them expressly delegated to him. 



8. They shall upon recommendation of the superintendent and in accordance 

 with the regulations of the State Board determine the subjects of instruc- 

 tion for each of the several grades and the school time to be devoted to each 

 subject. 



B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENTS 



1. The superintendent of schools of each union shall be nominated by the joint 

 board of the union and employed by the State Board of Education. He shall 

 give his entire time to the performance of the duties prescribed by law and 

 by the regulations of the State Board. Assistant superintendents shall be 

 employed in the same manner and shall devote their entire time to the per- 

 formance of the duties delegated to them. 



2. He shall enforce or cause to be enforced the rules of the school board, the 

 regulations of the State Board and all laws relating to the school attendance 



 and employment of children and illiterates. He shall report to the proper 

 ofificers violations of the laws of the state or of the regulations of the State 

 Board relating to the administration of the public or private schools or af- 

 fecting the welfare of children. 



3. He shall direct and supervise the work of all teachers and janitors and shall 

 have all powers necessary to make such direction effective. 



4. He shall nominate all teachers in accordance with the law and the regula- 

 tions of the State Board, subject to such rules governing salary, term of 



• emplo-yrnent, etc., as the school board shall determine. 



