SCHOOL REPORT 



(Continued from page 14) 



in community unit districts and high 

 school districts. The law requires a 

 minimum population figure of 2,000 

 as one of the requirements for the estab- 

 lishment of either a high school or a 

 community unit. 



9. "Where non-high territory in 

 any county has been reduced to 

 less than 10 per cent of the entire 

 area of the county, the non-high 

 school board and the county super- 

 intendent of schools should allo- 

 cate the territory to existing or 

 new high school districts, subject 

 to the approval of the superin- 

 tendent of public instruction. 

 Page 65. 



H.B. 1070 passed in 1949 provides 

 that all non-high districts shall be abol- 

 ished prior to July 1, 1953. 



10. "Legislation should be en- 

 acted providing that in all in- 

 stances where public transporta- 

 doa is not available, elementary 



fiupils living more than two miles 

 rom school, and all high school 



ftupils living more than three miles 

 rom school should be transported 



at district and state expense." Page 



30. 



After non-high territory is abolished 

 high school pupils shall he transported 

 if no high school is established in such 

 territory that was formerly non-high. 

 No new high school can be established 

 there if its population base is smaller 

 than 2.000. 



11. "The closing of some schools 

 and the transporting of the pupils 

 to a neighboring district is an 

 emergency and temporary arrange- 

 ment. More permanent arrange- 

 ments must be made." Page 54. 

 H.B. 1071 passed in 1949 provides 



that any school district that failed to 

 maintain a public school for two con- 

 secutive years after June 30, 1949 shall 

 be dissolved and attached to adjoining 

 districts. 



12. "Under the present law pro- 

 viding for 'Community Consoli- 

 dated Districts', in cases where the 

 reorganization involves both in- 

 corporated and unincorptorated 

 areas, separate votes are required 

 in each area and the organization 

 of the new larger district can pro- 

 ceed only if the votes are favorable 



in both areas." Page 58. 



Both the School Survey Act of 1945 

 and the Community Unit Act of 1947 

 provide for a separate vote in rural and 

 urban territories. 



13. "Teachers and teaching, es- 

 pecially in the rural elementary 

 schools, should be much more 

 carefully supervised. Each county 

 should have from one to three 

 rural school supervisors." Page 

 62-63. 



Legislation adopted in 1945 provided 

 for the appointment by the county 

 superintendent of schools of one rural 

 school supervisor in each county. In 

 view of the rather rapid and widespread 

 progress of reorganization, many of 

 these supervisors are no longer needed 

 and their jobs may be discontinued. 



14. "Every effort should be made 

 to secure and retain the very best 

 of teachers for rural schools. 

 Teachers' salaries should be in- 

 creased substantially." Page 63. 

 Increased state aid has enabled all 



districts to pay better salaries, which 

 over a period of years should attract 

 and retain better teacher talent and en- 

 able many teachers now on die job 



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