transmitted to the county superintendent of the county in which the person entitled thereto resides. [31 G. A., eh. 122. § 13.] NOTES: 1. Report of examination. All certificates are sent to the county superintendent, who should forward them to the persons to whom issued. At the same time, the report of the standing of those who do not receive certificates is sent to the county superintendent, who should at once notify each candidate of his standing. 2. Checking. Immediately upon receipt of the certificates, the county superintendent should check each one with the examination sheet. By doing so, errors may be avoided. SEC. 2734-n Readers-clerical help. Immediately following each examination authorized by this act, the board of examiners shall call to their assistance a sufficient number of competent readers previously selected by the board, ten of whom shall be county superintendents. The county superintendents so chosen shall be known as head readers and shall also constitute a review board in cases of doubt. They shall also make a list of. applicants from each county, nearest the passing mark for a third grade certificate. The head readers shall receive necessary traveling expenses only. All other readers shall receive actual traveling expenses to and from the capitol and not to exceed fifty cents an hour for time actually employed in reading and marking answer papers. Such additional clerical help as may be required may be employed by the board at not to exceed thirty cents per hour for time actually employed. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 14.] SEC. 2734-0. Expenditures certified and paid. All expenditures authorized by this act shall be certified by the superintendent of public instruction to the executive council, who shall cause the auditor of the state to draw warrants therefor upon the treasurer of state, but not to exceed the fees paid into the treasury under the provisions of this act. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 5.1 SEC. 2734-p. Application fee. Each applicant for a certificate shall pay a fee of one dollar, one-half of which shall be paid into the state treasury on or before the first day of the succeeding month, and onehalf shall be paid into the county institute fund. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 16.] NOTES: 1. Fees-collection of. A fee of $1 must be collected from everyone writing an examination either in part or in whole, from everyone applying for a provisional certificate and from everyone applying for the renewal of a certificate. 2. Fees-depositing. One-half of the examination fee collected must be paid into the institute fund and the other half must be forwarded to the treasurer of state, Des Moines, Iowa. These fees should be deposited on the FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. Do not remit to the state treasurer on any other date. SEC. 2734-q. Registration fee. No person shall teach in any public school in this state whose certificate has not been registered with the county superintendent of the county in which such school is located. A registration fee of one dollar shall be charged for each year, or part of the year, for which the certificate or diploma is registered. All registration fees shall be paid into the county institute fund. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 17.] NOTES: 1. Fees. can begin teaching. current school year. A registration fee of $1 is required before a teacher 2. All licenses must be registered. Every person holding either a state certificate, state diploma, a county certificate, a special certificate, or a certificate to teach in kindergartens, who desires to teach in any of the public schools of this state must cause such certificate to be registered with the county superintendent of the county in which he desires to teach, no matter when the certificate is issued, whether before or since October 1, 1906. Opinion of attorney-general. 3. Registration—when not necessary. The holder of a certificate may not be required to have the same registered unless he desires to teach under its authority. SEC. 2734-r. Third grade certificates when not registered. In case a sufficient number of life diplomas, state certificates, first grade certificates, special certificates and second grade certificates are held in any county to supply the schools thereof, it shall not be incumbent on the county superintendent to register third grade certificates. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 18.] SEC. 2734-s. Special examination-provisional certificates. When a sufficient number of licensed teachers cannot be secured to fill the schools of any county, the board of examiners may, upon the request of the county superintendent, appoint a special examination for such county to be conducted in all respects as a regular examination and the answer papers to be forwarded to the president of the board as required in regular examinations, and thereupon provisional certificates may be issued by the educational board of examiners. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 19.] NOTE: 1. Provisional certificates. If, in the opinion of the county superintendent, the exigencies in his county require it, provisional certificates may be issued in sufficient number to permit practically all the schools to be opened. But it should be distinctly understood that provisional certificates are in every instance issued on the recommendation of the county superintendent. The granting of such certificates, where the average falls under the minimum per cent fixed by the board of examiners is not approved. If certificates are required for persons of lower scholarship, the county superintendent, and not the board of examiners, must bear the responsibility for causing their issue. SEC. 2734-t. Certificates where valid-revocations. All certificates provided for in this act shall be valid in any county within the state, when registered in such county, but a provisional certificate shall be valid, upon registration, only in the county in which it is issued and shall be issued for the same time and subject to the same extension as a third grade certificate, but no person shall be entitled to receive more than one provisional certificate, except upon the approval of the county superintendent. Any certificate or diploma issued by the board may be revoked for any cause which would have authorized or required a refusal to grant the same, or in case the holder thereof violates any of the provisions of this act. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 20.] NOTE: 1. Provisional certificates-number. It is the clear intent of the law that a provisional certificate should not be issued a second time to the same person. It is only in exceptional cases that the county superintendent should ask for a second provisional certificate for a teacher. SEC. 2734-u. Revocation of certificate-charges-trial-appeal. When in the judgment of the county superintendent there is probable cause for the revocation of a certificate or diploma held by any teacher employed in his county, or when charges are preferred, supported by affidavits charging incompetency, immorality, intemperance, cruelty, or general neglect of the business of the school, the county superintendent shall within ten days transmit to such person a written statement of the charges preferred and set the time and place for the hearing of the same, at which trial the teacher shall be privileged to be present and make defense. If in the judgment of the county superintendent there is sufficient grounds for the revocation of the certificate or diploma, he shall at once issue in duplicate an order revoking the certificate or diploma, and the same shall become operative, and of full force and effect ten days after the date of its issue, one copy of the order to be mailed to the holder of the certificate and the other to be mailed to the superintendent of public instruction. Provided that the person aggrieved by such order shall have the right to appeal to the superintendent of public instruction within ten days from the date of such mailing and in case of appeal the revocation shall not be effective until the same is affirmed, after full hearing, by the superintendent of public instruction. Provided further, that in the case of life diplomas or state certificates of whatever class, the revocation shall not be effective until affirmed by the educational board of examiners after full review by said board. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 21.] SEC. 2734-v. List of persons holding certificates and attending normal institutes. The county superintendent shall annually, on the first Monday of September, file with the president of the educational board of examiners a list of all persons who for the preceding year have held certificates and have attended the normal institute, with the number of days attendance of each. A similar report of summer school attendance shall be secured by the president of the board. In any subsequent examination or renewal the board may give such credit for institute or summer school attendance as it may determine, any rule adopted to apply equally to all similar cases. [31 G. A., ch. 122, § 22.] COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT-DUTIES. SEC. 2738. Normal institute. The county superintendent shall hold, annually, a normal institute for the instruction of teachers and those who may desire to teach, and, with the concurrence of the superintendent of public instruction, procure such assistance as may be necessary to conduct the same, at such time as the schools in the county are generally closed. To defray the expenses of said institute, he shall require the payment of a registration fee of one dollar from each person attending the normal institutes, and the payment in all cases of one dollar from every applicant for a certificate: provided that, if the applicant is granted a two-years' certificate, he shall pay one dollar additional. He shall monthly, and at the close of each institute, transmit to the county treasurer all moneys so received, including the state appropriation for institutes, to be designated the "institute fund," together with a report of the name of each person so con tributing, and the amount. The board of supervisors may appropriate out of the general fund such additional sum as it may find necessary for the further support of such institute. All disbursements of the institute fund shall be by warrants drawn by the county auditor, who shall draw said warrants upon the written order of the county superintendent, and said written order must be accompanied by an itemized bill for services rendered or expenses incurred in connection with the institute, which bill must be signed and sworn to by the party in whose favor the order is made and must be verified by the county superintendent. All said orders and bills shall be kept on file in the auditor's office until the final settlement of the county superintendent with the board of supervisors at the close of his term of office. No warrant shall be drawn by the auditor in excess of the amount of institute fund then in the county treasury. The county superintendent shall furnish to the county board of supervisors a certified itemized account of the receipts and disbursements of all moneys collected and paid out by him for a normal institute, which account they shall examine, audit and publish a summary thereof with their proceedings next following the holding of the normal institute. The superintendent shall report to the board of supervisors the first of January annually a summary of his official financial transactions for the previous year. [30 G. A., ch. 113; 29 G. A., ch. 123; 27 G. A., ch. 87; 17 G. A., ch. 54; 15 G. A., ch. 57; C. '73, § 1769.] NOTES: 1. Time. The normal institute must be held when the public schools are generally closed. Section 2773 provides that no school may be in session during a teachers' institute, except by written permission of the county superintendent. 2. Plans. County superintendent will determine the time and place, and suggest the names of conductor and instructors for approval. Form 2. 3. Term. The length of time during which the normal institute shall remain in session is left to the discretion of the county superintendent. It cannot be in session less than six working days. See section 2622. The length of time beyond this will depend largely upon the condition of the institute fund. 4. Value. If the proper means are employed, the normal institute can be rendered invaluable to teachers. Young and inexperienced teachers should not expect to receive certificates, unless of the lowest grade, without regularly attending the normal institute. The benefits to be received should secure voluntary and general attendance. 5. Faculty. A conductor of successful experience in institute work, able to give plain, practical instruction in methods of school organization, government and teaching, should be secured early. The other instructors should be superior teachers of recent experience, and usually one or more lady teachers should be employed. 6. Ability should be established. County superintendents should have sufficient evidence of the abilities of their instructors before engaging them In all cases where strangers are employed, references should be required, and inquiries made at the state department will frequently secure the proper knowledge. 7. Director. The superintendent should be director, assuming the general oversight and direction of the institute. He is entitled to his salary for any service in connection with the institute, as for other official duties, but may receive no part of the institute fund. 8. Purpose. These normal institutes are short training schools, their object being to reach and correct the greatest defect found in the schools. The superintendent, in visiting schools, should seek to discover the most prominent defects and wants in the methods of instruction. The normal institute will afford effective means of reaching and correcting these faults. The great object is to instruct teachers how to teach children. 9. Instructors, lecturers, apparatus. In normal institutes, efficient and earnest instructors should be employed. Charts and other appliances should be amply provided. Physicians and scientists may be invited to lecture, and teachers should be exhorted to be sincere, fearless and faithful in the discharge of their duty. 10. Fees. It is apparent that the enrollment fee may not be collected from any one not attending the normal institute. 11. Reports to treasurer. The reports and payments to the county treasurer should be made the first of each month, and at the end of the institute. Forms 6, 7, 8 and 9. 12. Settlement with supervisors. It is the duty of the board of supervisors to settle with the county superintendent, at the close of his term of office, as with other county officers, according to the provisions of the law. 13. Fee changed. The examination fee is in every case one dollar. Section 2734-p. SEC. 2739. Reports. The county superintendent shall annually, on the last Tuesday in August, make a report to the superintendent of public instruction, giving a full abstract of the several reports made to him by the secretaries and treasurers of school boards, stating the manner in and extent to which the requirements of the law regarding instruction in physiology and hygiene are observed, and such other matters as he may be directed by the state superintendent to include therein, or he may think important in showing the actual condition of the schools in his county. At the same time, he shall file with the county auditor a statement of the number of persons of school age in each school township and independent district in the county. He shall also report, as provided by law, to the superintendent of the college for the blind, the name, age, residence and postoffice address of every person, resident of the county, so blind as to be unable to acquire an education in the common schools; to the superintendent of the institution for the deaf and dumb, with the same detail, all persons of school age whose faculties in respect to hearing or speaking are so deficient as to prevent them from acquiring an education in such schools; and to the institution for the feeble-minded, all persons of like age who, because of mental defects, are entitled to admission therein. [31 G. A., ch. 136, §1; 21 G. A., ch. 1, § 2; C. '73, §§ 1771, 1772; R., § 2070.] NOTES: 1. Blanks. The blanks for the annual report of the county superintendent, together with instructions for making the report, are furnished by the superintendent of public instruction. The blanks for the reports to the different institutions should be furnished by the superintendents in charge of such institutions. 2. Tests. The superintendent should test the accuracy of the treasurers' reports by consulting the books of the county treasurer. The amount of the several funds reported received from the district tax, also the amount received from the semi-annual apportionments, must agree with the county treasurer's receipts. 3. Errors. All errors must be corrected. The balances reported on hand in the last report from the district treasurer should the following year be correctly accounted for and should form the first item of such report and be designated: "On hand at last report." 4. Enumeration. The abstract of the enumeration of children in each district should be made with special care, complete and accurate; otherwise the county will not obtain its just proportion of the income of the permanent school fund. |