RECORD BOOKS 1. To purchase a record book and such other books, blanks, and stationery as may be necessary to AND STATION- keep a record of the proceedings of the district meetings and of meetings of the board, the accounts of the assessor, and for doing the business of the district in an orderly manner (4672, 24 Mich. 353). ERY. 2. To purchase or lease, in the corporate name of the district, such sites for school houses as have SCHOOL SITES. been lawfully designated; to build, hire or purchase such school houses as may be necessary, out of the fund provided for that purpose; and to make sale of any site or other property of the district, when lawfully directed by the qualified voters (4673). BE RAISED. 3. To estimate the amount necessary to be raised, in addition to other school funds, for the entire AMOUNTS TO support of such schools, including teachers' wages, fuel and other incidental expenses, and for deficiencies of the previous year for such purposes. In districts having less than thirty scholars, such estimate, including the district's share of the primary school interest fund and one-mill tax, must not exceed the sum of fifty dollars a month for the period during which school is held in such district; and when such amount has been estimated and voted by the district board, it is reported for assess ment and collection, the same as other district taxes. When a tax has been estimated and voted by the district MONEY. board under the provisions of this section, and TO BORROW is needed before it can be collected, the district board may borrow to an amount not exceeding the amount of said tax (4674). 4. ANNUAL RE- Between the first and third Mondays in September in each year, to make out and deliver to the township clerk of each township in which any part of the district is situated, a report in writing of all taxes voted by the district during the preceding year, TOWNSHIP CLERK. and of all taxes which said board is authorized to impose, to be levied on the taxable property of the district (4675). 5. To apply and pay over all school moneys belonging to the district, in accordance with the provisions of law regulating the same. SCHOOL ANNUAL RE TRICTS. 6. To present to the district at each annual meeting, a report in writing containing an accurate statePORT TO DIS- ment of all moneys of the district received by them during the preceding year, and of the disbursements made by them, with the items of such receipts and disbursements, such report to contain a statement of all taxes assessed upon the taxable property of the district during the preceding year, the purposes for which such taxes were assessed, and the amount assessed for each particular purpose. Said report is entered by the director in the records of the district (4677). 7. To hire and contract with such duly qualified teachers as may be required, all contracts to be in writ CONTRACT WITH TEACH- CUSTODY OF SCHOOL ing and signed by a majority of the board on behalf of the district (4678). 8. To have the care and custody of the school house and other property of the district, except so far as the same, by vote of the district, be specially confided to the custody of the director, including all books purchased for the use of indigent pupils; to open the school house for public meetings, unless by a vote at a district meeting it shall be determined otherwise: Provided, That said board may exclude such public meetings during the five school days of each week of any and all school terms, or such part thereof as in their discretion they may deem for the best interest of the schools (4679). 9. To specify the studies to be pursued in the schools of the district (4680). RECORD OF 10. On making a selection of text-books, to keep a record thereof in their proceedings; and text-books TEXT-BOOKS once adopted shall not be changed within five years, except by the consent of a majority of the qualified voters of the district present at an annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose. ADOPTED. INSTRUCTION 11. To require each teacher in the public schools of such district, before placing the school register in IN PHYSIOLOGY the hands of the director, to certify therein AND HYGIENE. whether or not required instruction in physiology and hygiene has been given in the school or grade presided over by such teacher; and it is the duty of the director of the district to file with the township clerk a certified copy of such certificate. Any school board neglecting or refusing to comply with this requirement is subject to a fine or forfeiture, the same as for neglect of any other duty pertaining to the office. This applies to all schools in the state, including schools in cities or villages, whether incorporated under special charter or under the general laws (4680). PURCHASE 12. To purchase at the expense of the district, such textbooks as may be necessary for the use of children when parents are not able to furnish the same, and to include the amount of such purchase in the report to the township clerk or clerks, to be levied in like manner as other district taxes (4681). SUSPENSION. 13. To have the general care of the school, and to make and enforce suitable rules and regulations for EXPULSION OR its government and management, and for the preservation of the property of the district. Said board may authorize or order the suspension or expulsion from the school of any pupil guilty of gross misdemeanor or persistent disobedience, whenever, in its judgment, the interests of the school demand it (4682). (See also Chap. X.) NON-RESI- 14. To admit to the district school non-resident pupils, in its discretion, and to determine the rates of tuition of such pupils and collect the same, which tuition shall not be greater than fifteen per cent more than the average cost per capita for the number of pupils of school age in the district (4684). LIBRARY. 15. To have charge of any library which may have been established in the district (5142). It may also doCHARGE OF nate or sell any library book or books belonging to the district, to the board of school inspectors of the township or townships in which the district is wholly or partly situated (4750). 16. To purchase text-books for all the pupils of the district, when authorized by the voters of the district (4775). FREE TEXT- 17. To purchase a flag and flag-staff for each school house, such flag not to be smaller than four feet two inches by eight feet (4802). Board of Education of Graded Schools. The graded school board is composed of five members elected at the annual meeting for a term of three years. At the time of the organization into a graded district, one member is elected for a term of one year, two for terms of two years, and two for terms of three years (4746). As in the case of officers of primary districts, these school officers must be elected by ballot and hold office HOW ELECTED. until their successors are elected and qualified. A majority vote is also necessary. The board elects from its own number the director, moderator, and assessor for one year.* In case of a failure of the board to *NOTE.-Many times in districts organized by special enactment school officers are known by other titles; as president, secretary and treasurer. Unless such special acts plainly prescribe the duties of such officers, the duties belonging to the moderator, director, and assessor are performed by the president, secretary, and treasurer, in the order named respectively. agree in the appointment of its officers, the school inspectors of the township or city are authorized to make the appointment (4747). POWERS AND DUTIES. Besides having the same powers that are possessed by school officers of primary school districts, the officers of graded districts are authorized: 1. To classify and grade the pupils attending school in such district, and cause them to be taught in such schools or departments as they may deem expedient (4748). GRADING OF SCHOOL. TERMS OF 2. To establish in such district a high school, when ordered by a vote of the district at an annual meeting, and to determine the qualifications for admission to such school and the fees to be paid for tuition in any branches taught therein: Provided, That when the parents or guardians of non-resident pupils pay a school tax in said district, the same shall be credited on their tuition a sum not to exceed the amount of such tuition, and they shall only be required to pay tuition for the difference between the amount of the tax and the amount charged for tuition (4748). AUDITING OF 3. To audit and order the payment of all accounts of the director for incidental or other expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his duties; but no more than fifty dollars may be expended by the director in any one year for repairs of the buildings or appurtenances of the district property, without the auority of the board of trustees. CONTRACT 4. To employ all qualified teachers necessary for the several schools, to determine the amount of their WITH TEACH- Compensation, and to require the director and moderator to make contracts with the same on behalf of the district, in accordance with the provisions of law concerning contracts with teachers. ERS. |