STATUTE 
 BY-LAWS 
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 DEPARTMENT of 
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 CITY of SYRACUSE 
 
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 STATUTE 
 
 ESTABLISHING 
 
 DEPARTMENT of 
 PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 
 
 IN THE CITY of 
 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
 
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STATUTES 
 
 CHAP. 543. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for a department of public 
 instruction in the city of Syracuse. 
 
 Became a law, June 21, 1907, with the approval 
 of the Governor. Passed, three- 
 fifths being present. 
 
 Accepted by the city. 
 
 The People of the State of New York, repre¬ 
 sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol¬ 
 lows: 
 
 Section 1. 
 
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 Department of public instruction 
 established. 
 
 Officers and subordinates. 
 
 Official undertakings. 
 
 Powers and duties of the board. 
 Superintendent of schools; duties. 
 Clerk; duties. 
 
 Superintendent of repairs; duties. 
 Regulation of salaries. 
 
 School libraries. 
 
 Appointment and qualifications of 
 principals and teachers. 
 
 Text books. 
 
 State school money. 
 
 School buildings. 
 
 Construction of act. 
 
 Saving clause. 
 
 Construction of provisions. 
 
 Laws repealed. 
 
 Section 1. Department of public instruction 
 established. —A department of public instruction 
 in and for the city of Syracuse is hereby estab¬ 
 lished. There shall be a board of education, com¬ 
 posed of seven members, to be called commission¬ 
 ers of education, who shall be elected by the 
 
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 Establishment 
 
 department. 
 
 Board of 
 education. 
 
 How chosen. 
 
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 Term of office. 
 
 To serve with¬ 
 out compensation. 
 
 Officers of board. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
 Superintendent 
 of schools. 
 
 Superintendent 
 of repairs. 
 
 electors of the city at large. Said board shall be 
 the head of the department of public instruction, 
 and the representative of the school system of 
 the city in its entirety. The terms of said com¬ 
 missioners shall be four years, to commence 
 January first following their election. The first 
 commissioners of education shall be those hold¬ 
 ing office at the time this act takes effect, and who 
 shall continue to hold their offices until the ex¬ 
 piration of the terms for which they were sev¬ 
 erally elected. Their successors shall be elected 
 at the biennial city election next preceding the 
 expiration of their respective terms of office, in 
 the same manner as other city officers. Said com¬ 
 missioners shall serve without compensation. 
 
 Sec. 2. Officers and subordinates .—The board 
 shall appoint one of its members president, who 
 shall exercise all of the powers usually incident 
 to such office. It shall appoint, to hold office for 
 a term of four years, unless sooner removed, a 
 clerk who shall perform the duties hereinafter 
 specified and shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as shall be determined by the board 
 of estimate and apportionment. It shall also ap¬ 
 point to hold office for a term of four years, un¬ 
 less sooner removed, a suitable person, to be 
 superintendent of schools, who shall exercise the 
 powers and discharge the duties hereinafter de¬ 
 fined, and shall receive such compensation for 
 his service as the board of estimate and appor¬ 
 tionment may determine. It may also appoint a 
 superintendent of repairs, and such other subor¬ 
 dinates, including principals, teachers, attendance 
 or truant officers, and janitors or custodians of 
 schools as the public school system of the city 
 may require, and, subject to the approval of the 
 board of estimate and apportionment shall fix 
 and determine the salaries or compensation of 
 all such officers, and subordinates, within the 
 appropriation made therefor. The present officers, 
 appointees and employes of the board of educa¬ 
 tion shall continue to hold their respective offices 
 
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 during the terms for which they have been re¬ 
 spectively appointed. All appropriations of pub¬ 
 lic moneys made for the payment of salaries and 
 compensation of officers and subordinates of the 
 department of public instruction shall be paid 
 monthly, after certification by the president of 
 the board of education, by the city treasurer 
 upon the warrant of the city comptroller, in the 
 same manner as the salaries of the other city 
 officers. The commissioners and subordinates 
 shall be deemed to be city officers of the city, and 
 shall be subject to all the provisions of law ap¬ 
 plicable to such city officers. 
 
 Sec. 3. Official undertakings .—The superin¬ 
 tendent of schools and the clerk shall each, be¬ 
 fore entering upon the discharge of the duties 
 of his office, execute and file with the city clerk 
 an official undertaking conditioned upon the faith¬ 
 ful discharge of the duties of his office, in such 
 sum as shall be prescribed by the common coun¬ 
 cil ; such undertakings to be approved as to form 
 and validity by the corporation counsel, and as 
 to the sufficiency of the sureties by the mayor. 
 
 Sec. 4. Powers and duties of the board .— 
 The board of education shall have the sole and 
 exclusive government, management, care and con¬ 
 trol of the public school system of the city, sub¬ 
 ject only to the general statutes of the state 
 relative to public schools and public school in¬ 
 struction not inconsistent with the provisions of 
 this act. It shall have the sole and exclusive 
 care, custody, control, management and safe 
 keeping of all property owned or used for school 
 purposes. It shall have full power and authority 
 to approve all plans for new school buildings; 
 to make rules and regulations for the government 
 of the schools; prescribe courses of study and 
 text books; provide the schools with necessary 
 apparatus, equipment, furniture and supplies; 
 supply the requisite text books and stationery 
 for the use of the pupils, when required by law; 
 
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 Salaries to be 
 paid monthly. 
 
 Commissioners 
 and employees 
 city officers. 
 
 Superintendent 
 and clerk to 
 file bond. 
 
 Board has 
 exclusive 
 management of 
 schools and 
 school property. 
 
 Has power to 
 approve plans of 
 new buildings. 
 
 Shall provide 
 equipment. 
 
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 Shall determine 
 qualifications of 
 principals and 
 teachers. 
 
 Shall assign and 
 transfer 
 principals and 
 teachers. 
 
 Shall prescribe 
 rules for 
 admission of 
 non-residents. 
 
 May establish 
 rules. 
 
 Shall administer 
 all moneys for 
 educational 
 purposes. 
 
 exchange old text books for new; change the 
 grades of schools and classes therein, and estab¬ 
 lish new schools; license and fix standards of 
 qualification as necessary requirements for serv¬ 
 ice of all principals and teachers in the schools, 
 which requirements may be higher, but not lower, 
 than the minimum qualifications required by the 
 general laws of the state; assign and transfer 
 principals, teachers and pupils to schools and 
 from one school to another, and provide for the 
 graduation of all pupils from all grades of 
 schools; allow teachers extra pay for extra work, 
 and employ and fix the compensation of such ex¬ 
 tra teachers as may be required, within the ap¬ 
 propriation made for teachers’ wages; prescribe 
 rules and regulations for the admission of non¬ 
 resident pupils to the schools of the city and fix 
 the tuition to be paid therefor; and shall have all 
 the powers and discharge all the duties conferred 
 or imposed by law upon commissioners of com¬ 
 mon schools and trustees of the several school 
 districts of the state, so far as the same are ap¬ 
 plicable to the schools of the city and are not in¬ 
 consistent with the provisions of this act. In 
 the execution of the powers and authority vested 
 in it the board may establish such rules and regu¬ 
 lations as it may deem necessary for the promo¬ 
 tion of the welfare and best interests of the pub¬ 
 lic schools and the public school system of the 
 city. The board shall administer all moneys ap¬ 
 propriated or available for educational purposes, 
 provided that all purchases or expenditures made, 
 or expenses or indebtedness incurred by said 
 board, or in said department, shall be made, au¬ 
 dited and paid in the same manner and subject 
 to the same conditions and limitations as are pro¬ 
 vided by law for expenditures made by other 
 city departments. The enumeration of specific 
 powers herein shall not be deemed to exclude or 
 limit the exercise of powers not so enumerated. 
 
 Sec. 5. Superintendent of schools; duties .— 
 It shall be the duty of the superintendent of 
 
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 schools, under the general supervision and direc¬ 
 tion of the board of education, to visit the several 
 schools of the city at frequent intervals; to in¬ 
 quire into the character of the instruction, man¬ 
 agement and discipline; to advise and encourage 
 the pupils and teachers; to enfore the rules and 
 regulations of the board of education; to main¬ 
 tain and enforce proper discipline in the manage¬ 
 ment and conduct of the schools, and in connec¬ 
 tion therewith may suspend any pupil alleged to 
 be guilty of misconduct or insubordination, and 
 may likewise suspend any teacher, principal or 
 employe, but shall immediately report such disci¬ 
 pline with his reasons therefor to the board of 
 education; to report to the board of education 
 any inefficiency or misconduct on the part of 
 principals, teachers and employes; to supervise 
 the enforcement of the compulsory education 
 law and direct truant officers in the discharge 
 of their duties; to have charge of the school li¬ 
 braries ; and to perform such other duties as shall 
 be prescribed by or delegated to him by the board 
 of education. 
 
 Sec. 6. Clerk; duties .—The clerk shall keep 
 all records of the board and shall have charge, 
 custody and control of the rooms, books, papers, 
 documents and records of the department and 
 shall perform such other duties as shall be re¬ 
 quired by the board of education. He is hereby 
 authorized to administer oaths and take affida¬ 
 vits in all matters appertaining to the schools or 
 school system of the city and for that purpose 
 shall possess all the powers of a commissioner 
 of deeds, but shall not be entitled to any of the 
 fees or emoluments thereof. 
 
 Sec. 7. Superintendent of repairs; duties .— 
 The superintendent of repairs shall, under the 
 direction of the board, have charge of keeping 
 in repair the school buildings, school furniture 
 and equipment, heating and other apparatus and 
 appliances for carrying on school work; and for 
 
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 Superintendent 
 of schools: 
 duties. 
 
 Clerk: duties. 
 
 Superintendent 
 of repairs: 
 duties. 
 
Regulation of 
 salaries. 
 
 Libraries. 
 
 Appointments 
 to be made 
 from merit 
 lists. 
 
 Basis of 
 ranking. 
 
 Educational 
 qualifications of 
 principals and 
 high school 
 teachers. 
 
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 such purposes may, subject to the approval of the 
 board, and within the appropriation made there- . 
 for, employ such assistants as may be necessary. 
 
 Sec. 8 . Regulation of salaries. —The salaries 
 of all principals and teachers shall be regulated 
 so far as practicable, according to merit, grade 
 of class taught, length of service in teaching or 
 by a combination of these considerations, in ac¬ 
 cordance with a uniform of* schedule. 
 
 Sec. 9. School libraries. —The board of educa¬ 
 tion shall be the sole trustee of the several school 
 libraries in said city. It shall provide for the safe 
 keeping of the same and all provisions of law 
 relative to district school libraries shall be ap¬ 
 plicable thereto. It shall be vested with the same 
 discretion as to the disposition of all moneys ap¬ 
 propriated by any laws of the state for the pur¬ 
 pose of school libraries as is conferred by law 
 upon the inhabitants of school districts. 
 
 Sec. 10. Appointments and qualifications of 
 principals and teachers. —All appointments to po¬ 
 sitions of teachers in the public schools of the 
 city, except principals and vice-principals of 
 schools, heads of departments of high schools, 
 and special teachers of drawing, music, physical 
 culture, writing, sloyd, stenography and domestic 
 science, shall be made from a merit list to be 
 ascertained and established in accordance with 
 such rules and regulations as the board of edu¬ 
 cation shall prescribe. The applicants on said 
 list shall be graded and classified according to a 
 combination of qualifications which shall include 
 scholarship, ability to teach, experience and abil¬ 
 ity in school and class room discipline and man¬ 
 agement, and general merit and fitness. No per¬ 
 son shall be appointed to the position of princi¬ 
 pal of a high school or of a grammar school, or 
 teacher of a high school, who is not a graduate 
 of a normal school, college or university, recog- 
 
 *So in original. 
 
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 nized by the regents of the university of the state 
 of New York, and has not had at least two years’ 
 successful experience in teaching, and no person 
 shall be appointed as teacher in a grammar school 
 or kindergarten who is not a graduate of a nor¬ 
 mal school or who has not pursued a course in 
 pedagogy in a state training school for at least 
 one year. The provisions of this section as to 
 qualifications or eligibility shall not apply to any 
 principal or teacher now in the employ of the 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 11. Text books .—Text books shall be fur¬ 
 nished free of expense to all pupils of the com¬ 
 mon schools of said city of all grades below that 
 of high school. Such books shall be and remain 
 the property of the city and the board of educa¬ 
 tion shall provide for the care and preservation 
 of the same. No text book of which any officer 
 or subordinate of the department is the author, 
 or in the publication or sale of which any such 
 officer or subordinate is in any way interested, 
 shall be adopted for use in any of the schools 
 of the city unless the same shall have been adopt¬ 
 ed and shall be in use in the public schools of 
 at least five other cities of the state. 
 
 Sec. 12. State school money .—Whenever the 
 city clerk shall receive notice from the state com¬ 
 missioner of education of the amount of moneys 
 apportioned to said city for the support and en¬ 
 couragement of common schools therein, he shall 
 immediately lay the same before the city comp¬ 
 troller and treasurer, and the treasurer shall ap¬ 
 ply for and receive the moneys apportioned to 
 the said city as soon as the same become payable 
 and place the same in the city treasury, and the 
 same shall be applicable for the reduction of gen¬ 
 eral taxation. 
 
 Sec. 13. School buildings .—The commissioner 
 of public works shall have the power, when au¬ 
 thorized so to do by the board of estimate and 
 apportionment for, on behalf of and in the name 
 
 Free text books. 
 
 No officer to be 
 interested in. 
 
 State 
 
 apportionment. 
 
 School property: 
 how acquired. 
 
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 Board to 
 approve plans 
 buildings. 
 
 Specifications. 
 
 Stairways, etc. 
 
 of the city of Syracuse, to acquire by purchase 
 or condemnation or to lease such real property 
 as may be required for school purposes; to super¬ 
 intend the planning and construction of new 
 school buildings; and to dispose of such real prop¬ 
 erty owned and used for school purposes as shall 
 no longer be required therefor. No school build- 
 of ing or addition to a school building shall here¬ 
 after be erected until the plans, specifications and 
 detailed drawings for the same shall have been 
 approved by the superintendent of public works 
 and board of education and their respective ap¬ 
 provals endorsed thereon. Such plans and speci¬ 
 fications shall show in detail the ventilation, heat¬ 
 ing, lighting, plumbing and sanitary arrangements 
 of such buildings. No plan or specifications for 
 the erection of any school building or addition 
 to a school building shall be approved unless the 
 same shall provide at least fifteen square feet of 
 floor space and two hundred cubic feet of air 
 space for each pupil to be accommodated in each 
 study or recitation room therein, nor unless pro¬ 
 vision be made therein for assuring at least thirty 
 feet of pure air every minute per pupil and the 
 facilities for exhausting foul or vitiated air 
 therefrom shall be positive and independent of 
 atmospheric changes. All such school buildings 
 shall have at least two separate and distinct stair¬ 
 ways located as far remote from each other as 
 practicable. All stairs, stairways and stair halls 
 shall be constructed of absolutely fire proof ma¬ 
 terial. All stairways and stair halls shall be en¬ 
 closed on all sides with walls of solid masonry, 
 self supported and carried from the foundations. 
 All doorways opening therein shall be protected 
 by fire doors and all window openings, except 
 from the outside, shall have fire proof or wired 
 glass set in metallic frames. All halls, doors, 
 stairways, seats, passageways and aisles, and all 
 lighting and heating appliances and apparatus 
 shall be so arranged as to facilitate egress in case 
 of fire or accident, and to afford the requisite and 
 
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 proper accommodations for public protection in 
 so far as practicable, be improved so as to comply 
 with the foregoing requirements. 
 
 Sec. 14. Construction of act .—This act is in¬ 
 tended to be and shall be deemed and held in all 
 courts and jurisdictions to be a public act, of 
 which the courts shall take judicial notice. This 
 act shall be construed not as an act in deroga¬ 
 tion of the powers of the state, but as one in¬ 
 tended to aid the state in the execution of its 
 duties, and shall be liberally construed so as to 
 carry into effect the objects and purposes hereof. 
 
 Sec. 15. Saving clause .—The repeal of a law, 
 or any part of it, specified in the annexed sched¬ 
 ule, or otherwise, by the provisions of this act, 
 shall not affect or impair any act done or right 
 accruing, accrued or acquired, or penalty, for¬ 
 feiture or punishment incurred prior to the time 
 when this act takes effect under or by virtue of 
 the law so repealed, but the same may be as¬ 
 serted, enforced, prosecuted or inflicted as fully 
 and to the same extent as if such law had not 
 been repealed; and all actions or proceedings, 
 civil or criminal, commenced under or by virtue 
 of any law so repealed and pending when this act 
 takes effect, may be prosecuted and defended to 
 final effect in the same manner as they might 
 under any such law so repealed, unless it shall 
 be otherwise specially provided herein. 
 
 Sec. 16. Construction of provisions .—The pro¬ 
 visions of this act, so far as they are substan¬ 
 tially the same, or cover the same subject matter 
 as those of any law repealed hereby, shall be con¬ 
 strued as a continuance of any such repealed law, 
 modified or amended, according to the language 
 employed herein, and not as new enactments. 
 References in a law not repealed to the provis¬ 
 ions of any law incorporated into this act or re¬ 
 pealed, shall be construed as applying to the pro¬ 
 visions so incorporated. The meaning and effect 
 of the terms of language used herein shall be con- 
 
 Construction 
 of act. 
 
 Saving clause. 
 
 Construction of 
 provisions. 
 
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 strued in accordance with the provisions of the 
 statutory construction law. 
 
 Laws repealed. Sec. 17. Laws repealed .—The following acts 
 and parts of acts are hereby repealed: 
 
 1. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule 
 annexed, that portion thereof specified in the last 
 column. 
 
 2. All acts or parts of acts, general or special, 
 in so far as inconsistent with the provisions of 
 this act. 
 
 But such repeal shall not revive a law repealed 
 by any law hereby repealed, but shall include all 
 laws purporting to specifically amend any of the 
 laws hereby specifically repealed. 
 
 Sec. 18. This act shall take effect immediately. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Laws of 
 
 Chapter 
 
 Sections 
 
 1885 . 
 
 . 26. 
 
 . 174—183 
 
 1887 . 
 
 . 368. 
 
 . 16 
 
 1889 . 
 
 . 18. 
 
 . All 
 
 1892 . 
 
 . 626. 
 
 . 5 
 
 1893 . 
 
 . 524. 
 
 . All 
 
 1893 . 
 
 . 531. 
 
 . 20—24 
 
 1895 . 
 
 . 950. 
 
 . 23—27 
 
 1897 . 
 
 . 752. 
 
 . All 
 
 1898 . 
 
 .. 48. 
 
 . All 
 
 State oe New York, 
 
 Office of the Secretary of State. 
 ss.: 
 
 I have compared the preceding with the orig¬ 
 inal law on file in this office, and do hereby cer¬ 
 tify that the same is a correct transcript there¬ 
 from and of the whole of said original law. 
 
 JOHN S. WHALEN, 
 Secretary of State. 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BOARD of EDUCATION 
 
 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 Annual meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 MEETINGS OE THE BOARD—ORGANIZATION. 
 
 Section 1. The annual meeting of the board 
 shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first 
 day of January of each year, at 4 o'clock P. M. 
 The clerk of the board shall call the meeting to 
 order, and the board shall immediately proceed 
 to the election of a president for the ensuing 
 year, and shall at such meeting, choose such 
 other officers of the board as are provided for 
 herein. 
 
 Regular 
 
 meetings. 
 
 Sec. 2. The regular meetings of the board 
 shall be held on the first Monday of each month 
 at 4 o’clock P. M., unless the board shall by 
 resolution fix a different day and hour for such 
 meeting. 
 
 Special meetings. 
 
 Sec. 3. Special meetings may be called by the 
 president, or by the clerk on written request 
 made and signed by at least three members of the 
 ffioard. At least two days’ notice, personally or 
 by mail, shall be given of a special meeting to 
 each commissioner, and such notice shall briefly 
 specify the business to be transacted at such 
 meeting, and no business shall be transacted at 
 any special meeting other than that specified in 
 the call and notice therefor, except by consent of 
 all the commissioners present. 
 
 Adjournment. • 
 
 Sec. 4. The annual or any stated meeting of 
 the board may be adjourned from time to time, 
 but notice of such adjourned meeting shall be 
 given by the clerk, either personally or by mail, 
 to each commissioner not present at the meet¬ 
 ing so adjourned. 
 
 Place of 
 meetings. 
 
 Sec. 5. All meetings of the board shall be held 
 at its office or rooms unless a different place shall 
 be designated by resolution or in the notice of 
 the special meeting. 
 
 Quorum. 
 
 Sec. 6. At any meeting a majority of the com¬ 
 missioners shall constitute a quorum for the 
 
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 transaction of business, but a less number may 
 adjourn to a future day. 
 
 Sec. 7. All meetings of the board shall be 
 called to order by the president, or, in his ab¬ 
 sence, by the clerk. In the absence of the presi¬ 
 dent a president pro tempore shall be elected 
 before any business is transacted. The clerk shall 
 call the roll of commissioners in alphabetical 
 order and record the names of those present and 
 absent respectively. 
 
 Sec. 8. The minutes of the last and all pre¬ 
 ceding meetings not already approved shall be 
 then read, and the errors therein, if any, be cor¬ 
 rected. 
 
 Sec. 9. At all regular meetings, except the an¬ 
 nual meeting, the following order shall be ob¬ 
 served in disposing of the business of the board: 
 
 1. Roll call. 
 
 2. Reading of the minutes and action thereon. 
 
 3. Communications. 
 
 4. Report of the Superintendent of Schools and 
 
 action thereon. 
 
 5. Report of the Superintendent of Repairs and 
 
 action thereon. 
 
 6. Report of Attendance Officers and action 
 
 thereon. 
 
 7. Report of Standing Committees and action 
 
 thereon. 
 
 a. —Executive. 
 
 b. —Finance. 
 
 c. —Building and Hygiene. 
 
 d. —Teachers. 
 
 e. —Text Books and Course of Study. 
 
 f. —Libraries, Rules, Regulations and Print¬ 
 
 ing. 
 
 g. —Elementary Schools. 
 
 h. —High Schools. 
 
 i. — Extended use of Public School Build¬ 
 
 ings. 
 
 Meeting called 
 to order. 
 
 President pro 
 tem. 
 
 Approval of 
 minutes. 
 
 Order of 
 business. 
 
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 Ayes and noes. 
 
 Resolutions. 
 
 Communications. 
 
 \ccounts and 
 claims. 
 
 Parliamentary 
 rules shall 
 govern. 
 
 flection of 
 president. 
 
 8. Report of Special Committees. 
 
 9. Consideration of Accounts. 
 
 10. Consideration of Appointments. 
 
 11. Resolutions. 
 
 12. Miscellaneous Business. 
 
 No business shall be taken up out of the fore¬ 
 going order, except by unanimous consent and 
 without debate. 
 
 Sec. 10. The ayes and noes on any question 
 before the board shall be taken at the call of any 
 member thereof, and all votes for the appropria¬ 
 tion of money shall be taken by ayes and noes, 
 and duly recorded in the minutes. 
 
 Sec. 11. No resolution shall be considered by 
 the board unless submitted in writing, except by 
 unanimous consent. 
 
 Sec. 12. No communication or application to 
 the board shall pass or be referred to any com¬ 
 mittee without the consent of the board. 
 
 Sec. 13. No account or claim shall be passed 
 upon by the board until it is verified by the party 
 presenting it, and audited by the president after 
 being certified to by the party receiving the 
 goods. 
 
 SEC. 14. Any question or order not provided 
 for by these rules shall be decided and disposed 
 of according to established parliamentary law for 
 the government of deliberative bodies. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OFFICERS—THEIR ELECTION AND REMOVAL. 
 
 Section 1 . The board of education shall, an¬ 
 nually and by a majority vote of all of its mem¬ 
 bers, elect one of its number president. Such 
 election shall occur at the annual meeting in Jan¬ 
 uary or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Each 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 member shall signify his choice as his name is 
 called by the clerk. 
 
 Sec. 2. Notices of the day of election shall be 
 served on the members and members-elect, by 
 the clerk, at least five days prior to election. 
 
 Sec. 3. The superintendent of schools, clerk, 
 and other appointive officers of the board shall 
 be appointed at the annual meeting of the board, 
 or as soon thereafter as is practicable. Such ap¬ 
 pointments shall be made by a majority ballot of 
 all the members of the board. 
 
 Sec. 4. No officer or appointee shall be removed 
 except by a two-thirds vote in the affirmative (to 
 be taken by ayes and noes) of all the members 
 elected to the board. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 DUTIES OF OFFICERS—PRESIDENT. 
 
 Section 1 . The president shall preside at all 
 meetings of the board, and perform such other 
 duties as may pertain to the position, or such as 
 the board may from time to time direct. 
 
 He shall receive all communications addressed 
 to the board and cause the same to be filed by 
 the clerk. 
 
 He shall vote on all questions. 
 
 He shall, within one week after his election, 
 appoint the members of standing committees, 
 and file such appointments with the clerk, who 
 shall immediately notify the members of their 
 respective appointments. 
 
 He shall be a member of the executive and 
 finance committees. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS—DUTIES. 
 
 Sec. 2. The superintendent of schools shall, 
 under the general supervision and direction of 
 the board of education, visit the several schools 
 
 Notice of day 
 of election. 
 
 Appointment of 
 officers. 
 
 Removal of 
 officers. 
 
 Duties of 
 president. 
 
 Shall vote. 
 
 Shall appoint 
 committees. 
 
 Member of 
 executive and 
 finance 
 committees. 
 
 Duties of 
 superintendent. 
 
 Visit schools. 
 
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 Direct 
 
 instruction. 
 
 Maintain 
 
 discipline. 
 
 Report 
 
 inefficiency or 
 misconduct of 
 employees. 
 
 Enforce 
 compulsory 
 education law. 
 
 Perform duties 
 prescribed by 
 the board. 
 
 Have stated 
 office hours. 
 
 Recommend 
 changes in 
 text books. 
 
 Prepare courses 
 of study. 
 
 Hold meetings. 
 
 Attend meetings 
 of board and 
 committees. 
 Report on 
 school properties. 
 Report on 
 teachers required. 
 
 of the city as often as possible, inquire into the 
 character of the instruction, management and dis¬ 
 cipline, advise and encourage the pupils and teach¬ 
 ers, enforce the rules and regulations of the 
 board of education, maintain and enforce proper 
 discipline in the management and conduct of the 
 schools, and in connection therewith may suspend 
 any pupil alleged to be guilty of misconduct or 
 insubordination, and may likewise suspend any 
 teacher, principal or employe, but shall immediate¬ 
 ly report such discipline with his reasons therefor 
 to the board of education, report to the board 
 of education any inefficiency or misconduct on 
 the part of principals, teachers, and employes, 
 supervise the enforcement of the compulsory edu¬ 
 cation law and direct truant officers in the dis¬ 
 charge of their duties, have charge of the school 
 libraries, and perform such other duties as shall 
 be prescribed by or delegated to him by the board 
 of education. 
 
 He shall have general supervision of all schools, 
 buildings, text books, apparatus, teachers and 
 other employes of the board. 
 
 He shall maintain stated and regular office 
 hours for the convenience of the officers, teach¬ 
 ers, and the general public; recommend annually 
 any changes in text books, submitting the same 
 to the board of education at its meeting in May; 
 provided, that changes of text books shall not be 
 made more frequently than once in five years, 
 except by a three-fourths vote of the board; but 
 additions to the list may be made annually 
 
 He shall prepare, by revision or otherwise, 
 courses of study for all grades, conduct or or¬ 
 ganize such meetings of officers and teachers as 
 he deems expedient; direct examinations of pupils ; 
 attend all meetings of the board of education and 
 meetings of its committees, when desired; report 
 from time to time the condition of the buildings, 
 books and all other property belonging to or in 
 charge of the board; the need of additional 
 
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 teachers, or the propriety of reducing the number 
 then employed, and such other matters as may 
 affect the welfare of the schools. 
 
 He shall nominate in writing all officers and 
 teachers and recommend in writing all promo¬ 
 tions, reductions and dismissals. 
 
 He shall transfer teachers from building to 
 building, as the welfare of the schools may de¬ 
 mand. 
 
 He shall, under the regulations of the board, 
 conduct examinations of candidates for the merit 
 lists. 
 
 He shall, in case of temporary indisposition or 
 necessary absence of teachers, procure substi¬ 
 tutes, subject to the rules and regulations gov¬ 
 erning the appointment of teachers. 
 
 He shall prescribe the duties, except as herein¬ 
 after specified, and direct the work of the super¬ 
 visors, principals, directors and heads of depart¬ 
 ments, in the standardizing and unifying of the 
 educational work of the schools. 
 
 He shall, from time to time, recommend such 
 change in the rules of the board of education or 
 such legislation, as he deems the interests of the 
 schools demand. 
 
 CLERK. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the clerk to 
 notify the members of all meetings of the board 
 by causing a notice thereof to be served person¬ 
 ally, or by mail, upon each commissioner at least 
 two days previous to such meeting. 
 
 He shall attend all meetings of the board and 
 keep a record of the minutes of such meetings; 
 and shall file in the office of the board all reports, 
 resolutions, bids of contractors, contracts, ac¬ 
 counts, vouchers and other papers and documents 
 acted upon by the board, properly endorsed, and 
 in form convenient for reference. 
 
 Nominate 
 officers and 
 teachers, their 
 promotions, etc. 
 Transfer 
 teachers. 
 
 Conduct 
 
 examinations for 
 the merit lists. 
 
 Procure 
 
 substitutes. 
 
 Prescribe 
 duties of 
 supervisors, 
 principals, etc. 
 
 Recommend 
 changes in 
 rules and 
 legislation. 
 
 Duties of clerk 
 notify members 
 of meetings. 
 
 Keep record 
 of meetings 
 and reports. 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 Keep financial 
 accounts. 
 
 Shall file 
 vouchers. 
 
 Office hours. 
 
 Shall receive 
 tuition. 
 
 Custodian of 
 petty cash. 
 
 Distribute books 
 and supplies. 
 
 Under the direction of the finance committee 
 he shall keep the financial accounts of the school 
 department and prepare a report for such com¬ 
 mittee to present to the board at each stated 
 meeting, showing the financial condition of the 
 department, with the items of receipts and ex¬ 
 penditures. 
 
 He shall file all vouchers for payments and dis¬ 
 bursements made, in the form prescribed by the 
 finance committee; and shall certify to the board 
 all bids submitted for any work to be performed, 
 or supplies to be furnished by contract in accord¬ 
 ance with the city charter or resolutions of the 
 board. 
 
 He shall attend at the office of the board dur¬ 
 ing the hours that the same shall be kept open for 
 the transaction of business; and in general per¬ 
 form all such duties as pertain to his position. 
 
 He shall receive the tuition of non-resident 
 pupils paid in compliance with the rules of the 
 board, and receive all moneys belonging to the 
 school department not otherwise provided to be 
 paid to another officer of the board, or other 
 officer of the city, and forthwith deposit the same 
 with the city treasurer to the appropriate ac¬ 
 counts of the board, and shall present to the 
 board at each regular meeting a statement of the 
 moneys so received by him, and the sources from 
 which it was derived. 
 
 He shall be custodian of the petty cash of the 
 board, pay the items usually charged to that ac¬ 
 count, and render a bill each month for such ex¬ 
 penditures. 
 
 For the purpose of making these payments, he 
 shall be given $100.00 each month. 
 
 He shall superintend the distribution of text 
 books and supplies to the several schools for 
 which requisitions shall be made by the princi¬ 
 pals, and shall file such requisitions together with 
 a memorandum of supplies furnished thereon. 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 The distribution of text books shall be made 
 previous to the opening of each school term. 
 
 He shall see that all text books, supplies, and 
 other goods delivered to the schools on his orders 
 are accompanied by duplicate receipts, one copy 
 of which shall be signed by the principal of the 
 school, or in his absence by the janitor, and re¬ 
 turned to the clerk’s office, and the other re¬ 
 tained and filed by the principal. 
 
 He shall attend to the matter of making such 
 reports as are required by law to be made by the 
 board of education. 
 
 ASSISTANT CLERK. 
 
 Sec. 4. The assistant clerk shall be under the 
 direction of the clerk. In case of the absence or 
 disability of the clerk the assistant clerk shall 
 discharge the duties of the office. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF REPAIRS. 
 
 Sec. 5. The superintendent of repairs shall 
 have a general supervision of all the school 
 buildings and premises, school furniture and 
 heating apparatus, as to improvements and re¬ 
 pairs on or about the same, and shall, when re¬ 
 quired, act with or under the direction of the 
 executive committee in all cases where repairs 
 are to be made, in superintending the work to be 
 done and in procuring the necessary materials 
 therefor. 
 
 He shall keep regular office hours each day 
 from 8 A. M. to 8:30 A. M., and from 4 P. M. to 
 5 P. M. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 
 at the office of the board. 
 
 He shall examine the specifications prepared 
 for all building contracts to be let by the board 
 of contract and supply, and report such changes 
 and amendments as in his judgment should be 
 made therein, or thereto, to secure the most 
 thorough, satisfactory and economical perform- 
 
 Make reports. 
 
 Duties of 
 assistant clerk. 
 
 Duties of 
 superintendent 
 of repairs. 
 
 Office hours. 
 
 Examine 
 
 specifications. 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 Pass on 
 accounts and 
 materials. 
 
 Substitute for 
 superintendent 
 of repairs. 
 
 ance of the work contemplated; and he shall see 
 that all building and repair contracts entered 
 into with the board are faithfully executed. 
 
 He shall pass upon all accounts and demands 
 for materials furnished and work done under his 
 supervision or direction, and no accounts or 
 demands for the same shall be audited until 
 they shall have been so passed upon by him in 
 writing. He shall also aid the authorized com¬ 
 mittee in preparing estimates for repairs, both 
 temporary and permanent, and for improvements 
 to school property and premises, and shall file 
 with the clerk a written statement of any altera¬ 
 tions or amendments thereto, which in his iudg- 
 ment should be made with due regard both to 
 the necessity therefor and the probable expense 
 thereof, and perform such other duties as the 
 board may from time to time direct; but at no 
 time shall he be engaged in any business other 
 than that connected with the schools. 
 
 In case of the prolonged illness or absence of 
 the superintendent of repairs, the board may 
 appoint a temporary substitute to act in his place 
 and to fulfill the duties imposed by these rules. 
 
 Duties of 
 attendance 
 officers. 
 
 Present 
 
 monthly report. 
 
 ATTENDANCE OFFICERS. 
 
 Sec. 6. The attendance officers shall, under the 
 direction of the superintendent of schools, per¬ 
 form such duties as are required by the compul¬ 
 sory education law, and by the rules of the 
 board of education. 
 
 They shall be present and make a report in 
 writing at each monthly meeting of the board, 
 which shall set forth specifically the cases of 
 truancy reported to them and upon which they 
 have acted—the disposition of each case—the 
 number of pupils committed to the truant school 
 during the month—the number in attendance at 
 the time of such report, and, so far as may be 
 required, the facts and circumstances connected 
 with each case. 
 
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 Such report shall be filed with the clerk and 
 preserved as a part of the records of the board. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 COM mittees—duties. 
 
 Sec. 1 . All committees shall be appointed by 
 the president, unless the board shall order other¬ 
 wise. 
 
 Sec. 2. The standing committees of the board 
 of education shall consist of three members 
 each, and shall be as follows: 
 
 1. Executive. 
 
 2. Finance. 
 
 3. Buildings and Hygiene. 
 
 4. Teachers. 
 
 5. Text Books and Course of Study. 
 
 6. Libraries, Rules, Regulations and Printing. 
 
 7. Elementary Schools. 
 
 8. High Schools. 
 
 9. Extended use of Public School Buildings. 
 
 Sec. 3. All committees to which any account 
 or other matter may be referred shall make a 
 report in writing at the first stated meeting 
 after such reference, unless further time shall be 
 granted by the board; and such committees shall 
 be called upon by the president for their reports 
 in the order stated in Article I, Section 9. 
 
 Sec. 4. Committees, on making their reports, 
 shall return the petition, resolution, account or 
 other papers containing the subject matter so re¬ 
 ferred, to be filed by the clerk. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. • 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the executive 
 committee, subject to the direction and action of 
 the board, to make requisition upon the board 
 of contract and supply to purchase and to supply 
 
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 Standing 
 
 committees. 
 
 Make reports 
 in writing. 
 
 Shall return 
 papers. 
 
 Duties of 
 executive 
 committee, 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
 Action, when 
 supplies exceed 
 $250 in cost. 
 
 Erecting, 
 improving and 
 leasing school 
 buildings. 
 
 Prepare schedule 
 of improvements 
 and estimates 
 of needed 
 appropriations. 
 
 Schedules and 
 estimates to be 
 submitted. 
 
 Clerk shall 
 furnish each 
 commissioner and 
 superintendent 
 with copy. 
 
 Supervise 
 improvements 
 and repairs. 
 
 the schools with fuel, permanent and temporary 
 school furniture, and the various articles of sup¬ 
 plies furnished by the board for use in the 
 schools, when the amount of any single purchase 
 exceeds in cost $250. 
 
 It shall consider and report upon the expe¬ 
 diency of erecting, improving, repairing, altering 
 or leasing school buildings or premises. 
 
 It shall, previous to October 15th of each year, 
 prepare schedules of needed improvements, 
 repairs and furnishings for the several school 
 buildings and premises, and estimates of the 
 amount it deems should be appropriated for the 
 erection, improvement, alteration, repair and 
 furnishing of school buildings and premises, their 
 insurance, and for any other purpose relating to 
 the proper maintenance of public school property 
 for the ensuing year. 
 
 Such schedules and estimates, so prepared and 
 filed, together with any statement of the super¬ 
 intendent of repairs, or of the superintendent of 
 schools, filed in relation thereto, shall be submit¬ 
 ted to the finance committee; and at least three 
 days prior to any meeting at which the financial 
 budget shall be submitted to the board, a copy 
 of such schedules and estimates, together with 
 any statement of the superintendent of repairs, 
 or of the superintendent of schools, shall be sent 
 or delivered to each commissioner and to the su¬ 
 perintendent of schools by the clerk. 
 
 The executive committee shall have the gen¬ 
 eral supervision of temporary improvements and 
 repairs on school buildings or premises which 
 may be authorized or directed by the board, and 
 in cases of emergency may authorize repairs and 
 improvements without action of the board, but 
 it shall be Hie duty of the committee to report at 
 each stated meeting, except the annual meeting, 
 and at such other times as the board shall di¬ 
 rect, all its proceedings subsequent to its last re¬ 
 port, including all contracts entered into, the par- 
 
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 ties to the same, the amount and nature thereof, 
 and the progress of the same towards comple¬ 
 tion. 
 
 FINANCE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the finance com¬ 
 mittee to examine all accounts and demands 
 against the board, and particularly as to the 
 authority for and the correctness of the same, and 
 report thereon at such stated meetings, and at 
 such other times as the board may direct; to have 
 supervision of the financial accounts of the board 
 and to require the same to be properly kept in 
 good business form, so as to enable each com¬ 
 missioner to ascertain at once the condition of 
 each fund; to determine the fund from which 
 any account or demand shall be paid and to report 
 at each stated meeting all accounts and demands 
 audited by it since the last report, with a brief 
 statement of the purposes for which each expen¬ 
 diture is made; and also the condition of the 
 several funds of the board. 
 
 No account shall be audited by the finance 
 committee unless the expenditure for which the 
 same is rendered shall have been duly author¬ 
 ized by the board; nor for expenditure in excess 
 of the amount appropriated for the specific sub¬ 
 ject matter of such account; a.id the same shall 
 be properly attested on or before the last day of 
 each month. 
 
 The finance committee shall examine and re¬ 
 vise the various estimates of the amounts to be 
 appropriated which are submitted by the com¬ 
 mittees charged with the duty, and report to the 
 board recommendations as to any changes there¬ 
 in which it deems advisable; and shall prepare 
 and submit to the board the financial budget re¬ 
 quired by the city charter, to be submitted to 
 the mayor and the board of estimate and ap¬ 
 portionment. 
 
 Examine 
 accounts and 
 report on same. 
 
 Require proper 
 keeping ot 
 accounts. 
 
 Report accounts 
 and condition 
 of funds. 
 
 Auditing of 
 accounts. 
 
 Examine and 
 
 revise 
 
 estimates. 
 
 Submit 
 
 annual budget. 
 
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 Report on plans 
 for new 
 buildings, 
 additions and 
 permanent 
 improvements. 
 
 Supervise health 
 matters. 
 
 Pass upon 
 eligibility of 
 all applicants. 
 
 Recommend 
 teachers and 
 principals for 
 ensuing year. 
 
 Furnish 
 estimate of 
 teachers’ salaries 
 for year. 
 
 Consider and 
 report changes 
 in text books and 
 course of study. 
 
 BUILDING AND HYGIENE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Sec. 7. The building and hygiene committee 
 shall investigate and report upon the advisability 
 of approval or disapproval of all plans and speci¬ 
 fications for new buildings, additions, and per¬ 
 manent improvements to the school buildings, 
 and, subject to the approval of the board, shall 
 have general supervision and charge of all mat¬ 
 ters pertaining to the health of teachers and 
 pupils in the public schools. 
 
 TEACHERS COMMITTEE. 
 
 Sec. 8 . It shall be the duty of the teachers’ 
 committee, with the superintendent, to pass upon 
 the eligibility of all applicants for positions as 
 principals or teachers in the schools, and to rec¬ 
 ommend to the board all applicants, who, in 
 their opinion, should be placed upon the eligible 
 list, as provided by the rules and regulations 
 governing the appointment of teachers. 
 
 The committee shall, as soon as practicable after 
 the close of each school year, upon the nomination 
 of the superintendent of schools, recommend to 
 the board a full list of principals and teachers 
 for the ensuing year; but the appointment of all 
 principals and teachers shall be made upon the 
 express condition that they hold their positions 
 subject to the rendering of satisfactory service 
 and at the pleasure of the board. They shall 
 receive pay for only such time at the board may 
 require their services—at their regular salary. 
 
 On or before October 15th of each year the 
 committee shall furnish to the finance commit¬ 
 tee an estimate of the amount of money required 
 for teachers’ salaries during the year. 
 
 committee on text books and course of study. 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the committee 
 on text books and course of study to consider 
 and report upon such changes in the text books 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 and in the course of study as the superintendent 
 of schools may recommend and the committee 
 deem expedient. 
 
 All changes or adoptions of text books shall be 
 made at the regular meetings of the board of 
 education held in the month of June each year, 
 notice of which changes shall have been given 
 and entered upon the minutes of a regular meet¬ 
 ing at least one month prior to final action; said 
 notice shall state the title of the book, the name 
 of the author, the publisher, the list price, the 
 proposed discount and any other facts pertaining 
 to the cost of the book that the board may re¬ 
 quire. 
 
 The committee shall also have charge and gen¬ 
 eral supervision of the tools, implements, appar¬ 
 atus and supplies used in any of the industrial 
 education classes established in any of the 
 schools of the city. 
 
 It shall cause an inventory to be made and kept 
 by the teachers or by the supervisor of such 
 industrial education classes of all such tools, 
 apparatus and implements, as the same are pur¬ 
 chased or otherwise procured, and a copy thereof 
 to be filed with the clerk of the board. It shall 
 also, from time to time, report to the board the 
 progress made in the work of industrial educa¬ 
 tion, with such recommendations as to the pur¬ 
 chase of tools, implements and supplies as may 
 be deemed necessary for the use of such classes. 
 
 The committee shall, on or before the fifteenth 
 of October of each year, furnish to the finance 
 committee an estimate of the expenses required 
 for the conduct of the industrial education 
 classes and supplies therefor during the ensuing 
 year. 
 
 Text book 
 adoptions to be 
 made in June. 
 
 Have charge of 
 tools and supplies 
 of industrial 
 education 
 classes. 
 
 Keep inventory 
 of tools, 
 apparatus and 
 implements. 
 
 Report progress 
 of work. 
 
 Recommend 
 purchase of 
 tools and supplies. 
 
 Furnish estimate 
 of expenses. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON libraries, RULES, regulations 
 
 AND PRINTING. 
 
 Sec. 10. The committee on libraries, rules, 
 regulations and printing shall have charge of 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 Purchase books 
 for libraries. 
 
 H ave books 
 classified. 
 
 Report condition 
 of libraries. 
 
 Prepare and 
 recommend 
 rules and 
 regulations. 
 
 Have 
 
 supervision of 
 
 elementary 
 
 schools. 
 
 Have 
 
 supervision of 
 high schools. 
 
 the purchase of all books for the school libraries, 
 subject to the approval of the board; see that 
 they are properly classified, arranged and cata¬ 
 logued, and that they are properly and carefully 
 used and preserved, and that suitable book cases 
 are provided in the several schools. 
 
 It shall report to the board, from time to time, 
 the condition of the several libraries, and such 
 rules and regulations for their management as 
 may be deemed necessary. 
 
 It shall be the duty of this committee to pre¬ 
 pare and recommend to the board such rules and 
 regulations, other than those relating to libraries, 
 as it may deem expedient and necessary; and to 
 report to the board all matter that it deems nec¬ 
 essary to be printed, and it shall superintend all 
 printing ordered by the board. 
 
 elementary school committee. 
 
 Sec. 11. The elementary school committee 
 shall have special supervision and charge of the 
 buildings, grounds and apparatus of the elemen¬ 
 tary schools. It shall, from time to time, re¬ 
 port to the board the needs of such schools, to¬ 
 gether with such recommendations as it shall 
 deem proper. 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE. 
 
 Sec. 12. The high school committee shall have 
 special supervision and charge of the buildings, 
 grounds and apparatus of the high schools and of 
 all matters pertaining to same. 
 
 It shall from time to time report to the board 
 the needs of such schools, together with such 
 recommendations as it shall deem proper. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON EXTENDED USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL 
 BUILDINGS. 
 
 Sec. 13. The committee on the extended use 
 of public school buildings shall have general 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 charge and supervision of the uses of school 
 buildings, other than for school purposes and 
 purposes incidental thereto. 
 
 It shall be the special duty of this committee, 
 whenever school buildings are used for purposes 
 other than those last mentioned, to see that the 
 buildings, premises, furniture, apparatus, and all 
 that pertains to the same, have proper care and 
 use, and that the janitor of the building, or some 
 one representing the board of education, is pres¬ 
 ent to see that this requirement is enforced. The 
 compensation for the services of the janitor, or 
 other person thus supervising the care and use 
 of the school property, shall be paid by the per¬ 
 son or persons thus using the same, unless other¬ 
 wise specifically ordered by the board of educa¬ 
 tion. 
 
 No request for the use of any school build¬ 
 ing shall be granted unless the purposes for 
 which it is intended are strictly of an educational 
 character, and in no case can an admission fee be 
 charged unless the proceeds go to the benefit of 
 the school system. All applications for the use 
 of school buildings must be referred to the com¬ 
 mittee on extended use of school buildings, with 
 power, unless otherwise ordered. 
 
 No school building shall be used for religious, 
 political or money-making purposes, or for any 
 purpose not in some way educational and calcu¬ 
 lated to serve the general good of the city. 
 
 Educational building. 
 
 Sec. 14. The rooms in the Educational Build¬ 
 ing shall not be used for religious, political or 
 money-making purposes. 
 
 A written permit must be secured from the 
 president of the board for the use of the Edu¬ 
 cational Building. 
 
 Have 
 
 supervision of 
 the uses of 
 school buildings 
 other than for 
 school 
 purposes. 
 
 See that 
 buildings have 
 proper care. 
 
 Compensation 
 of. janitor to be 
 paid by party 
 using building. 
 
 Buildings only to 
 be used for 
 educational 
 purposes. 
 
 Applications to 
 be made to 
 committee. 
 
 Use of buildings 
 restricted. 
 
 Use of 
 educational 
 building 
 restricted. 
 
 Written permit 
 required. 
 
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BYLAWS 
 
 Compensation 
 of janitor. 
 
 Additional duties 
 of committees. 
 
 Board must 
 
 authorize 
 
 all purchases. 
 
 Funds must be 
 appropriated 
 and on hand. 
 
 Money shall not 
 be collected from 
 nor supplies sold 
 to pupils. 
 
 Amendments 
 to rules. 
 
 The compensation of the janitor shall be paid 
 by the persons using the building, unless other¬ 
 wise specifically ordered. 
 
 committees generally. 
 
 Sec. 15. Any standing committee shall per¬ 
 form such duties, in addition to those herein¬ 
 before prescribed, as the board shall from time to 
 time direct. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Section 1 . No committee, officer or employee 
 shall make any purchase for the department of 
 public instruction, unless duly authorized by the 
 board, and any motion or resolution passed by 
 the board involving the expenditure of money, 
 shall become inoperative if there be no funds ap¬ 
 propriated or on hand for the purpose desig¬ 
 nated, and it shall be the duty of the finance 
 committee to report to the board the lack of 
 funds necessary to meet the requirements of such 
 motion, or resolution. 
 
 Sec. 2. No application for a permit to collect 
 money from the pupils in the public schools shall 
 be granted, nor shall the distribution of tracts, 
 circulars, advertisements, or other printed matter 
 not relating to the business of the schools be per¬ 
 mitted in or about any school building, or the 
 sale of stationery, including pens, pencils, books, 
 erasers, paint brushes, nor shall the sale of mer¬ 
 chandise in any form be allowed. 
 
 Sec. 3. Alterations and amendments of these 
 by-laws may be made at any regular meeting of 
 the board by the unanimous consent of all the 
 members, or by a majority of the members pres¬ 
 ent and voting after one month’s notice of such 
 proposed amendment. 
 
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RULES 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 GOVERNMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CITY of SYRACUSE 
 
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Standardize 
 work of grades. 
 
 Unify work of. 
 
 Hold meetings. 
 
 Give unity and 
 effectiveness. 
 
 To hold 
 meetings. 
 
 Charge of work 
 of kindergarten 
 training class. 
 
 Charge of work 
 
 of training 
 class. 
 
 RULES 
 
 SUPERVISOR OF GRADES. 
 
 1. The supervisor of grades shall under the 
 direction of the superintendent of schools, have 
 charge of the standardizing of the educational 
 work of the grades, and shall perform such other 
 duties as the superintendent of schools or the 
 board of education may direct. He shall work 
 to give larger unity and general effectiveness to 
 the school work in all its phases, such results 
 to be secured by grade meetings of teachers and 
 through visits and study of conditions and needs, 
 and by consultation with the principals and teach¬ 
 ers, individually and as a body, in their meetings. 
 
 SUPERVISOR OF KINDERGARTENS. 
 
 2. The supervisor of kindergarten instruction 
 shall have the same relation to the work and the 
 teachers of the kindergartens as the supervisor 
 of grades sustains to the work of the grades. She 
 shall strive to give larger unity and general ef¬ 
 fectiveness to the kindergarten work in all its 
 phases, such results to be secured by meetings of 
 kindergarten teachers, through visits and study 
 of conditions and needs and by consultation with 
 the principals and kindergarten teachers. 
 
 3. The supervisor of kindergartens shall, un¬ 
 der the direction of the superintendent of schools, 
 have charge of the work of the kindergarten 
 training class. 
 
 DIRECTOR OF TRAINING SCHOOL. 
 
 4. The director of the training school shall, 
 under the direction of the superintendent of 
 schools, have general charge of the work of that 
 school. 
 
 Note.— Wherever the masculine pronoun occurs 
 in these rules , it is construed to apply to either 
 male or female. 
 
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RULES 
 
 SUPERVISOR OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. 
 
 5. The supervisor of industrial education 
 shall, under the direction of the superintendent 
 of schools, have charge and general supervision 
 of the manual training, domestic science and 
 domestic art instruction in the schools, and shall 
 perform such duties as the superintendent of 
 schools and the board of education may direct. 
 
 In the month of January each year he shall 
 prepare requisitions, as far as possible, for all 
 supplies needed for one year, and no requisition 
 shall be considered unless it has his written 
 approval. 
 
 SUPERVISORS OF SPECIAL STUDIES. 
 
 6. The supervisors of special studies shall, 
 under the direction of the superintendent of 
 schools, have general supervision of the instruc¬ 
 tion in their respective departments. 
 
 principals. 
 
 7. Each principal shall, under the direction of 
 the superintendent, have supervision of the in¬ 
 struction, organization and management of all 
 school work in his school or schools, and for 
 these he shall be responsible, as well as for the 
 observance and enforcement of all school rules 
 and regulations. 
 
 8. He shall be in his building thirty minutes 
 before the time of opening each morning session 
 of the schools, and until 3:30 each afternoon 
 that the schools are in session, when not engaged 
 in other school work under the direction of the 
 superintendent. He shall attend at the office of 
 the superintendent for the purpose of consulta¬ 
 tion at such times as the superintendent may 
 designate. 
 
 9. He shall be held responsible for all books 
 issued to him and for the economical use of all 
 supplies. 
 
 Charge and 
 general 
 
 supervision of 
 manual, training, 
 domestic science 
 and domestic 
 art. 
 
 General 
 supervision in 
 respective 
 departments. 
 
 Supervision of 
 instruction, 
 organization and 
 management. 
 
 Responsible for 
 enforcement 
 of rules. 
 
 Office hours. 
 
 Consult with 
 suoerintendent. 
 
 Responsible for 
 books and 
 supplies. 
 
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RULES 
 
 Keep correct 
 accounts, etc. 
 
 Make 
 
 requisitions. 
 
 Prompt 
 
 delivery. 
 
 Duplicate 
 receipts for 
 property. 
 
 Care for 
 
 property, 
 
 maintain 
 
 cleanliness 
 
 and supervise 
 
 janitors. 
 
 Supervise 
 school during 
 recesses. 
 
 Jointly 
 
 responsible with 
 janitor for safety 
 and care of 
 building. . 
 Principal has 
 authority within 
 his building. 
 
 10. Each principal shall keep, according to 
 forms approved by the board of education, cor¬ 
 rect accounts and records of all matters com¬ 
 mitted to his keeping by the superintendent; such 
 accounts and records to be at all times open to 
 the inspection of the members of the board and 
 the superintendent. 
 
 11. The principal of each school shall make 
 requisition upon the clerk of the board for all 
 text books and other supplies to be used in his 
 school. In the case of text books, supplies kept 
 in stock, fuel and emergency supplies, if the 
 goods are not delivered promptly, a second re¬ 
 quisition shall be made and a duplicate copy of 
 the same forwarded to the superintendent. In 
 other cases, the second requisition and duplicates 
 shall be forwarded after reasonable time. 
 
 12. The principal, or, in his absence, the jani¬ 
 tor of the school, shall receipt for all text books, 
 supplies and other school property delivered to 
 his building. Such receipts must be in duplicate, 
 one copy of which must be retained by the prin¬ 
 cipal and filed, and one returned to the clerk of 
 the board. 
 
 13. Each principal and teacher shall see to the 
 safe keeping of all school property under his care. 
 The principal shall see that cleanliness is main¬ 
 tained in the school building and to this end shall 
 make frequent inspections. Careful supervision 
 of janitors by principals is expected, and any 
 negligence on the part of the former shall be re¬ 
 ported in writing to the superintendent of schools. 
 
 14. The principal shall supervise the school 
 during recesses, appointing such teachers to as¬ 
 sist as he deems expedient. The principal and 
 janitor of each building are jointly and severally 
 responsible for the care and safety of the 
 building. 
 
 15. The principal of a building has authority 
 over all teachers, pupils and janitors and their 
 assistants in that building, and it shall be his 
 
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RULES 
 
 duty to see that all rules relative to pupils, teach¬ 
 ers and janitors are enforced. 
 
 16. Each principal shall promptly report in 
 writing to the superintendent of repairs any dam¬ 
 age to school property, or any repairs needed. 
 
 17. In emergencies, when the school is not in 
 session, such reports may be made by the janitor, 
 direct to the clerk of the board of education. 
 
 18. The principal shall report any other mat¬ 
 ter, or such as may need to come to the atten¬ 
 tion of the higher school authorities, to the 
 superintendent of schools. 
 
 19. He shall see that all property belonging 
 to the schools of the city of Syracuse assigned 
 to him is properly listed, and shall be responsible 
 for its proper use and safekeeping. Inven¬ 
 tories of property and unexpended supplies shall 
 be furnished to the clerk of the board of edu¬ 
 cation by the principals at the close of December 
 of each year. 
 
 20. The principal shall see that all teachers 
 under his jurisdiction are promptly notified and 
 duly advised as to all rules and orders pertain¬ 
 ing to the schools, and will be held responsible 
 for the impartial enforcement of such regula¬ 
 tions; he shall see that all the prescribed records 
 are neatly, regularly and correctly kept by the 
 teachers, and that all reports and returns, re¬ 
 quired by the board of education, the clerk of 
 the board or the superintendent are promptly 
 made. 
 
 21. The principal shall, under the direction of 
 the superintendent, classify the pupils in the 
 various grades, visit each class as often as prac¬ 
 ticable, endeavor to improve the methods of 
 instruction, make such reports as may be required 
 of him, and shall in every way possible, co¬ 
 operate with the superintendent. 
 
 22. The principals of the several schools shall, 
 within twenty-four hours, notify the attendance 
 
 Report 
 
 damage. 
 
 Janitor may 
 report in 
 emergencies. 
 
 Report other 
 matters. 
 
 Property to be 
 listed. 
 
 Furnish 
 inventories 
 of property. 
 
 See that 
 all teachers 
 are advised 
 as to rules. 
 
 Classify 
 pupils and 
 visit classes. 
 
 Endeavor 
 to improve 
 methods of 
 instruction. 
 
 Notify attendance 
 officer of absentees. 
 
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 Keep 
 
 permanent record. 
 
 Entry of 
 pupils. 
 
 Payment of 
 tuition by 
 non-residents. 
 
 Principals 
 report to 
 superintendent. 
 
 Requisitions for 
 text books. 
 
 For supplies. 
 
 Notice to 
 superintendent 
 of need of 
 supply teacher. 
 
 Principal reports 
 absence and 
 tardiness of 
 teachers. 
 
 officers, in writing, regarding all unexcused 
 absentees. 
 
 23. The principal of each school shall keep 
 a permanent record in which shall be entered, 
 alphabetically, the name of each pupil, his age, 
 date of birth, date of entrance, whence received, 
 etc. 
 
 24. Upon the application of a pupil to enter 
 school, the principal shall ascertain his place of 
 residence, and the school he last attended, and, 
 in case he has been registered in any other of 
 the public schools since the commencement of 
 the school year, the transfer card shall be re¬ 
 quired of him, and upon notice of the principal 
 entering him, the registration card shall be for¬ 
 warded by his former principal. In case his 
 parents do not reside in the city, he shall not be 
 entered in the school until he presents a receipt 
 showing that the required tuition has been paid 
 to the clerk of the board. 
 
 25. Principals shall make report of the vari¬ 
 ous matters of record in their respective schools, 
 to the superintendent, at such times as may be 
 required. 
 
 26. Each principal shall, during the first week 
 of January and at the close of school in June, 
 of each year, send to the clerk of the board a 
 requisition, as complete as possible, for all text 
 books needed by his school for the ensuing term. 
 Supplies shall be ordered monthly. 
 
 27. Whenever a substitute teacher is required 
 on account of the indisposition, or absence of a 
 teacher for other cause, the principal shall im¬ 
 mediately notify the superintendent of schools. 
 
 28. The principal shall record every case of 
 tardiness or absence on the part of the teachers 
 both regular and special, of his school, including 
 his own, and report the same in the monthly, 
 term, and annual reports. In the monthly report 
 the cause of absence and the amount of salary 
 
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 to be deducted shall both be stated. Tardiness 
 shall be reckoned from the time when teachers 
 are required to be in their respective school rooms 
 by the rules of the board. 
 
 29. With the advice and consent of the super¬ 
 intendent, the principal may transfer any teacher 
 from one grade of work to another, and in the 
 high schools from one department to another, 
 the vacancy thus created to be filled from the 
 merit list governing the department in which the 
 vacancy then exists. 
 
 30. Principals will report in writing to the 
 superintendent any teacher who has been absent 
 for a period of two months without leave 
 granted by the board of education. 
 
 31. In case of the absence of the principal of 
 any school, the superintendent shall be imme¬ 
 diately notified of such absence and shall desig¬ 
 nate one of the teachers in the building as acting 
 principal. 
 
 32. When property is worn out and of no fur¬ 
 ther use, it shall be listed and the list forwarded 
 by the principal to the clerk of the board of edu¬ 
 cation for such action as the board may deter¬ 
 mine. 
 
 Worn out textbooks shall be collected at the 
 end of each school year in the offices of the re¬ 
 spective principals, who shall transmit to the 
 clerk of the board a certified list of the same. 
 The clerk shall see that such books are promptly 
 removed from the school and properly dis¬ 
 posed of. 
 
 33. Bi-weekly fire drills shall take place in all 
 school buildings from September to November 
 inclusive, of each year, and once a month there¬ 
 after. Such drills should not be given on incle¬ 
 ment days. 
 
 34. No one shall be permitted to have a key 
 to any school building, except the principal of 
 
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 Transfer of 
 teacher in 
 building. 
 
 Report 
 absence of 
 two months. 
 
 Absence of 
 school principal. 
 
 Worn-out prop¬ 
 erty returned. 
 
 W orn-out 
 text books to be 
 jollected and 
 reported. 
 
 Bi-weekly 
 fire drills. 
 
 Keys to 
 buildings. 
 
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 the building and the janitor—including the jani¬ 
 tor’s assistant. 
 
 Teacher must 
 be in building 
 20 minutes _ 
 before opening 
 of school. 
 
 Shall attend 
 meetings. 
 
 Absence to 
 be reported 
 in writing. 
 
 Shall keep 
 record. 
 
 Deposit book 
 with principal. 
 
 Care of 
 ventilation. 
 
 Temperatures 
 of school room 
 recorded. 
 
 Principal dismiss 
 pupils if 
 
 temperature is low 
 
 TEACHERS 
 
 35. Each teacher is required to be in his room 
 at least twenty minutes before the time for the 
 opening of school in the morning, and at such 
 time as the principal shall require in the after¬ 
 noon. He shall, at the time of his arrival at the 
 school building, record in the principal’s office 
 the hour of arrival. 
 
 36. Each teacher shall attend all meetings to 
 which he is called by his superior officers. In 
 case of failure to do so, the absenting teacher 
 shall furnish to the official who called the meet¬ 
 ing a statement, in writing, of the reason for such 
 absence. When possible, the notice of the pro¬ 
 posed absence shall be prior to the meeting. 
 
 37. Each teacher shall keep a record book of 
 attendance, complete the entries in it each day 
 before leaving the schoolroom, and make such 
 reports as may be required. Each teacher shall 
 keep a record of the proficiency of the pupils in 
 studies, making such entries as may be necessary. 
 Immediately after the annual closing of the 
 schools he shall deposit his record book in the 
 office of the principal, taking care to make and 
 to retain a list of the names of all pupils on the 
 rolls at the close of the school year. 
 
 38. Each teacher shall be especially careful as 
 to the ventilation and temperature of his school¬ 
 room, shall see that the windows are opened for 
 the free admission of air at recesses, and shall 
 be careful that the temperature of the room when 
 occupied by pupils shall not fall below 64 nor 
 rise above 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The teacher 
 shall keep a record of the temperature of the 
 schoolroom and place the same on the blackboard 
 at 9 o’clock and 11 o’clock A. M., and at 2 o’clock 
 P. M., of each school day, and the principal of 
 the building may dismiss a class whenever the 
 
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 temperature has remained below 64 degrees until 
 10 o’clock in the morning. The report of such 
 dismissal shall be sent immediately, in writing, to 
 the superintendent, who shall promptly investi¬ 
 gate the cause of such failure of the heating 
 system. After the dismissal of a class for this 
 cause, the teacher shall be assigned to other du¬ 
 ties as the principal or the superintendent may 
 see fit. 
 
 39. It shall be the duty of teachers, at each 
 morning and afternoon session, to notify parents 
 or guardians of every absent pupil, and of every 
 case of tardiness not excused. 
 
 40. Pupils must not be sent home for ex¬ 
 cuses when tardy. Such pupils may be refused 
 admittance at the next morning session of the 
 school, if, by that time, excuses be not furnished 
 for either absence or tardiness by the parent pro¬ 
 vided that no pupil may be refused admittance 
 unless the proper notice shall have been sent ac¬ 
 cording to the rule. If the excuse for absence 
 or tardiness is not legal, the pupil may be re¬ 
 ceived and the parent notified that the excuse is 
 not considered sufficient. 
 
 Any pupil who shall have been absent three 
 half days, or tardy three times, without rendering 
 a legal excuse, may be suspended. 
 
 41. The avoidance of corporal punishment, as 
 far as may be with a due regard to obedience on 
 the part of the pupils, is enjoined on all teachers. 
 Each case of corporal punishment with the reason 
 therefor, shall be reported promptly, in writing, 
 by the teacher in charge of the class and for¬ 
 warded, through the principal, to the superin¬ 
 tendent. 
 
 42. Each teacher having in her room a set of 
 adjustable furniture, will see to it that the seat 
 and desk are adjusted to fit the child at all times. 
 In rooms where the furniture is not adjustable, 
 but where the furniture may vary in size, the 
 
 Teachers 
 assigned to 
 other work. 
 
 Parent must be 
 notified of 
 pupil’s absence. 
 
 Children must 
 not be sent 
 home for 
 excuses. 
 
 Notice to parent 
 of illegal 
 absence. 
 
 vSuspension of 
 tardy or 
 absent pupils. 
 
 Corporal 
 punishment to 
 be avoided. 
 
 Furniture to 
 be adjusted 
 to pupils. 
 
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 Place children 
 to best advantage. 
 
 Pupils not to 
 be sent on 
 errands. 
 
 Gifts to pupils 
 or teachers 
 forbidden. 
 
 Assignment of 
 home work. 
 
 Home work 
 must be 
 definite. 
 
 Annual rating 
 of teachers. 
 
 Shall not 
 give private 
 instruction. 
 
 teacher will, as far as possible, place children in 
 seats and at desks best suited to their sizes. 
 
 43. No pupils shall be sent on errands outside 
 of school buildings, except by the principal, and 
 then only on urgent school business. 
 
 44. No teacher or other person shall be allowed 
 to present in the public schools, any prize, prem¬ 
 ium or gift to any pupil, except such as are per¬ 
 mitted by order of the board of education, nor 
 shall any educational employee receive any gift 
 from any pupil or pupils or their parents, or one 
 purchased by the contribution of the pupils as 
 such. 
 
 45. Assignment of lessons for home study may 
 be made as follows: 
 
 3rd grade, 15 minutes daily. 
 
 4th grade, 30 minutes daily. 
 
 5th grade, 45 minutes daily. 
 
 6th grade, 60 minutes daily. 
 
 7th grade, 75 minutes daily. 
 
 8th grade, 90 minutes daily. 
 
 Teachers must not assign home work which 
 will require more time of an average pupil than 
 is above stated. All assignments of home work 
 must be definite and of such character that the 
 pupil can do the work without assistance. 
 
 46. Teachers shall be rated annually by their 
 respective principals, or supervisors, in case of 
 special teachers in the graded schools, subject to 
 the approval of the superintendent of schools, 
 who shall have power to revise ratings, as a re¬ 
 sult of personal investigation. 
 
 47. No teacher shall give private or extra 
 instruction to any pupil or pupils of the public 
 schools for money or an}dhing of value other 
 than his regular official compensation without the 
 written consent of the superintendent first had 
 and obtained, which consent shall not be given 
 except upon the written request of the parent or 
 
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 guardian. Such instruction shall not be given 
 during school hours. Permission shall not be 
 given to teachers to give private instruction for 
 money or gain to pupils in their own classes. 
 The foregoing prohibition shall not apply during 
 vacation. 
 
 48. Each teacher shall, at the beginning of the 
 school year, report his residence, in writing, to 
 the principal and to the clerk of the board of 
 education. Any change of residence shall be 
 promptly reported to both of these officers. 
 
 49. No employee of the board of education 
 shall perform services for pecuniary or other con¬ 
 siderations, except during vacations, in any busi¬ 
 ness, trade or occupation, without having first 
 obtained the written consent of the superin¬ 
 tendent. 
 
 Such permission shall expire at the end of the 
 year in which it is granted, unless renewed by 
 the superintendent. 
 
 Applications of employees to practice special 
 professions shall be referred by the superinten¬ 
 dent to the board for its action. 
 
 50. All officers, teachers, and other employees 
 shall report for duty at such time prior to the 
 opening day of the schools in September, as may 
 be required by the president of the board of edu¬ 
 cation or the superintendent. 
 
 51. Teachers will follow the directions of the 
 principal in all matters relating to the welfare 
 of the school. They will be responsible for the 
 order of their respective rooms at all times, and, 
 with the principal, will exercise a general super¬ 
 vision over the school premises. 
 
 52. Teachers shall faithfully observe the 
 course of instruction and regulations prescribed 
 by the board, and continually strive to excite an 
 interest in study in the minds of their pupils, and 
 
 Shall not tutor 
 pupils in 
 their classes. 
 
 Teachers shall 
 report residence. 
 
 Employees 
 shall not 
 engage in other 
 business. 
 
 Employees 
 shall report for 
 
 duty when 
 required. 
 
 Must follow 
 directions 
 of principal. 
 
 Teachers 
 responsible for 
 order. 
 
 Shall follow 
 course of study. 
 
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 in every possible manner to elevate the character 
 of the schools. 
 
 required, unless 53. No teacher or principal shall require any 
 designated by pupil to purchase any text book for use in school, 
 
 board - except such as the board shall designate. 
 
 to^e^posted g! amS 54. Teachers will post written programs of the 
 daily exercises in a conspicuous place in their 
 several rooms. 
 
 Size of classes. 
 
 Who are 
 entitled to 
 admission. 
 
 Permit tc 
 attend outside 
 of district. 
 
 Non-residents 
 assigned by 
 superintendent. 
 
 Payment of 
 tuition. 
 
 ADMISSION OE PUPIES 
 
 55. So far as practicable, not more than forty 
 pupils shall be assigned to one teacher. 
 
 56. All children above the age of six years, 
 whose parents are residents of the city of Syra¬ 
 cuse, are entitled to admission into the schools, 
 within the district in which they reside, for 
 which, on examination, they may be found quali¬ 
 fied ; and no pupil who resides in the city and 
 out of the district in which a school is located 
 shall be admitted to such school unless by the 
 written permission of the superintendent; and 
 all non-resident pupils may be admitted to such 
 school buildings as may be determined by the 
 superintendent, and taught in said public schools, 
 but no such pupil, residing without the city, shall 
 be admitted to any public school unless he shall 
 first present a receipt from the clerk showing that 
 his tuition has been paid ; provided, that the entire 
 amount due for one school term, or any portion 
 thereof not less than the amount due for one 
 half term, may be paid in at one time, if the 
 parent or guardian so desires. 
 
 Birth certificates 56a. Parents will be expected to present the 
 presented. birth certificates of children, when applying for 
 
 their admission to the public schools. 
 
 Children between 57 . Every parent, guardian or other person 
 required to residing in the city of Syracuse having charge 
 
 attend. and control of a child between the ages of seven 
 
 and sixteen years shall cause such child to be 
 regularly instructed in accordance with and sub- 
 
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 ject to the provisions of the Compulsory Educa¬ 
 tion Law of the State of New York. 
 
 58. Pupils not having previously attended 
 school shall not be received into the graded 
 schools under the age of six years, except at the 
 beginning of the terms or within one month 
 thereafter and with the approval of the superin¬ 
 tendent. 
 
 Children may be admitted to the kindergartens 
 at the age of five years. 
 
 59. No pupil will be permitted to attend the 
 public schools of the city of Syracuse who is 
 suffering from any defect or disease which ren¬ 
 ders his presence materially detrimental to the 
 welfare or the safety of other pupils, nor will 
 any pupil be permitted to attend school when 
 such attendance will materially jeopardize his 
 own health and the condition out of which such 
 jeopardy arises is of a temporary character. 
 
 60. No pupil shall be admitted to any school 
 or class who has not been duly vaccinated or 
 otherwise protected against smallpox, nor shall 
 any child be admitted while suffering from, or 
 who is liable to spread any contagious disease. 
 A certificate from the health officer, issued to 
 the principal of the school, may in any case 
 be required of the parents or guardians of the 
 pupil, certifying that such pupil has been success¬ 
 fully vaccinated or is otherwise protected from 
 smallpox or any other contagious disease; pro¬ 
 vided, that after vaccination in the regular 
 method approved by the health officer the pupil 
 may attend school for ten days, and upon the 
 expiration of said ten days such pupil shall fur¬ 
 nish a certificate from the health officer that said 
 vaccination has been successful or that the pupil 
 has been revaccinated. In case of such revaccina¬ 
 tion the pupil may again attend for a period of 
 ten days thereafter, when further certificate pro¬ 
 vided for shall be presented; provided, further, 
 that when the health officer shall be satisfied from 
 
 Pupils under 
 six years 
 restricted. 
 
 Admission 
 to kindergartens. 
 
 When pupils 
 shall not 
 attend school. 
 
 V accination. 
 
 Revaccination 
 
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 Order of 
 admission 
 
 successful vaccination or otherwise that a pupil is 
 immune from smallpox or other contagious dis¬ 
 ease and shall so certify, the pupil may be ad¬ 
 mitted. 
 
 61. Applications for admission shall be made 
 to the principals of the respective schools. 
 
 62. At the commencement of each school 
 term, the order of admission of pupils shall be 
 as follows: 
 
 (a) The pupils who were such at the close of 
 the preceding half year; provided, that they re¬ 
 turn on the first school day of each term. 
 
 ( b ) Pupils transferred in due form from 
 other school buildings. 
 
 ( c ) Applicants in the order of presenting 
 themselves. 
 
 Good order and 
 cleanliness. 
 
 Duties of 
 pupils. 
 
 Prohibited from 
 injuring school 
 property. 
 
 CONDUCT OF PUPILS. 
 
 63. Good order and propriety of deport¬ 
 ment, and cleanliness of person and attire are 
 expected from each pupil. Any child coming to 
 school without proper attention having been 
 given to the cleanliness of his person or dress, 
 or whose clothes are unbecomingly out of repair, 
 may be sent home to be properly prepared for 
 school. Teachers shall see that the above direc¬ 
 tions to pupils are faithfully carried out. The 
 pupil is required to keep all books clean and in 
 good condition and covered, preferably, with 
 manilla paper, to arrange neatly the contents of 
 his desk, to enter and leave the schoolroom in a 
 respectful manner and without unnecessary 
 noise, and to depart quickly from the neighbor¬ 
 hood of the school immediately on being dis¬ 
 missed, except on permission of the principal. 
 The jurisdiction of the teacher shall extend to 
 the pupil in coming to and going from school. 
 
 64. No pupil shall mark, cut, scratch, chalk 
 or otherwise disfigure or injure any portion of a 
 school building or anything connected therewith. 
 
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 He shall not use tobacco in any form at or 
 going to or from school, use any profane or 
 indecent language, throw stones or other mis¬ 
 siles, annoy or maltreat others, nor do anything 
 that may disturb the school or its neighborhood. 
 Any pupil materially injuring, destroying or los¬ 
 ing any school supply shall replace or pay for the 
 same. Any damage done to a school building or 
 any of its equipments or surroundings such as 
 trees, shrubbery, flowers, fences, outbuildings, 
 etc., must be repaired at the expense of the 
 offender, and in case of his refusal or neglect 
 to do so, he may be suspended from the school. 
 The money for injuries to property shall be pay¬ 
 able by the parent of the child to the principal of 
 the school, who shall attend to the repairing of 
 the property. 
 
 SUSPENSIONS AND DISMISSALS. 
 
 65. A pupil may be suspended by the principal 
 of a school. Such suspension shall be imme¬ 
 diately reported in writing to the parent of the 
 child and to the superintendent of schools. 
 
 In case of a first suspension the principal may 
 restore the pupil to his class. If, in the judgment 
 of the principal, it becomes necessary to suspend 
 a pupil a second time, the consent of the super¬ 
 intendent must be obtained before the pupil is 
 restored. 
 
 66. A pupil may be dismissed by the superin¬ 
 tendent of schools or by a vote of the board of 
 education. If dismissed by the superintendent, 
 such pupil shall have the right of appeal to the 
 board of education. Each case of suspension or 
 dismissal shall be immediately reported to the 
 parent or guardian. 
 
 67. In case of a change of residence, the 
 pupil may be transferred by the principal. In 
 disciplinary cases the principal may transfer the 
 pupil with the approval of the superintendent. 
 Transfers of pupils between high schools shall 
 
 Shall not use 
 lobacco or 
 profane 
 language. 
 
 Damage must 
 be repaired. 
 
 Suspensions. 
 
 Restoration of 
 suspended pupil. 
 
 Dismissals. 
 
 Transfers. 
 
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 Non-payment 
 of tuition 
 charges. 
 
 Ungraded 
 
 schools. 
 
 Causes for 
 suspension or 
 dismissal. 
 
 be made under the direction of the superinten¬ 
 dent. 
 
 68. A non-resident pupil shall be suspended 
 from school upon the failure of his parent or 
 guardian to pay tuition when so certified by the 
 clerk of the board. 
 
 69. A pupil who is an habitual truant, who is 
 willfully and habitually absent from school, or 
 who cannot be controlled by the regular school 
 discipline while in attendance upon school, shall 
 be committed to a special or ungraded school for 
 instruction, and such pupil shall be restricted to 
 such school for instruction until satisfactory evi¬ 
 dence of improvement is furnished by the teacher 
 in charge, whereupon such pupil may be restored 
 to a graded school, as directed by the superin¬ 
 tendent. 
 
 70. The following offenses, severally, furnish 
 sufficient cause for the transfer of pupils to un¬ 
 graded classes or for suspension or dismissal in 
 cases to which the compulsory education law does 
 not apply: 
 
 Immoral conduct, indecent language, violent 
 or pointed opposition to authority, persistent 
 disobedience or disorder, habitual tardiness, 
 unauthorized absence, and uncleanly condition 
 of person or clothing. 
 
 Promotions. 
 
 Regular 
 
 promotions. 
 
 Special 
 
 promotions. 
 
 PROMOTIONS. 
 
 71. Promotions of pupils to higher grades 
 shall be of two classes—regular and special. 
 
 (a) Regular promotions shall be made at the 
 close of each school term; all other promotions 
 shall be special. In the elementary schools regu¬ 
 lar promotions shall include those pupils only 
 who are on the school rolls at the close of the 
 term, and shall be made by the teacher, subject 
 to the approval of the principal. 
 
 (b) Special promotions may be made by the 
 teacher with the consent of the principal, if sat- 
 
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 isfactory reasons are given for such action. Any 
 pupil not regularly promoted from the eighth 
 grade to the high school may be specially pro¬ 
 moted thereto by the principal, provided that his 
 conduct and attendance have been satisfactory, 
 his general standing good and that there is not 
 more than one deficiency recorded against him. 
 Promotions in a high school shall be under the 
 direction and control of the principal thereof. 
 
 72. It is expected that each pupil will main¬ 
 tain a good and satisfactory standing in each 
 subject of study as well as in deportment and 
 attendance; if, however, a pupil shall have 
 passed satisfactorily in all studies but one, but 
 shall have fallen below the passing mark in that 
 one, he may, with the approval of his teacher 
 and of his principal, be permitted to enter the 
 next higher grade, on the condition that he shall 
 be required to maintain a satisfactory standing 
 in each of his studies. 
 
 73. If, at any time during the school term or 
 year, it shall be deemed best for any individual 
 pupil to be promoted to a higher grade; or, if 
 from lack of interest or application, any pupil 
 shall fail to accomplish the work in any specific 
 class or grade satisfactorily, the principal and 
 the teacher, after consultation with the superin¬ 
 tendent, shall have the power to grade such 
 pupil where, in their judgment, he properly 
 belongs. 
 
 74. Any pupil having been twice over a course 
 shall be permitted to pass to the next grade, pro¬ 
 vided his record shows that he has been present 
 at least 75 per cent, of the days of the term and 
 his application and deportment have been satis¬ 
 factory. 
 
 75. Pupils are required to be regular in their 
 attendance; and, in case they are temporarily de¬ 
 tained or withdrawn from school to the detri- 
 
 Promotions in 
 high schools. 
 
 Satisfactory 
 standing in 
 each subject 
 required. 
 
 Pupils graded 
 by principal 
 and teacher. 
 
 Promotion of 
 pupils repeating 
 grades. 
 
 Grading of 
 
 delinquent 
 
 pupils. 
 
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 Illegal 
 absence of 
 pupils. 
 
 Permission of 
 superintendent 
 required for 
 absence for 
 music, drawing, 
 etc. 
 
 Teacher or 
 principal judge 
 of the sufficiency 
 of an excuse. 
 
 Excused on 
 holy days. 
 
 No secret 
 organizations. 
 
 ment of their work, the principal may, in his dis¬ 
 cretion, require them to recite in lower classes 
 until their delinquency is corrected, and he may 
 assign their seats to pupils who will be more 
 regular in attendance. 
 
 absence: of pupils. 
 
 76. Illegal absence is that for which the ex¬ 
 cuse of personal sickness, death in the family, 
 or contagious disease in the home cannot be 
 given. Sickness and imperative business are 
 alone to be regarded as satisfactory causes of 
 absence. No pupil shall be allowed to be absent 
 from school during the regular session to take 
 music, drawing, dancing, or other lessons, with¬ 
 out the written permission of the superintendent, 
 and no pupil shall be allowed to depart before 
 the appointed hour of leaving school, except in 
 case of sickness or some other pressing emer¬ 
 gency, and the teacher or principal shall in every 
 case be the judge of the sufficiency of the cause. 
 The teacher may require excuses to be made in 
 writing, and all notes of excuse shall be pre¬ 
 served until the close of the school year. 
 
 77. Teachers will excuse pupils from attend¬ 
 ance at school for such time as may be neces¬ 
 sary, on school days observed as holy days by 
 the denomination to which the parent or guardian 
 belongs. All absence from school on school days 
 must be duly recorded in the record books and 
 reported. 
 
 ORGANIZATIONS AMONG PUPILS. 
 
 78. There shall be no organization of any so¬ 
 ciety or association among pupils as such, except 
 that musical, literary and athletic societies or 
 clubs of open membership whose boards of gov¬ 
 ernors shall be composed of equal numbers of 
 teachers and pupils, and senior class organiza¬ 
 tions in high schools, may, upon the recommenda- 
 
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 tion, in writing, of the principal and the superin¬ 
 tendent of schools, be permitted by the board of 
 education. 
 
 ABSENCE OF EMPLOYEES. 
 
 79. No employee of the public schools shall 
 be absent from duty for any other cause than 
 death, sickness, the presence of contagious dis¬ 
 ease in the home, order of a court, or pressing 
 emergency, except by permission of the board 
 of education, or as is hereinafter provided. In 
 case of the absence of teachers, engineers, as¬ 
 sistant engineers, janitors, or caretakers, for any 
 of the above-mentioned causes, notice shall be 
 forthwith communicated to the next higher 
 authority, who shall promptly provide a substi¬ 
 tute to be selected from the eligible list in order 
 of ranking thereon, as far as practicable; pro¬ 
 vided, that in the absence of any such person on 
 the eligible list the most available person shall 
 be selected, and if no such person is available 
 the duties of the absent employee shall be per¬ 
 formed by any competent employee of the public 
 schools not otherwise engaged in the perform¬ 
 ance of duty. 
 
 80. Any teacher who shall be absent from 
 school during its regular session except as the 
 rules of the board may provide, shall forfeit 
 his salary during the time of his absence, and 
 shall be liable to dismissal; provided, however, 
 that, if the absence is caused by personal illness, 
 he shall forfeit only one-half of his salary for 
 such absence, not exceeding two weeks in any 
 term; provided, further, that he shall not forfeit 
 any part of his salary if his absence be due to 
 any of the following causes: 
 
 (a) Death in his immediate family (parent, 
 child, brother or sister, husband or wife) ; pro¬ 
 vided such absence does not exceed four days. 
 
 (b) Death of grandparent, a brother’s or sis¬ 
 ter’s child, uncle or aunt, brother-in-law, or sis- 
 
 Employees 
 shall not be 
 absent. 
 
 Absence of 
 teachers, 
 janitors and 
 care takers. 
 
 Substitute to 
 be provided. 
 
 Employees may 
 perform 
 substitute 
 service. 
 
 Teacher absent 
 forfeits salary 
 and is liable to 
 dismissal. 
 
 Forfeiture for 
 illness. 
 
 No forfeiture. 
 
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 Permission to 
 visit schools. 
 
 Extension of 
 permission. 
 
 Report to be 
 made. 
 
 Leave without 
 pay. 
 
 Not to be 
 granted. 
 
 Physician’s 
 certificate to 
 be filed. 
 
 Report of 
 work to be filed. 
 
 ter-in-law; provided such absence does not ex¬ 
 ceed one day. 
 
 (c) Compliance with the requirements of a 
 court, when the action is not merely one of per¬ 
 sonal benefit. 
 
 (d) In case of quarantine established by the 
 board of health, on account of contagious dis¬ 
 ease in the teacher's home, when such quaran¬ 
 tine is not due to personal illness; promded such 
 absence does not exceed ten school days within 
 one year. 
 
 81. The superintendent of schools may give 
 a written permission to any teacher to be absent 
 from duty for the purpose of visiting other 
 schools, not exceeding two school days in any 
 one year, without the deduction of compensation: 
 provided, that this time may be extended at 
 the discretion of the superintendent of public 
 schools. Provided, further, That application for 
 permission to visit schools shall be made in writ¬ 
 ing through the principal, whose approval shall 
 be indorsed thereon, and the visiting teacher 
 shall report such visits, in writing, to the next 
 higher authority, who shall forward said report 
 to the superintendent of schools. 
 
 82. Leave of absence, without pay, may be 
 granted to any employee of the public schools 
 upon application made in writing, on account of 
 personal illness or for educational advantages: 
 provided, that no such leave of absence shall 
 be granted to an employee who seeks such leave 
 of absence to engage in another occupation for 
 pay or for other than purely educational profit 
 in the line of work in which the teacher is en¬ 
 gaged; that in the case of sickness a certificate 
 from a reputable physician, stating the cause 
 of absence, shall be filed at the time of the re¬ 
 quest for leave of absence, or extension of leave 
 of absence, and in the case of absence for educa¬ 
 tional advantages a report of the work accom¬ 
 plished during said leave of absence shall be filed 
 
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RULES 
 
 with the superintendent of schools at the time of 
 reinstatement, and that, unless otherwise ordered 
 by the board of education, an employee at the 
 expiration of his leave of absence shall be ap¬ 
 pointed to the first vacancy in any position for 
 which he may be qualified; provided, further , 
 That when reinstated the teacher, if absent on 
 account of personal illness or for educational 
 advantages, shall be restored to the rolls with¬ 
 out loss of longevity pay. 
 
 83. No person shall be appointed a teacher or 
 reappointed after a leave of absence obtained 
 for reasons affecting his health, without first 
 passing such physical examination as may be 
 prescribed by the health officer. 
 
 84. Not more than two months’ continuous 
 absence from duty on the part of any employee 
 of the board shall be permitted; but if such em¬ 
 ployee, after a continuous absence of two 
 months, shall be unable to resume his duties, a 
 leave of absence may be granted him by the 
 board. A continuous absence will not be deemed 
 to be broken by any return to duty for a shorter 
 period than five consecutive days. 
 
 85. Vacancies in grade and kindergarten posi¬ 
 tions created by leaves of absence granted by the 
 board of education shall be filled by appoint¬ 
 ments from the merit lists. Vacancies in posi¬ 
 tions of high schools and of special teachers, so 
 created, may be filled by the board at its discre¬ 
 tion. 
 
 86. The reports of the attendance, conduct 
 and scholarship of the pupils of the public 
 schools shall be prepared by the teachers upon 
 forms furnished by the superintendent of 
 schools. These reports shall be issued four 
 times in each term, and not later than the Tues¬ 
 day following the close of each five-week period. 
 They shall be promptly returned to the schools 
 with the signature of the parent or guardian. 
 
 On return from 
 leave teacher 
 takes first 
 vacancy. 
 
 Reinstatement 
 without loss of 
 longevity. 
 
 Physical 
 
 examination 
 
 required. 
 
 Limitation of 
 leave. 
 
 When 
 
 continuous 
 
 absence. 
 
 Vacancies 
 
 filled. 
 
 Pupils’ reports. 
 
 When issued. 
 
 To he signed by 
 parent. 
 
 [ 57 ] 
 
RULES 
 
 Length of 
 school year. 
 
 Not school 
 clays. 
 
 President of 
 Board may 
 close schools. 
 
 Sessions of 
 day schools. 
 
 Sessions of 
 evening schools. 
 
 SCHOOL YEAR AND SESSIONS. 
 
 87. The school year shall commence on the 
 first day of September of each year, and shall 
 end on the last day of the following June. The 
 schools shall be in session on all week days of 
 the school year, except the following: 
 
 Every Saturday. 
 
 From the close of the Regents' examinations 
 in June until the second Monday following Labor 
 Day. 
 
 Thanksgiving Day and the day following. 
 
 From the day before Christmas Day until New 
 Year’s Day, both inclusive, and when the 2nd day 
 of January is observed as New Year’s Day, it 
 shall be included: and when New Year’s Day 
 falls on Thursday, the following Friday shall be 
 included. 
 
 Columbus Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Washing¬ 
 ton’s Birthday and Memorial Day. 
 
 Good Friday and the week following. 
 
 No other holidays shall be granted except by 
 direction of the board of education. 
 
 In emergencies the schools may be closed by 
 order of the president of the board of education. 
 
 The sessions of the schools shall be as follows: 
 
 Kindergarten: 9:00 A. M. to 11:15 A. M.; 
 1:15 P. M. to 3:00 P. M. 
 
 Grades: 9:00 A. M. to 11:45 A. M., with 
 recess from 10:30 to 10:40; 1:15 P. M. to 3:15 
 P. M., with 5 to 10-minute recess in middle of 
 session. 
 
 High schools: 9:00 A. M. to 2:30 P. M., with 
 30 minutes’ intermission. 
 
 Evening Schools: Elementary classes, 7:15 to 
 8:45 P. M. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and 
 Thursdays. 
 
 High school classes, 7:30 to 9:00 P. M. Mon¬ 
 days, Wednesdays and Fridays. 
 
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RULES 
 
 Buildings shall be open for the admission of 
 pupils at least fifteen minutes before the time for 
 the opening of school in the morning. 
 
 TUITION CHARGES, 
 
 88. The charges per term (one-half year) for 
 tuition in the public schools shall be as follows: 
 
 Kindergarten .$12.00 
 
 Primary grades, 1 to 4 inclusive,. 17.00 
 
 Intermediate grades, 5 to 8 inclusive,. 22.00 
 
 High school. 30.00 
 
 Teachers’ training class.... 30.00 
 
 Summer school. 5.00 
 
 Entrance fee in the Evening High School $1.00 
 per pupil, to be returned if attendance record is 
 75%. 
 
 JANITORS. 
 
 89. All appointments of janitors and care¬ 
 takers shall be made by the board of education. 
 
 All janitors and caretakers shall be appointed 
 on probation for a period not exceeding six 
 months. 
 
 90. Each janitor, engineer, fireman and laborer 
 shall be subject to the orders of the principal of 
 his building. He shall be responsible for all dam¬ 
 age done through his neglect or carelessness. He 
 shall make and regulate the fires in such manner 
 as to have the rooms properly heated during school 
 hours; notify the principal in season when fuel is 
 needed, take proper care of the heating appa¬ 
 ratus and see that the same is thoroughly cleaned 
 at the close of school in June ; sweep, dust and 
 wash the rooms, halls and windows; keep the 
 water closets and lavatories clean and in good 
 order at all times; keep the sidewalks, play- 
 grounds and grass plots in a cleanly condition 
 and see that trees and shrubs thereon are prop¬ 
 erly trimmed; guard the building, furniture, 
 fences and grounds; see that the windows, doors 
 
 Buildings open 
 15 minutes 
 before school. 
 
 Tuition charges. 
 
 Entrance fee for 
 evening high 
 school. 
 
 Aopointed on 
 recommendation 
 of committee. 
 On probation 
 for six months. 
 
 Subject to 
 principals. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 [ 59 ] 
 
RULES 
 
 To make 
 repairs. 
 
 Assignment of 
 work to part 
 time employees. 
 
 Shall not be 
 absent when 
 healing apparatus 
 is in use. 
 
 Rooms to be 
 swept and dusted 
 daily. 
 
 Basement to be 
 kalsomined. 
 
 Leave of absence 
 for janitor. 
 
 Supervision of 
 buildings to be 
 provided for. 
 
 Non-payment 
 of debts. 
 
 and gates are securely fastened when the school 
 is not in session; receipt for all materials deliv¬ 
 ered and keep a faithful record of same. He 
 shall promptly make such repairs as he is able 
 to make and report to the principal all other 
 repairs needed, and do such other work as prop¬ 
 erly belongs to the janitor, such as washing ink 
 wells, providing water for the use of the 
 teachers and rupils, assisting in maintaining 
 order and going on official errands for the prin¬ 
 cipal when the heating apparatus is not in use. 
 
 Employees whose work does not continue 
 throughout the year, such as engineers, firemen, 
 etc., may, when not occupied with their regular 
 duties, be assigned to other work by the principal. 
 
 91. The janitor in a steam or furnace-heated 
 building shall not be absent under any circum¬ 
 stances during school hours when the heating 
 apparatus is in use. 
 
 92. All rooms in use are to be swept daily 
 after school, and dusted with cloths before 8:30 
 in the morning. 
 
 93. At least once each year he shall kalsomine 
 the basement walls. 
 
 94. Janitors in charge of buildings, engineers, 
 firemen and laborers will be allowed a two weeks’ 
 leave of absence, between June 30 and September 
 1, arrangement for the same to be made with the 
 clerk of the board of education upon the filing 
 of the proper application. Such leave will be 
 granted only at convenient times and upon condi¬ 
 tion that the janitor arrange for the proper 
 supervision of his building during his absence. 
 
 CONDUCT OF EMPLOYEES. 
 
 95. The board of education will take no cog¬ 
 nizance of complaints against an employee for 
 non-payment of debts, so far as the creditor is 
 concerned. An employee whose services are 
 otherwise satisfactory, and who contracts a debt 
 
 [ 60 ] 
 
RULES 
 
 on the strength of his official position, and then, 
 without sufficient reason, neglects or avoids pay¬ 
 ment thereon, may be liable to dismissal. Com¬ 
 plaints of this character will be considered in the 
 employee’s official rating. 
 
 The use of tobacco by any employee in or about 
 a school building is prohibited. 
 
 SUSPENSIONS AND DISMISSALS OF EMPLOYEES. 
 
 96. The superintendent of schools shall be 
 authorized to suspend temporarily any employee 
 of the schools, for cause, subject to report in 
 writing to the board of education at its next 
 regular or special meeting. Any person under 
 suspension by order of the superintendent of 
 schools may appeal to the board at its regular 
 or special meeting. The grounds of appeal shall 
 be stated in writing and shall be filed with the 
 clerk of the board at least 24 hours prior to the 
 meeting. 
 
 97. Any employee who shall be absent from 
 duty without leave may be suspended by the 
 superintendent of schools and dismissed by the 
 board. The suspension from duty of any em¬ 
 ployee shall also involve deduction of compensa¬ 
 tion from the date of suspension, unless other¬ 
 wise ordered by the board. 
 
 98. The violation of any of the rules of the 
 board of education; disobedience or neglect of 
 the orders of those in authority; any other of¬ 
 fenses against good order or morality; or inabil¬ 
 ity to perform satisfactorily the duties of his 
 position on the part of any employee of the 
 board, shall be, any or all of them, considered 
 cause for suspension by the superintendent of 
 schools or dismissal by the board. The suspen¬ 
 sion of any employee shall extend only to the 
 next meeting, regular or special, of the board 
 of education, unless otherwise ordered by the 
 board. 
 
 Use of tobacco 
 prohibited. 
 
 Superintendent 
 may suspend 
 
 employees. 
 
 Appeal may 
 be taken. 
 
 Employee absent 
 without leave 
 may be 
 suspended. 
 
 Causes for 
 suspension or 
 dismissal 
 
 [ 61 ] 
 
RULES 
 
 Regular order of 
 communications. 
 
 Order of 
 transmittal of 
 communications. 
 
 Business 
 
 communications. 
 
 Order of 
 appeals. 
 
 Decision 
 
 stands. 
 
 Ten days* 
 notice of 
 resignation 
 is required. 
 
 ORDER OF TRANSMITTAL OF OFFICIAL COMMUNICA¬ 
 TIONS. 
 
 99. All official communications of whatever 
 nature from teachers or other employees of the 
 board of education, except such as are elsewhere 
 in these rules otherwise provided for, shall be 
 sent first to the person next higher in authority 
 for his action; and all communications to the 
 board of education from any of its employees, 
 shall be transmitted in regular order to the 
 superintendent of schools, who shall present the 
 same to the board, with or without his approval. 
 
 The order of transmittal shall be: 
 
 In the schools, from the teacher, janitor or 
 other employee to the principal, the superintend¬ 
 ent, the board of education. 
 
 In the special departments, from the special 
 teacher to the director, the superintendent, the 
 board of education. 
 
 Communications on business matters shall be 
 sent through the regular channels to the clerk of 
 the board. 
 
 APPEALS. 
 
 100. Appeals may be taken from the decision 
 of any principal or director to the superintendent, 
 and finally to the board of education in the order 
 named. 
 
 Pending an appeal the decision stands. 
 
 RESIGNATIONS. 
 
 101. Every resignation of any teacher or em¬ 
 ployee of the public schools of the city of Syra¬ 
 cuse must be submitted to the superintendent at 
 least ten days before the same is intended to 
 take effect, under penalty of forfeiting any- 
 accrued salary or pay, upon the recommendation 
 of the superintendent of schools, for a period 
 not to exceed ten days. 
 
 [ 62 ] 
 
RULES 
 
 102. Should a female teacher marry, her place 
 shall thereupon become vacant. 
 
 Female teacher 
 vacates position 
 by marriage. 
 
 FLAGS. 
 
 103. On all school days and legal holidays of 
 the nation and of the state flags shall fly at full 
 staff from all school buildings from 8:30 A. M. to 
 4:30 P. M. On Memorial Day the flag shall be 
 placed at half staff. 
 
 On the death of any teacher in active service 
 the flag on the building in which the teacher has 
 recently taught shall be half-masted on the day 
 of the funeral. 
 
 Flags shall be properly housed at the end of 
 each school day. 
 
 athletics. 
 
 104. The control of all inter-high school ath¬ 
 letics shall be vested in the high school principals, 
 acting as a board. They shall be responsible, 
 acting jointly, for the enforcement of all rules 
 relating to inter-high school athletic interests. 
 
 They shall report in writing to the superin¬ 
 tendent of public schools, for his approval, all 
 rules and modifications of such rules as may be 
 made from time to time. They may delegate 
 such responsibility in the making and execution 
 of rules and in the management of inter-high 
 school athletics as they may deem expedient, to 
 a board of faculty advisers, said board to con¬ 
 sist of one member of the faculty of each school 
 to be appointed by the principal of the school. 
 
 The control of all inter-elementary school ath¬ 
 letics shall be vested in the principals of the par¬ 
 ticipating schools and the supervisor of physical 
 education acting as a board. They shall follow 
 the same procedure regarding the making and 
 enforcement of rules as is followed in the con¬ 
 trol of inter-high school athletics. 
 
 The superintendent of schools shall report all 
 rules, approved by him, to the board of educa- 
 
 Hours flags 
 shall fly. 
 
 Flags at 
 half-mast. 
 
 Housing of 
 flags. 
 
 Control of 
 high school 
 athletics. 
 
 Superintendent 
 to report rules 
 for ratification. 
 
 Board of 
 faculty advisers. 
 
 Control of 
 elementary 
 school 
 athletics. 
 
 Shall report 
 rules. 
 
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RULES 
 
 Salaries 
 determined by 
 board of 
 education and 
 board of estimate. 
 
 Payment of 
 salaries. 
 
 Present salary 
 schedule. 
 
 Increases date 
 from beginning 
 of term. 
 
 tion, whose ratification of them shall be final and 
 shall be entered upon the records of the board 
 of education. 
 
 SALARIES. 
 
 105. The salaries of all employees in the pub¬ 
 lic schools shall be determined by the board of 
 education, subject to the approval of the board 
 of estimate and apportionment. 
 
 The annual salaries of principals and teachers 
 shall be paid in ten equal payments, beginning 
 October 1 of each year. 
 
 The salaries of all other officers and employees 
 shall be paid in twelve equal payments. 
 
 The present schedule of salaries is as follows: 
 Kindergarten and Grade Teachers 
 
 Minimum . $400.00 
 
 Annual increase. 50.00 
 
 Maximum . 750.00 
 
 High School Teachers 
 Men 
 
 Minimum . 
 
 Annual increase 
 Maximum . 
 
 Women 
 
 Minimum . 550.00 
 
 Annual increase. 50.00 
 
 Maximum . 950.00 
 
 Special Teachers 
 
 Men . 1,000.00 
 
 Women . 850.00 
 
 106. All increases starting between the begin¬ 
 ning and end of any term shall date from the 
 beginning of said term. 
 
 [ 64 ] 
 
 1,000.00 
 
 100.00 
 
 1,600.00 
 
RULES 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 107. All persons connected with the public 
 schools are hereby forbidden to furnish to any 
 person or persons not connected with said 
 schools or to those connected, except for school 
 purposes, any list or lists of the pupils, teachers 
 or other employees therein, or their addresses, 
 unless by special permission of the board. 
 
 108. Subscriptions for papers, books, publica¬ 
 tions and other articles and canvass for the sale 
 of any article within a school building shall not 
 be permitted at any time, except that agents for 
 regular school text books and periodicals may 
 visit the offices of principals. Pupils when au¬ 
 thorized by their principals, may solicit subscrip¬ 
 tions for their own school periodicals and for 
 their athletic associations. 
 
 No other subscriptions or contributions by pu¬ 
 pils shall be permitted except by consent of the 
 board of education. 
 
 109. No pupil may be solicited in any manner 
 for subscriptions or contributions for any pur¬ 
 pose except for regularly organized or author¬ 
 ized public literary and athletic clubs of their 
 respective schools, without the permission of the 
 board of education. 
 
 Application to pupils of the public schools or 
 to their parents through them, through the is¬ 
 suance of circulars, tickets, and subscription lists, 
 or in any other manner, for contributions or 
 other aid toward any purpose whatever, is pro¬ 
 hibited. The giving of concerts, fairs, lunches, 
 or other entertainments for money in any school 
 building is prohibited, except by permission of 
 the superintendent of schools. 
 
 110. The pupils of the schools shall not as or¬ 
 ganized bodies be permitted to engage in any con¬ 
 cert or public entertainment outside of school, 
 or excursion, without permission of the superin¬ 
 tendent of schools. 
 
 Furnishing 
 lists of pupils, 
 teachers, etc., 
 orohibited. 
 
 Subscriptions for 
 papers, etc., 
 within schools 
 forbidden. 
 
 No subscriptions 
 except by 
 consent of 
 board. 
 
 Soliciting 
 
 subscriptions. 
 
 Concerts, 
 entertainments, 
 etc., only by 
 permission of 
 the 
 
 superintendent. 
 
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RULES 
 
 No mail to be 
 delivered to 
 pupils at school. 
 
 Teachers must 
 co-operate with 
 medical 
 inspector. 
 
 Complaints to be 
 made to the 
 principal or 
 superintendent. 
 
 111. No mail shall be delivered to pupils at 
 school buildings, except in connection with 
 authorized publications and athletics. 
 
 112. Teachers and principals are expected to 
 co-operate in every way with the medical in¬ 
 spectors and the health officer in making effective 
 the provisions of the rules regulating the medical 
 inspection of pupils. 
 
 113. All complaints against the regulations 
 prescribed by this board for the government of 
 schools, or against individual teachers in the dis¬ 
 charge of their duties in carrying out these regu¬ 
 lations, shall be made to the principal or to the 
 superintendent of schools, and teachers shall not 
 permit their time and that of their classes to be 
 encroached upon during school hours by receiv¬ 
 ing complaints from and making explanations to 
 the patrons of the school, but sha 1 ! in a courteous 
 way and as briefly as possible refer them to one 
 of the above named officers. 
 
 I 06 | 
 

 
 
RULES 
 
 GOVERNING 
 
 TRAINING CLASSES 
 
 APPOINTMENT oj 
 TEACHERS 
 
 AND 
 
 MERIT LISTS 
 
 [ 69 ] 
 
When 
 
 organized. 
 
 Course to cover 
 requirements 
 of state 
 education 
 department. 
 
 Teachers 
 appointed from 
 merit lists. 
 
 Board reserves 
 right to appoint 
 male or female. 
 
 Requirements for 
 grade or 
 kindergarten 
 teacher. 
 
 Requirements for 
 high school 
 teachers. 
 
 Certificate of 
 state education 
 department 
 necessary. 
 
 TRAINING CLASS 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 teachers’ training classes. 
 
 Sec. 1 . Teachers’ training classes shall, if 
 
 practicable, be organized in January and Septem¬ 
 ber of each year. 
 
 Sec. 2. Members of the teachers’ training 
 
 classes shall pursue the course of study and meet 
 all requirements in the matter of scholarship, 
 training and experience as provided by the rules 
 of the state education department. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 APPOINTMENT 0E TEACHERS. 
 
 Sec. 1. All kindergarten, grade and high 
 
 school teachers, except supervisors, principals, 
 vice-principals, heads of departments, and com¬ 
 mercial, manual training, domestic science, domes¬ 
 tic art and drawing teachers shall be appointed 
 from the persons on the merit lists in the order 
 of their rating. In making appointments, if the 
 person at the head of the merit list is not avail¬ 
 able, the next shall be chosen. The right is re¬ 
 served in every case to name the highest male or 
 the highest female candidate, according as the 
 board of education shall determine that a male 
 or a female teacher is required for the specific 
 position. 
 
 A candidate for a kindergarten position or for 
 a grade position must be a graduate of a high 
 school of approved standing or must show the 
 equivalent qualifications. 
 
 A candidate for a high school position must be 
 a graduate of a college or of a normal school of 
 approved standing and must have had at least 
 two years’ successful experience in teaching high 
 school subjects. 
 
 Every candidate must possess a certificate 
 issued or indorsed by the state education de¬ 
 partment entitling him to teach in the department 
 
 [ 70 ] 
 
MERIT LISTS 
 
 for which he has made application in the schools 
 of cities of the second class. 
 
 merit lists. 
 
 Sec. 2. There shall be merit lists of kinder¬ 
 garten, grade and high school teachers respect¬ 
 ively. The high school merit list shall be divided 
 into department lists of ancient and modern lan¬ 
 guages, mathematics, science, history and Eng¬ 
 lish, but no candidate shall be rated on more than 
 two of the departmental merit lists. 
 
 Applicants on said merit lists shall be graded 
 upon the following qualifications: 
 
 General scholarship, including profes¬ 
 
 sional training.30 credits 
 
 Teaching ability, including discipline 
 and management.40 credits 
 
 General merit and fitness.30 credits 
 
 The mark in general scholarship and profes¬ 
 sional training shall be determined by written 
 tests to be given by a committee of three or more 
 to be nominated by the superintendent of schools 
 and approved by the board of education. Except, 
 that the mark in general scholarship and profes¬ 
 sional training of graduates of the Syracuse 
 training school shall be given b}^ the faculty of 
 that school, based upon the work of the candi¬ 
 dates during the entire training school course, 
 and such mark shall stand in lieu of the written 
 test above named for a period of two years from 
 the date of examination, after which the candi¬ 
 date may elect to enter the written tests or retain 
 the training school mark, provided, that no such 
 rating shall be given to any graduate from the 
 Syracuse training school prior to January 1, 1912. 
 
 The ratings given by the faculty of the train¬ 
 ing school and the reports of the above named 
 committee shall be filed in the office of the super- 
 
 Merit lists 
 include 
 kindergarten, 
 grade and high 
 school teachers. 
 High school lists 
 divided into 
 departments. 
 
 Merit list 
 examination. 
 
 Written 
 examination in 
 general 
 
 scholarship and 
 
 professional 
 
 training. 
 
 Appointment of 
 committee. 
 Syracuse training 
 class graduates 
 rated by faculty 
 in lieu of 
 examination. 
 
 Ratings to be 
 filed in office of 
 superintendent. 
 
 [ 71 ] 
 
MERIT LISTS 
 
 Candidate may 
 know rating 
 and inspect 
 papers. 
 
 intendent of schools and shall be open to inspec¬ 
 tion by the members of the board of education. 
 Any candidate on request shall be informed of 
 his rating and may inspect the papers which he 
 has written. 
 
 Subjects reauired 
 of high school 
 candidates. 
 
 Committee to 
 determine 
 teaching 
 ability. 
 
 Committee may 
 
 consider 
 
 certificates. 
 
 Candidates for high school positions will be re¬ 
 quired to take examinations in two different sub¬ 
 jects. Those electing “science” as one of their 
 subjects will be required to take two scientific 
 subjects, e. g. chemistry and physics, chemistry 
 and biology, physics and zoology, physics and 
 physical geography, or any other combination of 
 scientific subjects taught in the high schools. 
 The other subject chosen may be a third science. 
 
 Teaching ability shall be determined by a com¬ 
 mittee of three or more to be nominated by the 
 superintendent of schools and approved by the 
 board of education. As far as practicable, such 
 ability shall be ascertained from the actual teach¬ 
 ing of the candidate in the presence of the com¬ 
 mittee in the kind of work for which the candi¬ 
 date has made application. The committee, how¬ 
 ever, may at its discretion consider the certifi¬ 
 cates of well-known educators who have personal 
 knowledge of the teaching ability of the candi¬ 
 dates to whom they certify. 
 
 Committee to The general merit and fitness of the candidates 
 
 meri^and genera shall be determined by a committee consisting 
 fitness. of the superintendent of schools and two others 
 
 to be nominated by the superintendent and 
 approved by the board of education. 
 
 ^nder dera ne°*al determining the general merit and fitness of 
 
 nierit r anT ei a a candidate, the committee shall consider his 
 
 fitness. education, both general and professional; his 
 
 experience in teaching, his general reputation as 
 a man and as a teacher, his personal appearance, 
 his general health, and his apparent ability to 
 organize classes, interest and manage pupils, as 
 well as all other matters that go to make a suc¬ 
 cessful teacher. 
 
 [ 72 ] 
 
MERIT USTS 
 
 Examinations for the merit list shall be held 
 in November and December of each year. No 
 candidate shall be rated on the merit list who 
 has not personally appeared before the commit¬ 
 tee and actually conducted a class in teaching in 
 the line of work for which he has applied. 
 
 A candidate who shall desire to take the 
 examination for the merit list shall notify the 
 superintendent of schools in writing to that effect 
 on or before November 1st preceding the exam¬ 
 ination. 
 
 No candidate's name shall be placed upon the 
 merit list whose general rating is below 75 
 credits. No candidate’s name shall be retained 
 on the merit list for a longer period than two 
 years without re-examination. 
 
 Candidates whose names are now (1912) on 
 the merit list and who do not wish to be re¬ 
 examined at the next regular examination 
 period, will not have their names retained on the 
 merit list after the next merit list has been 
 adopted by the board of education. 
 
 As far as practicable, a new merit list shall 
 be adopted by the board of education at its 
 regular meeting in February of each year. 
 
 Any candidate on the merit list may be re¬ 
 rated at the annual examination of candidates, 
 provided he has filed with the superintendent of 
 schools before November 1st preceding the 
 examination, a request for re-examination. 
 
 In the event of a vacancy for which the merit 
 lists provide no properly qualified eligible, the 
 superintendent of schools is authorized and 
 directed to conduct such examination along lines 
 specified in the present rules as may be necessary 
 to secure a properly qualified teacher for such 
 position. 
 
 Time of 
 examinations. 
 
 Presence of 
 
 candidate 
 
 required. 
 
 Candidate must 
 notify 
 
 superintendent. 
 
 Rating must be 
 75% or over. 
 
 Re-examination 
 required after 
 two years. 
 
 Names on old 
 lists not 
 continued. 
 
 New lists 
 in February 
 each year. 
 
 Re-rating of 
 candidates. 
 
 In absence of 
 eligible to 
 fill vacancy, 
 superintendent 
 will hold 
 examination. 
 
 r 73 1 
 
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS 
 
 Substitute teachers 
 order of 
 nomination. 
 
 Designation in 
 absence of 
 available party on 
 merit list. 
 
 Pay of substitute 
 teachers. 
 
 Sec. 3. Substitute teachers shall be named by 
 the superintendent of schools. As far as practica¬ 
 ble such teachers shall be given work in the order 
 of their ratings on the merit list. However, when 
 no teachers on the merit list are available for 
 substitute work, the superintendent may 
 designate any person who is eligible to teach 
 under the rules governing Section 1 of this 
 Article. 
 
 Substitute teachers shall be paid such per diem 
 salary as shall be determined by the board of 
 education. 
 
 r 74 1 
 

LA W 
 
 GOVERNING 
 
 THE 
 
 PUBLIC TEACHERS’ 
 RETIREMENT FUND 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 CITY of SYRACUSE 
 
 [ 77 } 
 
teacher's RETIREMENT fund 
 CHAPTER 750-Laws of 1897. 
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter twenty-six of the 
 laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, en¬ 
 titled “An act to revise, amend and consoli¬ 
 date the several acts in relation to the city of 
 Syracuse, and to revise and amend the charter 
 of said city/’ establishing a fund for pension¬ 
 ing retired school teachers, and regulating the 
 collection and management thereof. 
 
 Accepted by the City. 
 
 Became a law May 22, 1897, with the approval 
 of the Governor. Passed—three-fifths being 
 present. 
 
 General 
 
 management of 
 fund. 
 
 Pay annuities. 
 Make rules and 
 regulations. 
 
 Creation of 
 fund. 
 
 The People of the State of New York, repre¬ 
 sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as 
 follows: 
 
 Sec. 1 . Title eleven of chapter twenty-six of 
 the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five is 
 hereby amended by adding thereto a new section 
 to read as follows: 
 
 Sec. 183a. Sub. 1. The board of education 
 and superintendent of schools of the city of 
 Syracuse shall constitute a board of trustees who 
 shall have the general care and management of 
 the public school teachers’ retirement fund 
 created by this act. The said board of trustees 
 is empowered to make payment, from said fund, 
 of annuities granted in pursuance of this act; 
 to take all necessary and proper action in the 
 premises; and to make such rules and regulations 
 for the administration and investment of said 
 fund as it may deem best, except that neither 
 the whole nor any part of said fund shall be in¬ 
 vested in any manner otherwise than as the 
 savings banks of the State of New York are by 
 law permitted to invest their funds. 
 
 Sub. 2. The public school teachers' retirement 
 fund created by this act shall consist of the fol- 
 
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TEACHERS RETIREMENT FUND 
 
 lowing moneys with interest or income there¬ 
 from, to wit: 
 
 (a) All money, pay, compensation or salary 
 forfeited by or deducted from the salary of any 
 superintendent, supervisor, principal or teacher 
 employed in the public schools of Syracuse, for 
 any absence from duty for any cause; but when 
 the duties of such absent person are performed 
 by a supply teacher, the amount of salary so de¬ 
 ducted shall first be applied toward the payment 
 of such supply teacher. 
 
 (b) All donations, legacies and gifts which 
 shall be made to said fund. 
 
 (c) An amount not to exceed one per centum 
 per annum of the respective salaries paid to the 
 superintendent of schools, supervisors, principals 
 and teachers regularly employed in the public 
 schools of Syracuse. 
 
 (d) All money which may be obtained from 
 other sources, or by other means duly and 
 legally devised for the increase of said fund, by 
 said board of trustees, or with their consent. 
 
 Sub. 3. The board of education, in making the 
 pay-rolls for the superintendent, supervisors, 
 principals and teachers hereinbefore mentioned, 
 shall semi-annually deduct from the salary of 
 each of said persons, a sum not to exceed one 
 per centum of his or her annual salary and shall 
 certify the amount of such deductions and 
 and names of the persons from whose salaries 
 such deductions have been made; and such cer¬ 
 tificate shall accompany the pay-roll and a war¬ 
 rant for the amount of deduction so certified shall 
 be drawn payable to the city treasurer, who shall 
 retain the same subject to the disposal of the 
 said board of trustees. A similar certificate 
 shall be made and warrant drawn each month in 
 case of deductions from salaries on account of 
 absence from duty. 
 
 (a) Salary- 
 forfeited or 
 deducted. 
 
 (b) Donations, 
 etc. 
 
 (c) One per 
 centum of 
 salaries. 
 
 (d) Other sources 
 of fund. 
 
 Semi-annual 
 
 deductions. 
 
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teacher's retirement fund 
 
 City treasurer 
 custodian of 
 fund. 
 
 Teachers 
 retired on 
 superintendent’s 
 recommendation. 
 
 Voluntary 
 
 retirement. 
 
 Annuity not to 
 exceed 50 per 
 centum of 
 salary. 
 
 Limit of 
 annuity $800. 
 
 Sub. 4. The city treasurer shall be the cus¬ 
 todian of said fund and shall execute a bond to 
 the city, with good and sufficient sureties, to be 
 approved by said board of trustees, conditioned 
 on the faithful performance of his duties as such 
 custodian. Said bond shall be filed in the office 
 of the city clerk, and in case of a breach of the 
 same or any of the conditions thereof, suit may 
 be brought on said bond in the name of the city 
 for the use of said board or any person or per¬ 
 sons injured by such breach. 
 
 Sub. 5. (a) The board of education shall 
 have power, on recommendation ot the superin¬ 
 tendent of schools, to retire from service any 
 supervisor, principal or teacher who shall have 
 served in such capacity or capacities for an ag¬ 
 gregate period of twenty years if a female, and 
 twenty-five years if a male; and any person so 
 retired shall become an annuitant under this act, 
 provided that not less than fifteen years of such 
 service shall have been rendered in the public 
 schools of Syracuse. 
 
 (b) Any superintendent, principal, supervisor 
 or teacher who shall have served in such capacity 
 or capacities for a period of thirty years if a 
 female, or thirty-five years if a male, may 
 voluntarily retire from service and become an 
 annuitant under this act, provided that not less 
 than fifteen years of such service, or five years 
 as provided in subdivision nine of this act, shall 
 have been performed in the public schools within 
 the present limits of Syracuse. 
 
 Sub. 6. No annuity paid in pursuance of this 
 act shall exceed one-half the annual salary of the 
 annuitant receiving it, at the time of retirement 
 from service; neither shall any annuity exceed 
 the sum of eight hundred dollars, and all annui¬ 
 ties must be at the same rate per centum of the 
 salary of the several annuitants at the time of 
 retirement, except in cases where the annuity at 
 that rate would exceed eight hundred dollars. 
 
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teacher's retirement fund 
 
 Sub. 7. No person shall become an annuitant 
 who has not contributed to the teachers’ retire¬ 
 ment fund, in pursuance of subdivision three of 
 this act, exclusive of deductions from salary for 
 absence, an amount equal to at least twenty per 
 centum of his or her annual salary at the time 
 of retirement; but any such person, otherwise 
 qualified, may become an annuitant by making a 
 cash payment to the retirement fund before re¬ 
 ceiving any annuity, of such an amount as his 
 previous contributions under said subdivision 
 three may have fallen short of the required 
 twenty per centum. 
 
 Sub. 8. No annuity shall be paid from the 
 teachers’ retirement fund before July first, nine¬ 
 teen hundred and one; but any person duly quali¬ 
 fied who shall retire or be retired from service 
 before that time, shall not be deemed to have 
 forfeited the right to become an annuitant under 
 the provisions of this act. 
 
 Sub. 9. No person shall be deemed to have 
 forfeited the right to become an annuitant by 
 virtue of having resigned his or her position in 
 the public schools of Syracuse after five years 
 of service therein, provided that such person shall 
 continue in similar work elsewhere, and shall con¬ 
 tribute annually to the retirement fund an 
 amount equal to one per centum of the annual 
 salary of such person at the time of such resigna¬ 
 tion. 
 
 Sub. 10. If at any time a superintendent, prin¬ 
 cipal, supervisor or teacher, who shall be willing 
 to continue service in the schools, shall not be 
 re-employed or shall be discharged, before the 
 time when he or she would, under the provisions 
 of this act, be entitled to an annuity, then such 
 person shall be paid back all the money which 
 may have been deducted from his or her salary 
 in pursuance of this act, otherwise than on 
 account of absence. 
 
 Annuitants to pay 
 20% of salary 
 exclusive of 
 deductions for 
 absence. 
 
 Retirement before 
 July 1, 1901. 
 
 Teachers 
 
 resigning. 
 
 Failure to be 
 re-employed or 
 discharged. 
 
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teacher's retirement fund 
 
 Annual report. Sub. 11. The board of education shall include 
 
 in its annual report a full account of the condi¬ 
 tion of the teachers' retirement fund, its 
 amount, the manner of its investment, and all 
 receipts and disbursements on account of said 
 fund during the year. 
 
 Sec. 2. This act shall take effect on July first, 
 eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 
 
 STATE OF NEW YORK, ) 
 
 Office of the Secretary of State. ) ss. 
 
 I have compared the preceding with the orig¬ 
 inal law on file in this office, and do hereby cer¬ 
 tify that the same is a correct transcript there¬ 
 from and of the whole of said original law. 
 
 JOHN PALMER, 
 Secretary of State. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 A 
 
 Absence— page 
 
 of teacher to be reported. 42 
 
 teacher shall notify parent of. 45 
 
 of employees. 55 
 
 of teacher for more than two months. 43 
 
 deduction of salary in case of. 55 
 
 return for less than five days not to break con¬ 
 secutive . 57 
 
 of principals. 43 
 
 illegal, of pupils. . . . 45 
 
 excuses for, of pupils... 45 
 
 without leave, cause for dismissal. 55 
 
 Absent— 
 
 from duty, employees shall not be. 55 
 
 janitors shall not be. 60 
 
 Addresses of pupils and employees not to be fur¬ 
 nished . 65 
 
 Admission—■ 
 
 to high schools. 53 
 
 to teachers’ training class, educational qualifica¬ 
 tions for. 70 
 
 of pupils.48-49 
 
 of pupils, order of. 50 
 
 vaccination prerequisite to. 49 
 
 age of, kindergartens. 49 
 
 age of, grades. 48 
 
 Amendments—• 
 
 to by-laws. 34 
 
 Annual increase of salaries. 64 
 
 Appeal— 
 
 from suspension.61,62 
 
 decision stands pending. 62 
 
 order of. 62 
 
 Applicants, superintendent to conduct examinations 
 
 of . 23 
 
 Appointments—* 
 
 of teachers, heads of departments, principals, vice 
 principals, directors, and special teachers. ... 10, 70 
 to first vacancy in case of employees returning 
 
 from leave of absence. 57 
 
 of janitors and caretakers, probationary. 59 
 
 of janitors and caretakers. .. 59 
 
 of superintendent of schools.6, 21 
 
 qualifications required before.8, 70 
 
 examination required before. 70 
 
 Assignment— 
 
 of work to part-time employees. 60 
 
 Assistant Clerk— 
 
 duties . 25 
 
 Athletics- 
 
 rules to be reported. 63 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 rules to be ratified... 64 
 
 board of faculty advisers required. 63 
 
 control vested. 63 
 
 Attendance— 
 
 children may be excused from. 54 
 
 Attendance officers— 
 
 duties of. 26 
 
 shall carry out provisions of compulsory educa¬ 
 tion law. 26 
 
 shall report to board monthly. 26 
 
 Audit bills, finance committee to. 29 
 
 B 
 
 Board of education— 
 
 officers of.6, 20-21 
 
 committees of. 27 
 
 shall furnish free text-books. 11 
 
 clerk shall send out notice of meetings. 23 
 
 election of members. 5 
 
 term of members. 6 
 
 to serve without compensation. 6 
 
 place of meeting. 18 
 
 quorum . 18 
 
 meetings of..... .18-20 
 
 powers and duties of. 7-8 
 
 to transmit estimates. 29 
 
 Bonds required of superintendent and clerk. 7 
 
 Books— 
 
 free to grades. 11 
 
 limitation as to authorship or interest.. 11 
 
 superintendent shall have supervision of. 22 
 
 superintendent shall recommend. 22 
 
 committee on text books to report on. 31 
 
 changes in.22, 31 
 
 clerk shall distribute..... 24 
 
 requisition for by principal. 40 
 
 worn out, to be collected and reported to clerk. . 43 
 
 Buildings—• 
 
 board to approve plans of.7, 12 
 
 repair of. 9 
 
 acquired . 11 
 
 construction of. 12 
 
 superintendent shall report on. 22 
 
 superintendent shall have supervision of..... . 22 
 
 shall be opened 20 minutes before the opening of 
 
 school . 59 
 
 closing of. 58 
 
 use of. 32 
 
 executive committee supervise repairs. 28 
 
 principal and janitor jointly responsible for. 40 
 
 duties of janitors in.59-60 
 
 flags on. 63 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Business—- 
 
 order of.19-20 
 
 to be transacted through regular channels. 62 
 
 communications . 62 
 
 By-laws, amendments to. 34 
 
 c 
 
 Candidates, examination of.23, 71-73 
 
 Canvassing, teachers shall not allow. 65 
 
 Causes for suspension and dismissal. 52 
 
 Certificate—- 
 
 required in cases of vaccination.49-50 
 
 Certificates of teachers. 70 
 
 Children—- 
 
 compulsory education of, required.48-49 
 
 may be excused from attendance. 54 
 
 Circulars may be given pupils, when.34, 65 
 
 Classes—• 
 
 principals shall visit. 41 
 
 number of pupils to. 48 
 
 Clerk- 
 
 election of.6,21 
 
 duties of.9, 19, 23-25 
 
 shall submit monthly statement. 24 
 
 bond required. 7 
 
 to keep list of teachers. 47 
 
 receive tuition. 24 
 
 shall send notice of board meetings.18, 23 
 
 shall distribute text books.24, 25 
 
 shall keep records, file reports, et cetera. 23 
 
 custodian of petty cash. 24 
 
 shall collect and dispose of worn out books. 43 
 
 Closing of school. 58 
 
 College degree or normal certificate required.10,70 
 
 Committees—• 
 
 appointment of.21,27 
 
 standing . 27 
 
 executive .27-29 
 
 finance ... 29 
 
 building and hygiene. 30 
 
 teachers . 30 
 
 text books and course of study.30-31 
 
 libraries, rules, regulations and printing.31-32 
 
 elementary school. 32 
 
 high school. 32 
 
 extended use of public school buildings.32-33 
 
 reports of. 27 
 
 resolutions of. 27 
 
 Communications—* 
 
 order of. 62 
 
 business ............ 62 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Compensation, board of education to serve without. 6 
 
 Compulsory attendance of pupils required. 48 
 
 Compulsory education law— 
 
 enforcement of, superintendent shall supervise.. 9 
 
 attendance officers to carry out provisions of.... 26 
 
 Concerts—• 
 
 forbidden . 65 
 
 Conduct of employees. 60 
 
 Contributions shall not be solicited of pupils. 65 
 
 Corporal punishment— 
 
 teachers shall avoid. 45 
 
 teachers shall report. 45 
 
 Course of study— 
 
 superintendent shall make. 22 
 
 for training classes. 70 
 
 teachers shall observe. 47 
 
 D 
 
 Damage, pupils shall pay for. 57 
 
 Death of employees, flag half-masted. 63 
 
 Debts, non-payment of.60-61 
 
 Decision—• 
 
 stands pending appeal. 62 
 
 suspended employee may appeal from. 61 
 
 Deduction of salary for absence.55-56 
 
 Degree, college or normal certificate required.10,70 
 
 Director of training school— 
 
 duties . 38 
 
 Dismissal—• 
 
 of officers, teachers, and employees. 61 
 
 of pupils. 51 
 
 absence without leave, cause for. 55 
 
 causes for, of pupils... 52 
 
 of class, on account of temperature.44-45 
 
 Domestic art- 
 
 supervision of. 39 
 
 Domestic science- 
 
 supervision of. 39 
 
 Duties— 
 
 of the president of the board of education. 21 
 
 of the superintendent.21-23 
 
 of the clerk of the board of education.23-25 
 
 of the assistant clerk of the board of education.... 25 
 
 of the attendance officers. 26 
 
 of committees—- 
 
 executive .27-29 
 
 finance . 29 
 
 building and hygiene. 30 
 
 teachers . 30 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 text books and course of study.....30-31 
 
 library, rules, regulations and printing.31-32 
 
 elementary schools. 32 
 
 high schools. 32 
 
 extended use of school buildings.32-33 
 
 of the supervisor of grades. 38 
 
 of the supervisor of kindergartens. 38 
 
 of the director of the training school. 38 
 
 of the supervisor of industrial education. 39 
 
 of the supervisors of special studies. 39 
 
 of heads of departments, prescribed by superintend¬ 
 ent . 23 
 
 of the superintendent of repairs.25-26 
 
 of principals.39-44 
 
 of teachers.44-48 
 
 of janitors.59-60 
 
 E 
 
 Education, compulsory, of children required.48-49 
 
 Educational Building. 33 
 
 use of. 33 
 
 written permit required. 33 
 
 Election—• 
 
 of president of the board of education.18, 20-21 
 
 of superintendent of schools. 21 
 
 of clerk of the board of education. 21 
 
 of the president pro tempore . 19 
 
 Emergency— 
 
 notification in cases of. 55 
 
 Employees—• 
 
 prescription of duties. 23 
 
 transfer of.8,23 
 
 dismissal of. 61 
 
 not to perform other service for pecuniary consid¬ 
 eration . 46 
 
 shall report for duty when required. 47 
 
 shall not be absent from duty... 55 
 
 may perform substitute service. 55 
 
 absence of, because of subpoena. 55 
 
 death of teacher. 63 
 
 shall give ten days’ notice of resignation..62 
 
 may be suspended by superintendent.9,22,61 
 
 conduct of. 60 
 
 lists of or addresses of, not to be furnished.... 65 
 
 salaries of, how paid. 64 
 
 Enforcement of compulsory education law provided.. 9 
 Engineers—• 
 
 absence of.. 55 
 
 substitutes for. 55 
 
 temporary transfers of. 55 
 
 Enrolment of pupils. 42 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Entertainments— 
 
 pupils shall not engage in. 65 
 
 forbidden . 65 
 
 Errands, teachers shall not send pupils on. 46 
 
 Estimates to be transmitted by board. 29 
 
 Examinations—• 
 
 of pupils, superintendent shall direct. 22 
 
 for merit lists. 73 
 
 of candidates.23, 71-73 
 
 physical, required before appointment of teachers. 57 
 
 positions exempted from.10, 70 
 
 Excused—• 
 
 for private lessons, permit required. 54 
 
 on holy days, pupils may be. 54 
 
 Expenditures must be authorized... 29 
 
 F 
 
 Fairs, forbidden. 65 
 
 Fire drills, principals to have bi-weekly. 43 
 
 Flags, hours, shall fly. 63 
 
 Furniture, teacher shall adjust. 45 
 
 G 
 
 Gifts, teachers shall not receive. 46 
 
 H 
 
 Habitual truants to be committed to ungraded schools 52 
 
 High schools—• 
 
 athletics . 63 
 
 control of admission to.48-50 
 
 transfers of pupils between.. 51 
 
 entrance fee, evening high school. 59 
 
 Holy days, pupils may be excused on. 54 
 
 Home study, assignment of lessons for. 46 
 
 Hours— 
 
 office, superintendent shall maintain. 22 
 
 office, superintendent of repairs. 25 
 
 school . 58 
 
 I 
 
 Inventory—* 
 
 annual, to be made by teachers or supervisor of 
 
 industrial education. 31 
 
 principals to make annual. 41 
 
 J 
 
 Janitors—• 
 
 principals shall supervise.40, 59 
 
 absence of. 55 
 
 substitutes for. 55 
 
 temporary transfers of.... 55 
 
 shall not be absent. 55 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 to make repairs. 60 
 
 duties of.....59-60 
 
 subject to orders of principal. 40 
 
 appointment of, probationary. 59 
 
 appointment of. 59 
 
 report damages when school not in session. 41 
 
 K 
 
 Keys to buildings, who shall have. 43 
 
 L 
 
 Kindergartens—See supervisor of kindergartens. 
 
 Law, teachers’ retirement.78-82 
 
 Leave of absence—• 
 
 approval of. 56 
 
 limitation of. 56 
 
 how arranged. 56 
 
 without pay. 56 
 
 when not to Jbe granted. 56 
 
 when physician’s certificate must be filed. 57 
 
 at expiration of, employee to be appointed to first 
 
 vacancy . 57 
 
 report of educational work done to be submitted.. 56 
 
 adjustment of salary on return from. 57 
 
 of janitors. 60 
 
 Lessons, private, pupils not to be excused for. 54 
 
 Licenses, teachers.8, 70 
 
 Lists of pupils and teachers, not to be furnished.... 65 
 Lunches, forbidden. 65 
 
 M 
 
 Mail shall not be delivered to pupils. 66 
 
 Manual training schools— 
 
 under supervision of. 39 
 
 Marriage of female teacher forfeits position...... 63 
 
 Medical inspectors, teachers and principals to co¬ 
 operate with. 66 
 
 Meetings— 
 
 of the board of education.18-20 
 
 annual . 18 
 
 regular . 18 
 
 special . 18 
 
 superintendent shall attend.22 
 
 of officers and teachers, superintendent shall organ¬ 
 ize . 22 
 
 supervisor of grades shall hold. 38 
 
 supervisor of kindergartens shall hold. 38 
 
 teachers shall attend. 44 
 
 teachers shall report absence from. 44 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Merit lists— 
 
 appointments from.10-70 
 
 classification of. 71 
 
 created by examination.71-72 
 
 examinations November-December. 73 
 
 eligibility, on two years. 73 
 
 standing must be at least 75%. 73 
 
 presence of candidate at examination required.... 73 
 in absence of eligible, superintendent holds exam¬ 
 ination . 73 
 
 committees to determine ratings. 72 
 
 substitute teachers appointed from. 74 
 
 Method of promotions.51-53 
 
 N 
 
 Non-attendance—• 
 
 of pupils. 53 
 
 of teachers at meetings. 44 
 
 notice required in case of. 44 
 
 Non-payment of debts. 60 
 
 Non-residents—• 
 
 admission of.... . 48 
 
 payment of tuition. 48 
 
 may be admitted. 48 
 
 tuition charged. 59 
 
 Notice-^— 
 
 required in case of non-attendance of pupils.... 45 
 
 O 
 
 Office— 
 
 term of, superintendent.. . 6 
 
 term of, members of board. 6 
 
 term of, of clerk. 6 
 
 hours of superintendent. 22 
 
 Officers—• 
 
 of the board.20-21 
 
 attendance, duties of. 26 
 
 superintendent shall nominate school, and 
 
 teachers . 23 
 
 superintendent shall prescribe duties of. 
 
 suspension or dismissal of. 61 
 
 Order—• 
 
 of business. 19 
 
 rules of. 20 
 
 of admission of pupils. 50 
 
 of communications. 62 
 
 of appeals.. 62 
 
 of requisitions. 40 
 
 Organization among pupils. 54 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 P 
 
 Parent—• 
 
 will present birth certificate. 48 
 
 Pay— 
 
 of substitutes. 74 
 
 Plans and specifications—see specifications and plans. 
 
 Powers of superintendent.9, 20-22, 61 
 
 President—• 
 
 election of. 18 
 
 duties of. 21 
 
 may close schools. 58 
 
 Principals—- 
 
 duties of.39-43 
 
 shall notify superintendent of absence or tardiness 
 
 of teacher. 42 
 
 shall report absence or tardiness of teacher. 42 
 
 shall see to safekeeping of property . 40 
 
 shall supervise janitors..... 40 
 
 shall supervise school during recess. 40 
 
 shall have authority over teachers and janitors. ... 40 
 
 shall enforce rules.39-40 
 
 shall report damage to property. 41 
 
 shall have bi-weekly fire drills. 43 
 
 shall not have bi-weekly fire drills on inclement 
 
 days . 43 
 
 shall have key to building. 43 
 
 may dismiss class. 44 
 
 qualifications of. 10 
 
 absence of. 43 
 
 janitor, subject to orders of. 59 
 
 to report lists of property. 41 
 
 to make annual inventory. 41 
 
 shall supervise instruction, organization and man¬ 
 agement . 39 
 
 office hours of. 39 
 
 shall be responsible for books and supplies. 39 
 
 shall keep records.40-41 
 
 shall make requisition for text books and supplies. 40-42 
 
 action in failure of delivery of supplies. 40 
 
 shall give duplicate receipts for supplies delivered. 40 
 
 and janitor responsible for building. 40 
 
 report to superintendent certain matters.41-42 
 
 shall notify teachers of rules and orders. 41 
 
 shall classify pupils. 41 
 
 shall visit classes. 41 
 
 shall co-operate with superintendent. 41 
 
 shall notify attendance officers regarding ab¬ 
 sentees . 42 
 
 shall keep permanent record. 42 
 
 action on entry of pupils. 42 
 
 shall require receipt for tuition from non-residents 42 
 with consent of superintendent may transfer teacher 
 in grade or department. 43 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 shall report in writing to superintendent teacher 
 
 absent two months without leave. 43 
 
 shall list worn out property and forward same to 
 
 clerk . 43 
 
 may suspend pupil. 51 
 
 may assign work to part time employees. 60 
 
 Private—• 
 
 lessons, teacher shall not give. 46 
 
 Prizes, teachers shall not present. 46 
 
 Profane language, pupils shall not use. 51 
 
 Promotions—• 
 
 of pupils.52-54 
 
 method of.52-54 
 
 regular . 52 
 
 special .52-53 
 
 Property- 
 
 superintendent shall report on. 22 
 
 principals shall report damage to. 41 
 
 pupils shall not injure.50-51 
 
 principals to report lists of. 43 
 
 worn out, to be reported. 43 
 
 Pupils—- 
 
 superintendent shall direct examinations of. 22 
 
 teacher shall not send on errands. 46 
 
 absence of, teacher shall notify parent of. 45 
 
 shall not engage in any concert or public entertain¬ 
 ment . 65 
 
 shall not be solicited for subscriptions or contribu¬ 
 tions . 65 
 
 mail shall not be delivered to. 66 
 
 deficient, may be demoted. 53 
 
 number of pupils to a class. 48 
 
 admissions .48-49 
 
 tuition charges, for non-residents. 59 
 
 compulsory attendance.57-58 
 
 must be vaccinated. 60 
 
 application for admission. 50 
 
 order of admission. 50 
 
 promotion of.52-53 
 
 reports of. 57 
 
 may be dismissed. 51 
 
 may be transferred. 51 
 
 may be suspended. 51-52 
 
 may be suspended for non-payment of tuition. 52 
 
 may be committed to ungraded schools. 52 
 
 causes for suspension of. 52 
 
 illegal absence..... 54 
 
 excuses for absence. 54 
 
 cannot be excused to take private lessons except 
 
 by permission of superintendent... 54 
 
 may be excused on holy days. 54 
 
 good order and cleanliness expected. 50 
 
 conduct on street. 50 
 
 shall not injure property.50-51 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 shall not use tobacco or profane language. 51 
 
 shall pay for damage. 51 
 
 no organization except by permission. 54 
 
 lists of, or addresses of, not to be furnished.... 65 
 
 not to be sent home when tardy. 45 
 
 who cannot be controlled to be committed to un¬ 
 graded schools. 52 
 
 ungraded, restoration to graded schools. 52 
 
 Q 
 
 Qualifications required for teachers.10, 70-73 
 
 R 
 
 Rating, annual of teachers. 46 
 
 Recess, principal shall supervise school during. 40 
 
 Record book, teacher shall keep. 44 
 
 Removal of superintendent. 6 
 
 Repairs— 
 
 superintendent of, shall supervise. 25 
 
 to be made by janitor. 60 
 
 Reports— 
 
 of committees. 27 
 
 superintendent shall present. ... 22 
 
 of pupils...* 57 
 
 Requisitions— 
 
 for text books and supplies. 40-42 
 
 for text books, when made. 42 
 
 for supplies, to be made monthly. 42 
 
 duplicates . 40 
 
 Residence, teachers shall report. 47 
 
 Resignation, employees shall give ten days’ notice of 62 
 
 Resolutions, consideration of. 20 
 
 Retirement of teachers, law.78-82 
 
 Rules—* 
 
 of order. 20 
 
 principal shall enforce. 39 
 
 superintendent to recommend changes in. 23 
 
 S 
 
 Salary— 
 
 deduction of.55, 56, 61 
 
 adjustment of, on return from leave. 57 
 
 of principals and teachers, payment of. 64 
 
 of officers and other employees. 64 
 
 determined by. 64 
 
 increases from beginning of term. 64 
 
 School—• 
 
 year . 58 
 
 sessions . 58 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 days, not in session. 58 
 
 houses, use of. 33 
 
 when pupils shall not attend. 49 
 
 worn out property, list of. 43 
 
 supervisor of grades to visit. 38 
 
 supervisor of kindergartens to visit. 38 
 
 teacher may visit. 56 
 
 may be closed by president of the board. 58 
 
 ungraded, pupils to be committed to. 52 
 
 restoration of ungraded pupils to graded. 52 
 
 Scientific subjects, examinations in. 72 
 
 Special meetings— 
 
 how called. 18 
 
 notice of. 18 
 
 Specifications and plans— 
 
 superintendent of repairs shall examine. 25 
 
 board has full power to approve. 7 
 
 Standing committees. 27 
 
 State apportionment. 11 
 
 Stated meetings. 18 
 
 Subpoena, absence of employees because of. 56 
 
 Subscriptions shall not be solicited of pupils. 65 
 
 Substitutes— 
 
 to be provided by superintendent. 74 
 
 employees may perform service as. 55 
 
 for engineers, assistant engineers, janitors, and 
 
 caretakers . 55 
 
 pay of. 74 
 
 Superintendent of repairs— 
 
 appointment of. 6 
 
 office hours of. 25 
 
 duties of. 25 
 
 substitute for. 26 
 
 Superintendent of schools—- 
 
 shall maintain office hours. 22 
 
 shall prepare courses of study. 22 
 
 shall examine applicants. 23 
 
 shall report efficiency of teachers. 22 
 
 shall attend meetings of the board. 22 
 
 shall report on buildings, books, and property.... 22 
 
 shall nominate officers and teachers. 23 
 
 shall prescribe duties of officers. 23 
 
 term of office of. 6 
 
 may be dismissed. 6 
 
 shall recommend changes or rules. 23 
 
 shall transfer teachers.. 23 
 
 shall direct attendance officers. 22 
 
 shall recommend text-books annually. 22 
 
 powers of.9-20-22-61 
 
 term of. 6 
 
 appointment of. 6 
 
 removal of. 6 
 
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INDEX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Supervisor of grades— 
 
 duties of. 38 
 
 shall visit schools. 38 
 
 shall hold grade meetings. 38 
 
 shall consult principals and teachers. 38 
 
 shall study conditions and needs. 38 
 
 shall standardize work of grades. 38 
 
 shall perform duties assigned by the sup rintend- 
 
 ent .'. 38 
 
 Supervisor of industrial education— 
 
 must approve requisitions in writing. 39 
 
 shall have charge of manual training, domestic sci¬ 
 ence and domestic art in the schools. 39 
 
 duties of. 39 
 
 Supervisor of kindergartens— 
 
 duties of. 38 
 
 shall perform duties assigned by the superintend¬ 
 ent . 38 
 
 shall unify the work of the kindergartens. 38 
 
 shall consult principals and kindergarten teachers 38 
 
 shall study conditions and needs.. 38 
 
 shall visit schools. 38 
 
 shall hold meetings. 38 
 
 shall have charge of the work of the kindergarten 
 
 training class. 38 
 
 Supervisors of special studies— 
 
 duties of. 39 
 
 Supplies—• 
 
 action when cost exceeds $250. 28 
 
 must be receipted for in duplicate. 40 
 
 principals to make requisition monthly. 42 
 
 Supply teachers—See substitutes. 
 
 Suspended, pupils may be.45, 51 
 
 Suspension— 
 
 for non-payment of tuition. 52 
 
 causes for. 52 
 
 absence without leave cause for. 45 
 
 appeal from. 51 
 
 superintendent may order.9-22-61 
 
 T 
 
 Tardiness of teachers to be reported. 42 
 
 how reckoned. 43 
 
 Teachers—■ 
 
 superintendent shall nominate. 23 
 
 superintendent shall report efficiency of.9, 22 
 
 superintendent shall make transfers of. 23 
 
 superintendent shall organize meetings of. 22 
 
 supervisor of grades shall visit. 38 
 
 absence of, principals shall notify superintend¬ 
 ent .42,43 
 
 positions, examinations for.23, 71-73 
 
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 certificates, positions, examinations for.23, 71-73 
 
 shall report residence. 47 
 
 shall not give private lessons. 46 
 
 shall not be absent. ... 55 
 
 may visit schools with permission. 56 
 
 may obtain leave of absence. 56 
 
 may be appointed to first vacancy upon return from 
 
 leave . 57 
 
 absence of, for more than two months. 43 
 
 return during absence not to break such absence.. 57 
 
 shall give ten days’ notice of resignation. 62 
 
 marriage of female teacher equivalent to resigna¬ 
 tion . 63 
 
 notify clerk and principal of residence. 47 
 
 to co-operate with medical inspector. 66 
 
 to refer complainants to principal or superintend¬ 
 ent, subject to principal. 66 
 
 appointment of.6, 8, 71-73 
 
 suspension of. 61 
 
 dismissal of.7,8,61 
 
 transfer of.8, 23, 43 
 
 physical examination required before appointment 
 
 of ... 57 
 
 required to report twenty minutes before opening 
 
 of school...- •. 44 
 
 absence and tardiness to be reported. 42 
 
 shall attend all meetings. 44 
 
 shall report absence from meetings. 44 
 
 shall keep record books. 44 
 
 shall keep reports of pupils’ standing. 44 
 
 shall deposit record book at end of year. 44 
 
 shall record temperature of school room. 44 
 
 shall notify parent of pupil’s absence. 45 
 
 shall avoid corporal punishment. 45 
 
 shall report cases of corporal punishment. 45 
 
 shall adjust furniture to pupils. 45 
 
 shall not send pupils on errands. 46 
 
 shall not present prizes. 46 
 
 shall not receive gifts. 46 
 
 shall not allow canvassing. 65 
 
 shall assign lessons only in accordance with rule.. 46 
 
 annual rating of. 46 
 
 shall not perform services in any other business 
 
 except by permission. 47 
 
 board must give privilege to practice special pro¬ 
 fession . 47 
 
 shall report for duty as required. 47 
 
 shall follow directions of principal. 47 
 
 responsible for order in their own rooms. 47 
 
 shall observe course of study and rules. 47 
 
 shall not require pupils to purchase any book not 
 
 approved by board. 48 
 
 shall post written programs. 48 
 
 retirement law.78-82 
 
 Temperature, teacher shall record. 38 
 
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 Term— 
 
 of office of superintendent. 6 
 
 of office, of clerk. 6 
 
 of office, of members of board. 6 
 
 Text-books—■ 
 
 free to grades. 11 
 
 worn out, to be collected. 43 
 
 changes in..22-31 
 
 superintendent shall recommend, annually. 22 
 
 clerk shall distribute. 24 
 
 requisitions to be made semi-annually. 42 
 
 committee on, to report on. 31 
 
 principal or janitor receipt for. 40 
 
 limitation as to authorship or interest. 11 
 
 Tobacco— 
 
 pupils shall not use. 51 
 
 use of, by employees, prohibited. 61 
 
 Training class— 
 
 when organized. 70 
 
 course of study for... 70 
 
 educational qualification for admission to. 70 
 
 Transfer— 
 
 of teachers from building to building. 23 
 
 of teachers, in grade. 43 
 
 temporary, of engineers, assistant engineers and 
 
 janitors . 55 
 
 of pupils.67-68 
 
 Truants—• 
 
 habitual, to be committed to ungraded schools.... 52 
 Truant class—• 
 
 pupils to be committed to. 52 
 
 restoration to graded schools of pupils in. 52 
 
 Truant officers—See attendance officers. 
 
 Tuition—• 
 
 charges for non-resident pupils. 59 
 
 suspension for non-payment of. 52 
 
 payment of, in case of non-residents. 48 
 
 V 
 
 V acancies—• 
 
 in grades and kindergarten positions. 57 
 
 in high schools. 57 
 
 among special teachers. 57 
 
 Vaccination—• 
 
 of pupils required. 49 
 
 prerequisite to admission. 49 
 
 W 
 
 Worn out— 
 
 property to be reported. 43 
 
 text-books to be collected. 43 
 
 Y 
 
 Year, school. 58 
 
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