STATE OF KANSAS /• i DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Rules and Regulations Regarding the State Certification of Teachers Provisions of Law and Regulations of the State Board of Education 1919 KANSAS STATE PRINTING PLANT IMRI ZUMWALT, State Printer TOPEKA. 1919 8-411 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 3T\.\s> K'\ e)V Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster, Chairman, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Topeka. Frank Strong, Chancellor of the University of Kansas, Lawrence. W. M. Jardine, President of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. Thos. W. Butcher, President of the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia. W. A. Brandenburg, President of the State Manual Training Normal School, Pittsburg. W. A. Lewis, President of the Fort Hays Normal School, Hays. John F. Barnhill, Superintendent of City Schools, Parsons. C. O. Smith, Superintendent of City Schools, Marysville. S. P. Rowland, County Superintendent of Public Instruction, Hutchinson. Miss Julia B. King, Secretary. Topeka. — 3 — TO APPLICANTS FOR STATE CERTIFICATES. The certificating of teachers is provided for by Statute and by State Board of Education provisions as governed by Law. A Secretary is provided by Law. It is the duty of the Secretary to care for all matters pertaining to the State Certificating of Teachers and to present the applications with the necessary data to the State Board of Education at each meeting. The Law provides for the expense of four meetings a year, hence ap¬ plications and data sent to the Secretary cannot be acted upon by the Board until they meet. Those desiring to secure State certificates through the State Board of Education should write to the “Secretary of the State Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas,” stating clearly what kind of a certificate is wanted, giving their qualifications; then the proper blanks and direc¬ tions will be sent to them. When the blanks have been filled out giving the educational credits and the other data required by Law and the same mailed to the Secre¬ tary of the State Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, no more can be done until the State Board of Education meets and acts upon the ap¬ plication. After the application has been acted upon notification will be sent out as soon as possible. Kindly care for certificate matters before the certificate is needed or just as soon thereafter as you know you need it. If you will kindly aid in this way, time and needless worry will be saved. Sincerely, Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. — 4 STATE OF KANSAS. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. STATE CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS. AUTHORITY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. Section 1. The State Board of Education shall have authority to hold examinations and to issue teachers’ certificates to persons of good moral character who may give satisfactory evidence of the requisite scholar¬ ship, culture, professional attainments and ability, as provided in this act; and all certificates issued by the State Board of Education shall be valid in any township, county, school district, or city of the first or second class for the time specified in the certificate unless sooner revoked by the State Board of Education. All certificates issued by the State Board of Education shall be countersigned by the state superintendent of public instruction and such certificates shall supersede the necessity of all examinations by county, city or other local boards of examiners. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 1.) kind of certificates. Sec. 2. Certificates of the following kinds are provided for: (1) Life diplomas. (Section 3.) (2) Life certificates. (Section 4.) (3) Three-year certificates renewable for life. (Sections 5-11.) (4) Three-year certificates renewable for three-year periods. (Sections 12-18.) (5) Permanent certificates. (Section 19.) (6) Three-year elementary certificates. (Section 20-24.) (7) Permanent elementary certificates. (Section 25.) (8) Special certificates. (Section 26-33.) (9) Temporary certificates. (Sections 34-37.) (10) High-school certificates. (Sections 38-41.) (11) Normal-training teachers’ certificates. (Section 45.) (12) Normal institute certificates. (Sections 46-49.) LIFE DIPLOMAS. Sec. 3. The State Board of Education may issue life diplomas to teachers of eminent ability who possess the qualifications required for three-year renewal certificates as provided in section 4 of this act, and who have been engaged in teaching for not less than five years and who have taught not less than two years in Kansas. Such diplomas shall be valid as teachers’ certificates in any township, county, school district, or city of the first or second class during the lifetime of the holder, unless revoked by the State Board of Education. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 5.) LIFE CERTIFICATES. Sec. 4. A life certificate is granted at the expiration of a three-year certificate obtained as specified in sections 5-11, provided that the holder has taught successfully for not less than two school years and has main¬ tained satisfactory professional standing. — 5 — THREE-YEAR CERTIFICATES RENEWABLE FOR LIFE. Sec. 5. Three-year certificates renewable for life may be issued by the State Board of Education to persons who, by written examination in branches prescribed by the state board, may show satisfactory evi¬ dence of their qualifications for such certificates. In lieu of all or part of such examination the state board shall accept satisfactory evidence show¬ ing that the applicant has completed a four-year high-school course approved by the board, and in addition thereto has completed a four-year course of study in a normal school, college, or university accredited for this purpose by the State Board of Education. The certificates thus issued shall be valid in any elementary school or high school in the state. At the expiration of said certificate the State Board of Education shall issue a life certificate, provided that the holder has taught successfully at least two years after the three-year certificate was issued and has complied with the requirements of the state board for the renewal of such certificates: Provided, that such life certificates shall lapse if for three consecutive years the holder thereof is not engaged in teaching or in some form of educational work; but lapsed life certificates or diplomas may be revived by the State Board of Education. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 4.) Sec. 6. The examination requires fifteen credits in the branches speci¬ fied in Group I and fifteen credits in the branches specified in Group II, section 60. Sec. 7. Graduation from a four-year course in a high school ac¬ credited by the State Board of Education will be accepted as a substitute for the examination in the branches specified in Group I, provided that the applicant furnishes a complete transcript of his high-school record and a certificate of graduation. Partial grades in high-school branches will not be accepted. Sec. 8. Graduation from a four-year course in a normal school, col¬ lege, or university accredited by the State Board of Education will be accepted as a substitute for examination in the branches specified in Group II, provided that the applicant furnishes a complete transcript of his college record showing that he has received at least 120 semester hours of credit with credit in professional branches in Education to the amount of eighteen semester hours, including not less than three semester hours in General Psychology, two and one-half hours in Educational Psychology or Educational Theory and in School Administration, and nine semester hours additional in professional branches 1 allied to those herein mentioned. Sec. 9. Credit obtained in college courses in the teaching of special subjects will be accepted to the extent of three semester hours to apply on the required credits in Education, provided that these courses are conducted with the approval of the College Department of Education and are offered in the junior or senior year, with preliminary prepara¬ tion as follows: English. —Not less than fifteen semester hours of college credit, fol¬ lowing at least three high-school units. Foreign Language. —Not less than fifteen semester hours of college credit in the language in which the teachers’ course is taken, following at least three high-school units or equivalent in some foreign language or languages. Mathematics —Not less than fifteen semester hours of college credit, following at least two high-school units. Physical Science —Not less than ten semester hours of college credit in the science in which the teachers’ course is taken, following at least two high-school units or equivalent in physical science. 6 — Biological Science. —Not less than ten semester hours of college credit in the science in which the teachers’ course is taken, following at least two high-school units or equivalent in biological science. History .—Not less than ten semester hours of college credit, following at least two high-school units or equivalent. In any of the above, six hours of college credit will be regarded as the equivalent of one high-school unit. Sec. 10. Graduates from accredited colleges who do not offer college credits in the professional branches may obtain credit by examination in the branches in education specified in Group II (section 60). The examination will be given at the times and places stated in section 56. Sec. 11. At the expiration of a three-year certificate obtained as herein specified, a life certificate will be granted provided that the holder has taught successfully for not less than two school years and has main¬ tained satisfactory professional standing. Application should be made before the expiration of the three-year certificate, but not more than six months prior to that date. THREE-YEAR CERTIFICATES RENEWABLE FOR THREE-YEAR PERIODS. Sec. 12. Three-year certificates may be issued by the State Board of Education to persons who, by written examination in branches prescribed by the board, may show satisfactory evidence of their qualifications for such certificate. In lieu of all or part of such examination the State Board of Education shall accept satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has completed a four-year high-school course of study ap¬ proved by the board, and in addition thereto has completed at least a two-years course of study in a normal school, college or university ac¬ credited by the State Board of Education. The three-year certificates thus issued shall be valid in any elementary school, and may become valid in high schools under such regulations as the state board may pre¬ scribe. The three-year certificates herein provided for may be renewed successively for three-year periods, provided that the holders comply with such requirements as may be made by the State Board of Education for such renewal. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 3.) Sec. 13. The examination will require credit in all of the branches specified in Group I (section 60) and at least seven and one-half credits in Group II, including General Psychology, Methods of Teaching, and School Management, and one credit each in English, Mathematics, Science, and History. Sec. 14. Graduation from a four-year course in a high school ac¬ credited by the State Board of Education will be accepted as a substitute for examination in the branches specified in Group I, provided that a certificate of graduation and a complete transcript of the high-school record is submitted with the application. Partial grades in high-school branches will not be accepted. Sec. 15. The completion of a full two-year course, with not less than sixty semester hours of credit, in a normal school, college, or university accredited by the State Board of Education, will be accepted as the equivalent of the seven and one-half credits required in Group II, pro¬ vided that the applicant furnishes a transcript of his college record showing that he has received at least sixty semester hours of credit, in¬ cluding three semester hours each in General Psychology, School Man¬ agement, and Methods of Teaching, or in equivalent branches which may be acceptable to the State Board of Education. Not more than six semester hours of credit in Education, in addition to three hours in General Psychology, will be accepted on transcripts showing only 60 hours of credit. Applicants who have completed a two-year course in an accredited institution without credits in the professional branches may obtain these credits by examination as provided in section 60. — 7 — Sec. 16. This certificate may be renewed successively for three-year periods, provided that the holder has been engaged in educational pur¬ suits as teacher or student for two years of the three for which the cer¬ tificate was issued; and provided that the holder secures one examination credit as provided in Group II, section 60, or credits equivalent to not less than eight semester hours by attendance in an approved institution, by examination, or otherwise. Evidence of successful teaching or of a satisfactory record as a student will be required. Sec. 17. This certificate may be exchanged for a three-year certificate, renewable for life, on the completion of a four-year college course includ¬ ing the professional branches required for such a certificate, or by ob¬ taining seven and one-half additional credits by examination including the branches specified in Group II, section 60. These credits may be obtained by examination or by study in an accredited institution, and may be retained as long as the three-year certificate is kept in force. Sec. 18. This certificate qualifies the holder to teach in any elemen¬ tary school, in junior high schools, and in high schools offering not more than two-year courses, and will also be valid for teaching in any ac¬ credited high school under the following conditions: (1) If issued prior to September 1, 1916. (2) If granted to a graduate of an accredited college, normal school, or university, who has credit of at least 120 semester hours, and who subsequent to graduation has taught successfully for at least one school year. (3) If granted to any person who has taught successfully in Kansas for not less than three years in high schools, deemed to have been such by the State Board of Education, and who has held a valid teacher’s cer¬ tificate during such high-school teaching. (4) If granted to the holder of a state certificate or a normal-school diploma issued in any other state with which the Kansas State Board of Education has established reciprocal relations, provided that such certifi¬ cate represents graduation from a four-year course in an approved normal school, college, or university, following the completion of a standard four-year high-school course. PERMANENT CERTIFICATES. Sec. 19. To any person to whom a three-year certificate shall have been issued in accordance with section 8995 of the General Statutes of Kansas for 1915, the State Board of Education shall issue a permanent certificate valid for teaching in any school in which the original three- year certificate was valid, provided that such person shall have been successfully and continuously engaged either in teaching in the grade or department of school named in the original certificate or in super¬ vising teaching in the public schools of this state, or in both such teach¬ ing and supervising, for not less than three years: Provided further, that attendance at any accredited normal school, college or university for one year during such interval, for which full credit is given, by such normal school, college or university, shall be allowed as equivalent to experience in teaching or supervising. (Laws 1919, ch. 259, sec. 1.) THREE-YEAR ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATES. Sec. 20. Three-year elementary certificates may be issued by the State Board of Education to persons who hold first-grade certificates issued by boards of county examiners and to persons holding certificates issued by examining boards in cities of the first or second class, provided that such persons have completed a four-year course of study in a high school approved by the State Board of Education and in addition thereto have completed a two-year course of study in a normal school, college or uni¬ versity accredited by the State Board of Education; or who in lieu of taking such two-year course in a normal school, college or university have had four years of successful experience in teaching, satisfactory evidence — 8 — of which shall be submitted to the State Board of Education. The three- year elementary certificate thus issued shall be valid in any elementary school of the state. The three-year elementary certificates herein pro¬ vided for may be renewed successively for three-year periods, provided that the holders comply with such regulations as the State Board may make for such renewal. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 8.) Sec. 21. As evidence of the completion of a four-year high-school course, the applicant must furnish a complete transcript showing that he has received credit for fifteen units in the course of study prescribed for high schools by the State Board of Education. Fifteen examination credits in branches specified in Group I, section 60, will be accepted as a substitute for high-school credits; or, high-school credits may be obtained in part by high-school attendance and in part by any state examination in high-school subjects. Sec. 22. As evidence of the completion of a two-year course in a normal school, college, or university, the applicant must furnish a tran¬ script showing that he has received sixty semester hours of college credit. Sec. 23. This certificate may be renewed successively for three-year periods, provided that the holder has been engaged in educational pur¬ suits as teacher or student for two years of the three for which the cer¬ tificate was issued; and provided that the holder secures one examination credit in Group II, as provided in section 60, or credits equivalent to not less than eight semester hours by study in an approved institution. Evidence of successful teaching or of a satisfactory record as a student will be required. Sec. 24. All credits obtained for this certificate or for its renewal and all other credits obtained by college attendance or by the state examina¬ tion, may be applied towards meeting the requirements for any other state certificate, and such credits may be retained as long as the applicant is the holder of a valid state certificate of any kind. PERMANENT ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATES. Sec. 25. To any person to whom a three-year elementary certificate shall have been issued in accordance with section 9000 of the General Statutes of Kansas for 1915, the State Board of Education shall issue a permanent certificate valid for teaching in elementary schools, provided that such person shall have been successfully and continuously engaged in teaching in the grade or department of school named in the original certificate, or in supervising teaching in the public schools of this state, or in both such supervising and teaching, for not less than three years: Provided further, that attendance at any accredited normal school, college or university for one year during such interval, for which full credit is given by such normal school, college or university, shall be allowed as equivalent to experience in teaching or supervising. (Laws 1919, ch. 259, sec. 2.) SPECIAL CERTIFICATES. Sec. 26. Special certificates may be issued by the State Board of Education to persons who, by examination or otherwise, may show satis¬ factory evidence of their qualifications as teachers of Kindergartens, Manual Training, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Agriculture, Com¬ mercial Branches, Physical Training, Music, Drawing and such other highly specialized subjects as may be designated by the state board. Such certificates shall be valid in any public school of the state for teaching in the department or subject specified in the certificate and in no other department or subject than those thus specified, for three years, and may be renewed successively for three-year periods on conditions prescribed by the State Board of Education. (Laws 1919, ch. 259, sec. 4.) Sec. 27. Special certificates valid for three years in Kindergarten, Manual Training, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Agriculture, Com- — 9 — mercial Branches, Physical Training, Music, Drawing, Public Speaking, or other special branches designated by the State Board of Education, will be granted to applicants who secure by examination the credits specified in Group I, section 43, i or who have completed a four-year course in an accredited high school or who have had a satisfactory equivalent of such a course, and who in addition thereto may furnish satisfactory evi¬ dence of having completed a two-year course of study in an institution of collegiate rank approved for this purpose by the State Board of Edu¬ cation. Advanced or college study must be sufficient to earn credit amounting to not less than sixty semester .hours, including not less than twenty-eight semester hours in the special branch in which a certificate is applied for and three hours each in General Psychology, Methods of Teaching, and School Management, or other equivalent branches in Edu¬ cation. For certificates in music applicants must have, in addition to the required credits in Methods and Management, not less than eight hours of credit in Methods of Teaching Public-school Music. Sec. 28. In special subjects, such as Manual Training, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Stenography, Typewriting, Physical Training, Music, Drawing, etc., in which the work of the student is largely or wholly practice or laboratory work, credits expressed in semester hours are determined as follows: One semester hour of credit is allowed for three hours per week for eighteen weeks spent by the student in recita¬ tions, practice or laboratory work, or in any combination of these; credit being based not upon the number of recitations per week but upon the time actually spent by the student in preparation and in recitations or “lessons” combined. This is on the assumption that in academic subjects two hours of preparation and one hour of recitation per week for eighteen weeks are required for one semester hour of credit. Sec. 29. All credits except the minimum of twenty-eight hours in the special branch may be obtained by examination, in which fifteen credits i* Group I and four in Group II, section 60, will be accepted as a substitute for high school and advanced study, respectively, the required branches in the examination being the same as for three-year general certificates. Sec. 30. Successful experience in the teaching of any special branch in which a certificate is provided for all will be accepted temporarily as a substitute for advanced study on the basis of one year’s teaching for fifteen hours of credit; but any deficiency for which teaching experience has been accepted as a substitute must be made up at the rate of at least six semester hours per year. Sec. 31. A special certificate in music or drawing may be granted to any person who has had not less than ten years of successful experience in teaching either of these subjects, satisfactory evidence of which shall be required, and whose preparation and present qualifications shall be acceptable to the State Board of Education. Sec. 32. Special certificates do not entitle the holder to teach in any branch except the branch or branches specified in the certificate. Sec. 33. Special certificates are limited by law to three years, and they may be renewed for three-year periods successively on the presenta¬ tion of satisfactory evidence of continued and successful teaching. Ap¬ plication for renewal may be made at any time within six months prior to the date of expiration. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES. Sec. 34. The State Board of Education may issue temporary teachers’ certificates valid for one year only in such schools and departments as may be specified in said certificate: Provided, that such temporary cer¬ tificates shall be issued only in an emergency in order to supply the schools with legally qualified teachers; and the state board shall have power to make all rules and regulations relating to such temporary — 10 — certificates: Provided, that no person shall receive more than one such certificate. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 10.) Sec. 35. Applicants must furnish evidence of the completion of a four-year course in an accredited high school or a satisfactory equiva¬ lent of such a course, and in addition thereto must furnish evidence of having carried on advanced study approximately equivalent to two years’ study in.a normal school, college, or university, approved for this purpose. Sec. 36. In order that an application for a temporary certificate may be considered, the school board desiring the applicant’s services is required to present a statement explaining the emergency which pre¬ vents the employment of a teacher holding a standard certificate. Sec. 37. This certificate is not renewable, and only one temporary certificate can be issued to the same person. A temporary certificate can¬ not be submitted as evidence of qualification for any other state cer¬ tificate. HIGH-SCHOOL CERTIFICATES. Sec. 38. After September 1, 1916, no person shall teach in any four- year accredited high school in any township, county, district, or city of the first or second class who does not hold a certificate as a high-school teacher issued by the State Board of Education or by one of the Kansas State Normal Schools, and after September 1, 1916, it shall be unlawful for any township or county high-school board, district board, or board of education of any city of the first or second class to use any part of the public funds to pay any high-school teacher in any four-year accredited high school who does not hold a certificate as herein provided authorizing such person to teach in the public high schools of the state: Provided , that no person holding a valid teacher’s certificate at the time when this act shall take effect, who at that time shall be employed as a teacher in any four-year accredited high school in this state, shall be prohibited from teaching in any high school; nor shall any board be prohibited from employing such person as a high-school teacher or from paying him from public funds. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 9.) Note —This act took effect March 26, 1915. Sec. 39. Any teacher who was employed in a four-year accredited high-school on March 26, 1915, and who at that time held a valid teacher’s certificate, may secure from the State Board of Education a certificate of qualification to teach in accredited high schools under the provisions of section 9, chapter 298, of the Laws of 1915. Sec. 40. To any person who at the time when this act shall take effect shall have been successfully employed for not less than three years in this state as a teacher in high school, deemed to have been such by the State Board of Education, or successfully and continuously engaged either in teaching in such high school, or in supervising as county superintendent in the public schools of this state, or in both such teaching and super¬ intending, for a period of not less than five years, and who during such employment shall have held a valid teacher’s certificate, the State Board of Education shall issue a certificate valid for teaching in such high school and in no other school or department for life. (Laws 1919, ch. 259, sec. 3.) Sec. 41. Teachers in four-year accredited high schools, and in all other high schools for which the approval of the State Board of Educa¬ tion is desired, must hold certificates valid for teaching in such schools, granted either by the Kansas State Board of Education or by one of the Kansas State Normal Schools. — 11 — The certificates which are acceptable for high-school teaching are as follows: I. Certificates Gn'anted by\ the State Board of Education. (1) Life diplomas and life certificates. (Sections 3 and 4.) (2) Three-year certificates renewable for life. (Sections 5-11.) (3) Three-year certificates renewable for three-year periods. (Sec¬ tions 12-18.) These certificates are valid in junior high schools and in high schools offering not more than two-year courses, and in any high school if issued as provided in section 18, (1), (2), (3), or (4). (4) Special certificates; good only for teaching the branch specified in the certificate. (Section 26-33.) (5) Temporary certificates, provided that it is stated in the certificates that they are valid for high-school teaching. II. Certificates Granted by the Kansas State Normal Schools. (1) Life diplomas granted on the completion of the four-year college course. (2) Life certificates issued before September 1, 1916, are valid in any high school; and life certificates issued later than September 1, 1916, on the completion of a two-year college course are valid in junior and two- year high schools. (3) Special certificates, good only for teaching the branch specified in the certificate. JUNIOR AND TWO-YEAR HIGH SCHOOLS. Sec. 42. The minimum preparation for a certificate acceptable for teaching in a junior or two-year high school, approved as such by the State Board of Education, includes the completion of* a four-year high- school course and an approved two-year course in an accredited normal school, college or university. Sec. 43. Three-year certificates renewable for three-year periods granted by the State Board of Education (sections 12-18), and life certif¬ icates issued by the Kansas state normal schools, are valid for teaching in junior and two-year high schools. Sec. 44. For teaching in the seventh and eighth grades only, when those grades are included in a junior high school, an elementary cer¬ tificate is acceptable; but teachers in the ninth grade, or the third year of a junior high school, must hold certificates for high-school teaching: Provided, that high-school credit shall not be given in classes taught by teachers holding only elementary certificates. NORMAL-TRAINING TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES. Sec. 45. Normal-training teachers’ certificates may be issued by the State Board of Education to graduates from normal-training courses in high schools and academies accredited for this purpose. Such certifi¬ cates are valid in elementary schools in any county in the state for a term of two years, and are renewable for successive two-year periods on prescribed conditions. NORMAL INSTITUTE CERTIFICATES. Sec. 46. Certificates for instructing in normal institutes are granted to persons professionally qualified for such work, not less than twenty- seven years of age, who have had not less than six years of successful experience in teaching and who are holders of teachers’ certificates or diplomas of the highest grade issued by the State Board of Education or by one of the Kansas state normal schools. The first certificate is valid for one year. Three-year instructors’ certificates may be granted to persons who have served acceptably as instructors in one normal in¬ stitute in Kansas. — 12 — Sec. 47. Certificates for conducting county normal institutes are granted to persons professionally qualified for such work, not less than twenty-nine years of age, who have had not less than eight years of successful experience in teaching and who have served acceptably as instructors in three normal institutes in Kansas, not more than two of which have been in one year. The first certificate is valid for one year. Five-year conductors’ certificates may be granted to persons who have served acceptably as conductors of one normal institute in Kansas. Sec. 48. Special certificates valid for one year in institute work in certain special branches may be granted to persons specially qualified; but certificates are limited to the special branch or branches specified in the certificate. Sec. 49. Institute certificates lapse and become void if for three con¬ secutive years the holders are not engaged in school work to the extent of at least fifteen weeks in each year. RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATES FROM OTHER STATES. Sec. 50. The Kansas State Board of Education has established rela¬ tions with several other states for the reciprocal recognition of the high¬ est grade of state certificates and state normal-school diplomas. Each case will be considered on its merits, and a certificate will be indorsed only when the conditions under which it was granted are essentially the same as the requirements for three-year certificates renewable for life (sections 5-11) or three-year certificates renewable for three years (sec¬ tions 12-18). Application for the indorsement of a state certificate must be made on a blank furnished by the secretary of the State Board of Education, with which the original certificate must be submitted. Tran¬ scripts of high-school, normal-school, college, or university credits must also be furnished. In case the application is granted, a three-year cer¬ tificate will be issued, which at its expiration may be renewed for three years or for life, provided that the requirements for renewal have been complied with. In no case will a certificate be issued unless the applicant is a resident of Kansas. REGISTRATION OF STATE CERTIFICATES. Sec. 51. Every state certificate, state diploma, or other document issued as a teacher’s certificate by the State Board of Education or by any Kansas state normal school, must be registered by the county superintendent of the county or by the clerk of the board of education of any city of the first or second class in which the holder contracts to teach; and for every certificate registered by a county superintendent a fee of one dollar shall be required, which shall be paid into the normal institute fund. Failure, neglect or refusal to comply with the foregoing provisions will render said certificates, diploma or other document void as a teacher’s certificate in such township, county or city of the first or second class until such registration is made. (Laws 1915, ch. 298, sec. 2.) LAPSING, CANCELLATION, AND REVOCATION OF STATE CERTIFICATES. Sec. 52. All life certificates issued by the State Board of Education or by the regents of the State Normal School shall be void if the holder of the same should not be engaged in school work for three consecutive years: provided, that certificates may be renewed by the State Board of Education. (Laws 1893, ch. 132, sec. 11.) Sec. 53. The said state Board of Education is empowered to cancel any state certificate which said board, on satisfactory proof, finds to be held by a person of immoral character or otherwise disqualified for a teacher. (Laws 1893, ch. 132, sec. 12.) Sec. 54. Any certificate issued by the State Board of Education, regents of the State Normal School, county board of examiners or city board of examiners may be revoked by the body issuing the same on the grounds of immorality, gross neglect of duty, annulling of written con¬ tracts with boards of education and district boards without the con- — 13 — sent of a majority of the board which is a party to the contract, or for any cause that would have justified the withholding thereof when the same was granted. (Laws 1905, ch. 392, sec. 1.) REVIVAL OF LAPSED CERTIFICATES. Sec. 55. The State Board of Education may revive lapsed certificates and diplomas if satisfied that the conditions justify such action. EXAMINATION FOR STATE CERTIFICATES. Sec. 56. A complete examination for state certificate is held during the last full week in August of each year, beginning on the Monday preceding the last Saturday of the month, in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction in Topeka and at each of the state educational insti¬ tutions. An examination in the professional branches in education is held on the third Friday in May and the Saturday following at the places above mentioned, and at any accredited college in the state on request of the president. Sec. 57. For admission to the May examination application must be made not later than April 1, and for admission to the August examina¬ tion application must be made not later than July 1. The application must specify the branches in which examination is desired. Sec 58. Examination grades must average 85 percent, with none below 70 percent. Grades of 85 percent may be retained for three years, and the applicant may have the privilege of completing the examination in any three consecutive years. Sec. 59. The applicant for a state certificate by complete examination must furnish evidence of successful experience in teaching for not less than one school year. Sec. 60. The examination is arranged in two groups, Group I contain¬ ing subjects of high-school grade and Group II subjects of college grade. One examination credit in Group I is accepted as the equivalent of one unit of high-school credit, and one-half credit as one-half unit. One examination credit in Group II is accepted as the equivalent of eight semester hours of college credit, and one-half credit as the equiva¬ lent of four semester hours of college credit. GROUP i. Fifteen credits are required. The numbers in parentheses following the names of the branches indicate the credits allowed in each. Credits. English —Language, Grammar and Elementary Composition (1) ; Literature (2). 3 Mathematics —Elementary Algebra to Quadratics (1) ; Plane Geometry (1). 2 Science —Selected from elective list below. 1 History —United States (1); Kansas (V 2 ) ; Civil Govern¬ ment ( V 2 ). 2 Additional —Selected from list in section 63. 7 GROUP 11. For a three-year certificate renewable for life (sections 5-11) fifteen credits are required; for a three-year certificate renewable for three- year periods (sections 12-18) seven and one-half credits are required, including General Psychology, Methods of Teaching, School Management, and one credit each in English, Mathematics, Science, and History. An applicant who has received credit in Advanced Algebra and Solid Geom¬ etry in Group I will substitute other branches in Group II. Elective branches must not be the same as those chosen to complete Group I. Credits. English —Rhetoric and Advanced Composition (1) ; History of English and American Literature (1). 2 — 14 — Credits. Mathematics —Advanced Algebra, including quadratics ( Y 2 ) ; Solid Geometry ( Y 2 ).. 1 Science —Selected from elective list. 2 History —Selected from elective list. 2 Education —General Psychology (); Educational Psychol¬ ogy (%) or Educational Theory (Y 2 ); History of Education ( V 2 ); School Administration and Law ( % ) ; Methods of Teaching (V 2 ) ; School management ( V 2 ) . 3 Additional —Selected from list in section 63. 5 CREDENTIALS. Sec. 61. A transcript showing that the applicant has completed an approved four-year course in an accredited high school will be accepted as a substitute for the examination in branches specified in Group I; and any applicant for a state certificate who has completed a course of not less than two years in a normal school, college, or university ac¬ credited by the State Board of Education, may offer college credits in an amount of not less than sixty semester hours as a substitute for exami¬ nation credits in Group II on the basis of eight semester hours as the equivalent of one examination credit, and four semester hours as the equivalent of one-half credit. College credits will not be accepted as a substitute for any part of the examination unless the applicant presents at least sixty semester hours of credit which must be reported by one ac¬ credited institution. ACCREDITED COLLEGES. Sec. 62. The following institutions in Kansas have been approved by the State Board of Education as accredited colleges, and accordingly credits reported by them are accepted to apply on the requirements for state certificates in accordance with the regulations of the Board: FOUR-YEAR COURSE. Baker University, Baldwin City. Bethany College, Lindsborg. Bethel College, Newton. College of Emporia, Emporia. Cooper College, Sterling. Fairmount College, Wichita. Friends University, Wichita. Kansas City University, Kansas City. Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina. McPherson College, McPherson. Midland College, Atchison. Ottawa University, Ottawa. Southwestern College, Winfield. University of Kansas, Lawrence. Washburn College, Topeka. The Kansas State Normal School, Emporia, the State Manual Train¬ ing Normal School, Pittsburg, and the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School, Hays, have authority to issue certificates to persons who complete the required courses of study, and hence these schools do not require formal recognition by the State Board of Education; but the state board accepts credits obtained in the normal schools to apply on the require¬ ments for state certificates and their renewal. Two-year Course (Junior Colleges). Campbell Junior College, Holton. Central Academy and College, McPherson. Marysville Junior College, Marysville. — 15 — EXAMINATION PROGRAM. Sec. 63. The complete examination will be held in August, beginning on the Monday preceding the last Saturday of the month, in accordance with the following program: Monday. 1:30- 3:30 Elementary Algebra Sociology . 3:30- 5:30 Plane Geometry .. Ethics . Tuesday. Group. Credits. I 1 * II >4 8 : 00 - 10:00 10 : 00 - 12:00 1:30- 3:30 3:30- 5:30 Wednesday. 8 : 00 - 10:00 8 : 00 - 11:00 10 : 00 - 12:00 1:30- 3:30 1:30- 4:30 3:30- 5:30 Thursday. 8 : 00 - 10:00 10 : 00 - 12:00 1:30- 3:30 3:30- 5:30 Friday. 8 : 00 - 10:00 10 : 00 - 12:00 1:30- 3:30 3:30- 5:30 Saturday. 8 : 00 - 10:00 10 : 00 - 12:00 English Grammar and Composition Rhetoric and Composition. English Literature . English Literature . Physical Geography . Elementary Science. Solid Geometry . Civil Government . Advanced Algebra . English History . Latin, first year, second year. . . Music . Mechanical Drawing . Medieval and Modern History. Latin, third year. History of Art. Ancient History . Latin, fourth year. . .•. Trigonometry . Freehand Drawing . Physiology . Zoology . Agriculture . Geology . Physics .. Astronomy . Botany . Chemistry . French, first year, second year. Political Economy . Biblical Literature . French, third year. Commercial Geography . General Psychology . Bookkeeping . Methods of Teaching. United States History. School Administration and Law School Management . History of Education. High School Administration Kansas History . Educational Theory . Educational Psychology . . . I 1 II 1 I 2 II 1 I Vz I y 2 I, II % I % I, II y z I, II 1 I, II ' 2 I, II 1 I, II 1 I, II 1 I, II 1 I, II y 2 I, II i I, II i I, II y 2 I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II i I, II 9 I, II 4 I, II y 2 I, II i I Vz I, II Vo I Vo II Vz I 1 II Vz II Vz II v z II y 2 I ■ Vz II Vz II Vz Sec. 64. The examination in professional branches will be held on the. third Friday in May and the Saturday following, in accordance with the following program: Friday. Group. Credits. 8:00-10:00 General Psychology . . II Vz 10:00-12:00 Methods of Teaching. . II Vz 1:30- 3:30 School Administration and Law. . II Vz 3:30- 5:30 School Management . . II Vz Saturday. 8:00-10:00 History of Education. . II Vz 10:00 12:00 Educational Theory . . II Vo Educational Psychology .. . . . II Vz Requests for application blanks and all correspondence relating to state certificates should be addressed to the Secretary of the State Board of Education, Topeka, Kan.