HOUSE BILL 101 
 
 I STAHL - YARLING BILL 
 
 AN ACT to provide for the encouragement, maintenance and supervision 
 of vocational education in industries, agriculture and domestic sci- 
 I ence. 
 
 I [H. 101. Approved February 22, 1913.] 
 
 Vocational Education. 
 
 Section 1 Be it enacted hij the general assembly of the 
 Mate of Indiana, The following words and phrases as used 
 m this act shall, unless a different meaning is plainly re- 
 quired by the context, have the following meanings: 
 
 1. " Vocational education ' ' shall mean any education the 
 wmtrollmg purpose of which is to fit for profitable employ- 
 
 2. "Industrial education" shall mean that form of vo- 
 cational education which fits for the trades, crafts and 
 wage-earning pursuits, including the occupation of girls 
 and women carried on in stores, workshops, and other es- 
 Itablishments. 
 
 3. "Agricultural education" shall mean that form of 
 vocational education which fits for the occupations con- 
 nected with the tillage of the soil, the care of domestic ani- 
 mals forestry and other wage-earning or productive work 
 |on the farm. 
 
 4. "Domestic science" education shall mean that form 
 tot vocational education which fits for occupations connected 
 |with the household. 
 
 5^ "Industrial, agricultural or domestic science school 
 ir department" shall mean an organization of courses, pu- 
 pi s and teachers designed to give either industrial, agri- 
 euitural or domestic science education as herein defined 
 pnder a separate director or head. 
 
 6. "Approved industrial, agricultural or domestic sci- 
 ence school or department" shall mean an organization 
 Mnder a separate director or head, of courses, pupils and 
 Naehers approved by the state board of education designed 
 fo give either industrial, agricultural or domestic science 
 pducation as herein defined. 
 
 7. "Evening class" in an industrial, agricultural or do- 
 lestic science school or department shall mean a class giv- 
 
 Mig such training as can be taken by persons already em- 
 
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 ployed during the working day, and which in order to be 
 called vocational must in its instruction deal with the 
 subject-matter of the day employment, and be so carried on 
 as to relate to the day employment; but evening classes in 
 domestic science relating to the home shall be open to all 
 women over seventeen who are employed in any capacity 
 during the day. 
 
 8. Part-time classes" in an industrial, agricultural or 
 domestic science school or department, shall mean a voca- 
 tional class for persons giving a part of their working time 
 to proj&table employment and receiving in the part-time 
 school or department, instruction complimentary to the 
 practical work carried on in such employment. To give a 
 part of their working time such persons must give a part 
 of each day, week or longer period to such part-time class 
 during the period in which it is in session. 
 
 Establishment of Schools. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any school city, town or township may through 
 its board of school trustees or school commissioners or 
 township trustee, establish vocational schools or depart- 
 ments for industrial, agricultural and domestic science ed- 
 ucation in the same manner as other schools and depart- 
 ments are established and may maintain the same from the 
 common school funds or from a special tax levy not to ex- 
 ceed 10 cents on each $100 of taxable property, or partly 
 from the common school funds and partly from such tax. 
 School cities, towns and townships are authorized to main- 
 tain and carry on instruction in elementary domestic sci- 
 ence, industrial and agricultural subjects as a part of the 
 regular course of instruction. 
 
 Classes — How Divided. 
 
 Sec. 3. In order that instruction in the principles and 
 practice of the arts may go on together, vocational schools 
 and departments for industrial, agricultural and domestic 
 science education may offer instruction in day, part-time 
 and evening classes. Such instruction shall be of less than 
 college grade and be designed to meet the vocational needs 
 of persons over 14 years of age who are able to profit by 
 the instruction offered. Attendance upon such day or 
 
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 part-time classes shall be restricted to persons over 14 and 
 under 25 years of age; and upon such evening classes to 
 persons over 17 years of age. 
 
 Co-operative Schools. 
 
 Sec. 4. Two or more school cities, towns or townships 
 or combinations thereof, may co-operate to establish and 
 maintain vocational schools or departments for industrial, 
 agricultural or domestic science education or in supervising 
 the same, whenever the school board or township trustees 
 of such school cities, towns or townships shall so determine 
 and apportion the cost thereof among the cities, towns and 
 townships co-operating. Whenever such co-operative 
 schools or departments have been determined upon by any 
 school cities, towns or townships, or combination thereof, 
 the presidents of the school boards of the cities or towns 
 and the township trustees of the townships co-operating 
 shall constitute a board for the management of such school 
 or department, such board may adopt for a period of one 
 year or more, a plan of organization, administration and 
 "support for such school or department and the plan, if 
 approved by the state board of education, shall constitute 
 a binding contract between cities, towns and townships en- 
 
 '2 tering into a co-operation to support such schools an J 
 ^ courses which shall be cancelled or annulled only by the 
 vote of a majority of the school boards or township trus- 
 
 1^ tees of such school cities, towns or townships and the ap- 
 
 ^ proval of the state board of education. 
 
 ^ Studies — How Outlined. 
 
 Sec. 5. Elementary agriculture shall be taught in the 
 ' grades in all town and township schools; elementary in- 
 dustrial work shall be taught in the grades in all city and 
 town schools, and elementary domestic science shall be 
 - taught in the grades in all city, town and township schools. 
 
 The state board of education shall outline a course of study 
 ; for each of such grades as they may determine which shall 
 ' ' be followed as a minimum requirement. The board shall 
 also outline a course of study in agriculture, domestic sci- 
 ence and industrial work, which they may require city, town 
 and township high schools to offer as regular courses. 
 
After September 1, 1915, all teachers required to teach ele- 
 mentary agriculture, industrial work or domestic science 
 shall have passed an examination in such subjects prepared 
 by the state board of education. 
 
 State Board of Education — Duties. 
 
 Sec. 6. The state board of education is hereby author- 
 ized and directed to investigate and to aid in the introduc- 
 tion of industrial, agricultural and domestic science educa- 
 tion, to aid cities, towns and townships to initiate and 
 superintend the establishment and maintenance of schools 
 and departments for the aforesaid forms of education; and 
 to supervise and approve such schools and departments, as 
 hereinafter provided. The, board of education shall make 
 a report annuallj^ to the general assembly describing the 
 condition and progress of industrial, agricultural and do- 
 mestic science education during the year and making such 
 recommendations as they may deem advisable. 
 
 State Board Comprised of. 
 
 Sec. 7. The state, board of education shall consist of 
 the superintendent of public instruction, the presidents of 
 Purdue university, the State university and the State nor- 
 mal school, the superintendents of schools of the three 
 cities having the largest enumeration of children for school 
 purposes annually reported to the state superintendent of 
 public instruction, as provided by law, three citizens active- 
 ly engaged in educational work in the stale, at least one of 
 whom shall be a county superintendent of schools, and 
 three persons actively interested in, and of known sym- 
 pathy with, vocational education, one of whom shall be a 
 representative of employes and one of employers. 
 
 The governor shall appoint the members of the board, 
 except the ex officio members, for a term of four years. 
 
 In the first instance one member shall be appointed for 
 two years, one for three years and one for four years. The 
 present appointive members shall serve until the expiration 
 of the time for which they were appointed. The governor 
 shall fill all vacancies occurring in the board for the unex- 
 pired term, and each member shall serve until his successor 
 shall hnvo been appointed and qualified. 
 
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 The superintendent of public instruction shall, ex officio, 
 be president of the board, and in his absence the members 
 present shall elect a president pro tempore. The board 
 shall elect one of its members secretary and treasurer, who 
 shall have the custody of its records, papers and effects, 
 and shall keep minutes of its proceedings. The records, 
 papers, effects and minutes shall be kept at the office of the 
 superintendent, and shall be open for inspection. The board 
 shall meet upon the call of the president, or a majority of 
 its members, at such place in the state as may be designated 
 in the call. They shall adopt and use a seal, on the face 
 of which shall be the words '^Indiana state board of edu- 
 cation, or such other device or motto as the board may 
 direct, an impression and written description of which shall 
 be recorded on the minutes of the board and filed in the 
 office of the secretary of state, which seal shall be used for 
 the authentication of the acts of the board and the impor- 
 tant acts of the superintendent of public instruction. 
 
 The board shall have all the powers and perform all the 
 duties now imposed by law on the state board of education. 
 
 Appointments — How Made. 
 
 Sec. 8. The state superintendent of public instruction, 
 with the advice and approval of the state board of educa- 
 tion, shall appoint a deputy superintendent in charge of 
 industrial and domestic science education who shall act 
 under the direction of the state superintendent of public 
 instruction in carrying out the provisions of this act. The 
 salary and term of office of such deputy shall be fixed by 
 the board and he shall be removable b}^ the board only for 
 cause. 
 
 The state superintendent, with the approval of the state 
 board of education, is authorized to co-operate with Purdue 
 university in the appointment of some person actively con- 
 nected with the agricultural extension work at Purdue as 
 an agent in supervising agricultural education, who shall 
 serve in a dual capacity as an agent of the state superin- 
 tendent and an assistant at Purdue university. The board 
 and the authorities of Purdue university may fix the pro- 
 portion of the salary of such agent to be borne by the state 
 and by the university. Such person ghall be subject to re- 
 moval for cause by the state board of education. 
 
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 All expenses incurred in discharge of their duties b} 
 deputies and agents shall be paid by the State from funds 
 provided for in this act. 
 
 Advisory Committee. 
 
 Sec. 9. Boards of education or township trustees admin- 
 istering approved vocational schools atid departments for 
 industrial, agricultural or domestic science education, shall, 
 under a scheme to be approved by the state board of educa- 
 tion, appoint an advisory committee comxposed of members 
 representing local trades, industries and occupations. It 
 shall be the duty of the advisory committee to counsel with 
 and advise the board and other school officials having the 
 management and supervision of such schools or depart- 
 ments. 
 
 Admission to Schools — To Whom Made. 
 
 Sec. 10. Any resident of any city, town or township in 
 Indiana, which does not maintain an approved vocational 
 school or department for industrial, agricultural or domes- 
 tic science education offering the type of training which he 
 desires, may make application for admission to such school 
 or department raaintained by another city, town or town- 
 ship or any school of secondary grade maintaining an ap- 
 proved industrial, agricultural or domestic science school or 
 department. The state board of education, whose decision 
 shall be final, may approve or disapprove such application. 
 In making such decision the board shall take into considera- 
 tion the opportunities for free vocational training in the 
 community in which the applicant resides; the financial 
 status of the community; the age, sex, preparation, apti- 
 tude and previous record of the applicant, and all other rel- 
 evant circumstances. 
 
 The school city or town or township in which the person 
 resides, who has been admitted as above provided, to an 
 approved vocational school or department for industrial, 
 agricultural or domestic science education, maintained by 
 another city, town or township or other school, shall pay 
 such tuition fee as may be fixed by the state board of educa- 
 tion ; and the state shall reimburse such school city or town 
 or township as provided for in this act. If any school city 
 
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 or town or township neglects or refuses to pay for such 
 tuition, it shall be liable therefor in an action of contract 
 to the school city or town or township or cities and towns 
 and townships or other school maintaining the school which 
 the pupil with the approval of the said board attended. 
 
 Compulsory Attendance. 
 
 Sec. 11. In case the board of education or township trus- 
 tee of any city, town or township have established approved 
 vocational schools for the instruction of youths over four- 
 teen years of age who are engaged in regular employment, 
 in part-time classes, and have formally accepted the pro- 
 visions of this section, such board or trustee are authorized 
 to require all youths between the ages of fourteen and six- 
 teen years who are regularly employed, to attend school not 
 less than five hours per week between the hours of 8 a. m. 
 and 5 p. m. during school term. 
 
 County Agent — Petition. 
 
 Sec. 12. Whenever twenty or more residents of a county, 
 who are actively interested in agriculture, shall file a peti- 
 tion with the county board of education for a county agent, 
 together with a deposit of $500.00 to be used in defraying 
 expenses of such agent, the county board of education shall 
 file said petition, within thirty days of its receipt, with the 
 county council, which body shall, upon receipt of such peti- 
 tion, appropriate annually the sum of $1,500.00 to be used 
 in paying the salary and other expenses of said county 
 agent. When the county appropriation has been made the 
 county board of education shall apply to Purdue university 
 for the appointment of a county agent whose appointment 
 shall be made annually and be subject to the approval of the 
 county board of education, and the state board of education. 
 When such appointment has been made, there shall be paid 
 annually from the state fund provided for in this act, to 
 Purdue university, to be paid to the county providing for a 
 county agent, an amount sufficient to pay one-half the an- 
 nual salary of the county agent appointed as herein pro- 
 vided : Provided, That not more than $1,000 shall be appro- 
 priated to any one county: Provided, further, That not 
 more than thirty (30) counties during the year ending Sep- 
 
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 tember 30, 1914; and sixty (60) counties during the year 
 ending September 30, 1915, shall be entitled to state aid. It 
 shall be the duty of such agent, under the supervision of 
 Purdue university, to co-operate with farmers' institutes, 
 farmers' clubs and other organizations, conduct practical 
 farm demonstrations, boys' and girls' clubs and contest 
 work and other movements for the advancement of agricul- 
 ture and country life and to give advice to farmers on prac- 
 tical farm problems and aid the county superintendent of 
 schools and the teachers in giving practical education in 
 agriculture and domestic science. The county board of edu- 
 cation is hereby authorized to file monthly bills covering 
 salary and expenses of county agent, the same to be ap- 
 proved by Purdue university, with the county auditor who 
 shall draw his warrant or warrants on the county treasurer 
 for the payment of same. 
 
 Cities and Towns — Reimbursed. 
 
 Sec. 13. Vocational schools or departments for indus- 
 trial, agricultural and domestic science education shall so 
 long as they are approved by the state board of education 
 as to organization, location, equipment, courses of study, 
 qualifications of teachers, methods of instruction, conditions 
 of admission, employment of pupils and expenditures of 
 money, constitute approved vocational schools or depart- 
 ments. School cities and towns and townships maintaining 
 such approved vocational schools shall receive reimburse- 
 ment as provided in this act. 
 
 State Maintenance. 
 
 Sec. 14. The state, in order to aid in the maintenance of 
 approved vocational schools or departments for industrial, 
 agricultural and domestic science education, shall, as pro- 
 vided in this act, pay annually to school cities and towns 
 and townships maintaining such schools and departments 
 an amount equal to two-thirds of the sum expended for in- 
 struction in vocational and technical subjects authorized 
 and approved by the state board of education. Such cost 
 of instinction shall consist of the total amount raised by 
 local taxation and expended for the teachers of approved 
 vocational and technical subjects. School cities and towns 
 
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 and townships that have paid claims for tuition in approved 
 vocational schools shall be reimbursed by the state as pro- 
 vided in this act, to the extent of one-half the sums ex- 
 pended by such school cities and towns and townships in 
 payment of such claims. 
 
 Claims for Reimbursement. 
 
 Sec. 15. Any school city, town or township having claims 
 for reimbursement against the state under the provisions 
 of this act shall present the same to the state board of edu- 
 cation on or before July 1st of each year immediately fol- 
 lowing the completion of the work for which they are enti- 
 tled to reimbursement from the state. The board shall if 
 they approve the claim authorize its payment by the auditor 
 of state who shall thereupon draw his warrant on the treas- 
 urer of state for the payment of the amount due such school 
 city, town or township, from the fund provided in this act. 
 
 Annual Levy. 
 
 Sec. 16. To provide a state fund to carry out the pro- 
 visions of this act, there shall be levied annually as a part 
 of the state common school levy an additional lev^y^ of one 
 cent on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in the 
 state, which shall constitute a fund for the purposes of this 
 act. Any part of the fund remaining at the close of any 
 fiscal year shall be placed by the treasurer of state in a 
 permanent fund for vocational education, the proceeds of 
 which shall be used to aid in carrying out the provisions of 
 this act. 
 
 Salaries and Expenses. 
 
 Sec. 17. A sum sufficient to pay the salaries and expenses 
 of the deputies, agents and employes in carrying out the 
 provisions of this act, and an amount sufficient to carry out 
 the provisions of section 12 is hereby appropriated annu- 
 ally for two years, to be available on and after April 1, 1913. 
 Thereafter all salaries and expenses shall be paid from the 
 fund provided for in this act. 
 
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 When Effective. 
 
 Sec. 18. This act shall take effect as to the provisions 
 for state aid to approved vocational schools at the begin- 
 ning of the school year 1914-1915. All other provisions of 
 this act, including the provisions for a county agent, as pro- 
 vided in section 12, shall be in force from and after its 
 publication. 
 
 Repeal. 
 
 Sec. 19. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
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