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BUSINESS CALENDAR

I. DISTRICT MEETINGS.

Time of holding (annual meeting) last Monday of June..

Place of holding

(a) In schoolhouse, if there be one, or,

(b) In some other suitable place in the district.

3. Special meeting.

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(a) By whom and how called.

(b) Object of meeting must be stated.

(c) Fifteen days' notice necessary. .

Notice of meeting...

(a) Posted in three public places in the district.

(b) Posted fifteen days before date of meeting.

(c) State the day, hour, and place of meeting.

(d) Must so state, if change of site or levy for building will be

considered.

Qualifications of voters at district meetings....

(a) The voter (man or woman) must be twenty-one years of age.

(b) The voter (man or woman) must have resided in the district

for a period of forty days immediately preceding the meet-

ing.

(c) The voter (man or woman) must be the owner of real estate

in the district, or must own personal property that was

assessed in his (or her) own name at the last annual assess-

ment, or must have children of school age residing in the

district.

(d) Challenge.

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6. Business that may be transacted only at an annual district meeting 32

(a) Change the location of schoolhouse site.

(b) Determine the amount of money required.

1. For maintenance the ensuing year (not to exceed 25

2. For free high school fund in accordance with itemized
estimate of county superintendent..

(c) Determine the number of mills (not exceeding ten) on the

dollar of assessed valuation to be expended for building,

purchase, or lease of schoolhouse, when there are no bonds

voted for such purposes...

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(d) Give directions for the expenditure of the building fund.... 35
(e) Determine the length of time school shall be taught in the

district the ensuing year, subject to the provisions of sec-
tion 14, subdivision 2; and whether the money appor-
tioned or voted for the support of the school therein shall
be applied to the winter or summer term or a certain por-
tion to each...

(f) Regular election of necessary officers must be by ballot.
(Officers can be elected at special meetings only to fill
vacancies).

(g) Require the director to present an itemized estimate of the

amounts necessary to be expended during the ensuing

year for all purposes, also a statement of all orders drawn

on the county treasurer and on the district treasurer....

(h) The minutes of the meeting should be read, corrected (if

necessary), and approved by a vote of the meeting. The

minutes must contain a clear statement of every item of

business transacted at the meeting....

Business that may be transacted at either an annual or special

district meeting.

7.

(a)

Adjourn for the purpose of designating schoolhouse site.

(b) Direct purchasing or leasing of an appropriate site...

(c) Direct building, hiring, or purchasing a schoolhouse......

(d) Transfer money from one fund of the district to another,

after the purpose for which it was raised has been accom-

plished, and after all debts for which the fund is liable

have been discharged..

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(e) Direct by a two-thirds vote the sale of any schoolhouse,

site, building, or other property belonging to the district,

when no longer needed for the use of the district. . . . . .

(f) Direct and provide for the prosecution or defense of any

proceeding in which the district may be an interested

party...

(g) Elect officers to fill vacancies..

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(h) May direct, by a two-thirds vote, the school board to con-

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II. DISTRICT BOARD.

1.

Report taxes voted at the annual meeting, including free high school

tax..

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2.

Deliver estimate of free high school tax levy to county superinten-

dent and county clerk when annual meeting refuses or neglects

to vote same.

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3.

Have general care of the school, classify the scholars, and provide
a course of study by consent and advice of county superintendent 48

BUSINESS CALENDAR

4. Determine rates of tuition of non-resident pupils..

5. Suspend or expel pupils

6. Purchase or lease site; build, hire, or purchase schoolhouse when

directed by voters..

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7. Have care and custody of schoolhouse and other property.

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Shall present at annual meeting statement in writing of receipts

and expenditures, funds on hand and estimate for ensuing year

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2. Apply for and receive moneys from the county treasurer..

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3.

Pay district moneys on the order of the director, countersigned by

the moderator.

6.

Turn over to successor official books, papers, and funds...

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Appear for the district in suits brought by or against it.

Contract with teacher.

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V.-DIRECTOR.

1. Report taxes voted at the annual meeting, free high school levy

separately. The reports must be signed by all the officers of the

board, and delivered to the county clerk (a duplicate to the

county superintendent), by the first Monday in July...

Shall be clerk of district board and district meetings.

7. Contract with teachers, with consent and advice of the moderator

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and treasurer or one of them, or under their direction...

Notify the county superintendent of contract with teacher.

Take census, together with the names of all the taxpayers in the

district, within ten days before the last Monday in June....

Present to the annual meeting an estimate of expenses and prob-

able amount of taxes for the ensuing year..

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11. Report to the annual meeting the business transactions of the board

for the past year...

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12.

Give notice of annual meeting at least fifteen days before the last

Monday in June

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13. Report to the county superintendent within ten days after the

annual meeting....

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14.

Furnish the annual meeting a statement of the aggregate assessed

valuation of the taxable property in the district..

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5.

Fill out term summary and send copy to the county superintendent 71

Must attend institute .

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VII.-COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

1.

Form new districts and change district boundaries..21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 94

2. Notify taxable inhabitant of the formation of a new district.

3. Divide district property upon the formation of a new district..

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Sell schoolhouse when ordered by the district. . .

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5. Report to county clerk and county treasurer change in district

boundaries, and keep in the office of the county clerk a map of the

school dictricts of the county..

Admininster oaths for the purpose of attesting school reports and

the administration of the school law..

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10. Notify director to transfer pupils to adjoining districts, and notify

the county clerk of said transfer..

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11.

Examine all candidates as teachers for the public schools..

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May revoke certificate. . . . .

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13.

May act as third officer in district having but two legal voters

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14.

Grant certificates to teachers in such forms as shall be prescribed

by the state superintendent..

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15. Receive all blanks and communications from the state superintend-
dent and dispose of same... .

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16.

Visit each of the schools in his county at least once in each year,

and consult with teachers and district boards..

17.

Promote the improvement of the schools in his county by public

lectures, teachers' institutes, etc..

18.

Examine district reports and return same for correction when

necessary..

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18a. Report to the state superintendent when required, and be subject

to rules and instructions prescribed by the state superintendent 67

19. Notify the district officers of report due and not received. . . . . . . . . 67

20. Report to the superintendent of the institute for the blind and to

the superintendent of the institute for the deaf and dumb. . . . . .

Must attend normal institute in his district......

22. Apportion state school funds to the districts of his county within
twenty days after warrant is received from state auditor...

23. Appoint appraisers of schoolhouse site, condemned...

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24.

Assist in appraisal of claims or assets in division of district within

metropolitan cities.

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File official bond of $1,000. (See sections 5 and 19, chapter 10,

Compiled Statutes of Nebraska.)

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26. Notify teachers of institute.....

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27. Notify school boards to close school during institute ..

Deliver to district board on or before second Monday in June esti-

mate of amount required to pay free high school tuition..

Deliver to county clerk an itemized estimate of free high school

tax levy when district fails to vote free high school tax..

30. Certify under oath to the state superintendent on or before the

second Monday in October, number of districts entitled to

state aid..