PREFACE

This volume is public property. It is to be kept in the custody of the school officers and produced by them at all meetings of the district for consultation by the voters, and must be delivered to their successors in office.

The new laws have been incorporated under appropriate subdivisions and properly indexed so that little difficulty need be experienced in finding them.

Supreme Court decisions and important decisions of the state superintendents from 1881 to 1911 have been carefully classified and placed under the section of the school law to which the decision applies.

The legislature has declared that the decisions of the state superintendent shall be held to have the force of law until reversed by the courts, and it is a fact worthy of notice that the supreme court of the state has reversed only two rulings of this department within the last twenty years.

It must be remembered that the decisions are based upon the laws now in force. Every legislature makes some changes in the school laws. Hence, these rulings will necessarily be modified by new laws enacted or old ones amended or repealed. In cases where there is no law to govern and no decision of the court to guide, the state superintendent has been governed by the counsel of the attorney general of Nebraska and by the supreme court rulings of other states.

Article 22 relating only to South Omaha, article 23 relating only to Omaha, article 25 relative to the University and article 26 on experiment stations, have been omitted on account of their dealing with questions not common to the general public.

The main subject of each section has been printed in bold-faced type as a matter of convenience for reference. The most important supreme court decisions relating to school matters and recent official decisions of this department have been added. It is hoped that these features will commend this edition to all who may have occasion to use it.

Please note that ALL REVISIONS by the Legislative Session of 1915 are printed in BLACK FACE TYPE, like this paragraph.

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Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Lincoln, June 1, 1915.

BUSINESS CALENDAR

I. DISTRICT MEETINGS.

1. Time of holding (annual meeting) second Monday of June....

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Place of holding. . . . .

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

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

3. Special meeting..

(a) By whom and how called.

(b) Object of meeting must be stated.

(c) Fifteen days' notice necessary.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Business that may be transacted only at an annual district meeting (a) Change the location of schoolhouse site.

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(b) Determine the amount of money required.

1. For maintenance the ensuing year (not to exceed 35
mills)...

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

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(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.. 36
(e) Determine the length of time school shall be taught in the
district the ensuing year, subject to the provisions of sec-
tion 46, article 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)...

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(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.... 48
(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....

7. Business that may be transacted at either an annual or special
district meeting..

(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. .

(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 contract with a neighboring district for instruction of pupils 102

II. DISTRICT BOARD.

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

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Deliver estimate of free high school tax levy to county superintendent and county clerk when annual meeting refuses or neglects to vote same.

3. Have general care of the school, classify the scholars, and provide a course of study by consent and advice of county superintendent 51

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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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Have care and custody of schoolhouse and other property.

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9. Contract with neighboring district.

10. Provide transportation

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Shall present at annual meeting statement in writing of receipts and expenditures, funds on hand and estimate for ensuing year 57 12. Appoint physician

5. Order arrest of disorderly person at district meeting.... 6. Approve treasurer's bond

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

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

the moderator.

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4. Record receipts and disbursements

5. Report at annual meeting receipts and disbursements.

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

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7. Appear for the district in suits brought by or against it. 8. 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.

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