used for Eighth-To control and expend all moneys appropriated for the To expend support and maintenance of the school, and all money received money. from tuition or from donations. In no event shall any moneys appropriated for the support of the school, or received from tuition or donations, be paid or used for compensation or traveling ex- Not to be penses of the Trustees of the school, except when attending the traveling joint meetings provided for by section one thousand four hundred expenses. and ninety-two of the Political Code of the State of California, and each Trustee attending such meetings shall receive the same Mileage. mileage as is allowed by law to members of the Legislature, for not more than two meetings in each school year. Ninth-To cause a record of all their proceedings to be kept Records. which shall be open to public inspection at the school. Tenth-To keep open, to public inspection, an account of receipts and expenditures. Eleventh-To annually report to the Governor a statement of all Report to their transactions, and of all matters pertaining to the school. Twelfth-To transmit with such report a copy of the principal teacher's annual report. Governor. when Thirteenth-To revoke any diploma by them granted, on receiv- Diploma, ing satisfactory evidence that the holder thereof is addicted to revoked. drunkenness, is guilty of gross immorality, or is reputedly dishonest in his dealings; provided, that such person shall have at least thirty days' previous notice of such contemplated action, and shall, if he asks it, be heard in his own defense. [As amended March 15, 1887.] 1490. Each Board of Trustees must hold two regular meet- Regular ings in each year, and may hold special meetings at the call of meetings. the Secretary, when directed by the Chairman. [As amended March 15, 1887.] place. 1491. The time and place of regular meetings must be fixed Time and by the by-laws of the Board. The Secretary must give written notice of the time and place of special meetings to each member of the Board. [As amended March 15, 1887.] 1492. Joint meetings of the Boards of Trustees of the State Joint Normal Schools shall be held at least once in each school year, meetings. alternately, at the different State Normal Schools. The first meeting shall be held at San José, and thereafter at the other Normal Schools in the order of their organization. At such meetings the Trustees shall have the power, and it shall be their duty: First-To prescribe a uniform series of text-books for use in Uniform the State Normal Schools. The State series of text-books shall be used, when published, in the grades and classes for which they are adapted. text-books. study. Second-To prescribe a uniform course of study, and time, and Uniform standard for graduation, from the State Normal Schools. [As amended March 15, 1887.] 1494. Every person admitted as a pupil to the Normal School Qualificacourse must be: tion for admission. Pupils from State at large. Pupils from other States. Declarations of pupils. Principal to make an First-Of good moral character. Third-Of that class of persons who, if of a proper age, would be admitted in the public schools of this State without restriction. 1495. Teachers holding State certificates of the first or second grades may be admitted from the State at large. 1496. Persons resident of another State may be admitted upon letters of recommendation from the Governor, or Superintendent of Schools thereof. 1497. Every person making application for admission as a pupil to the Normal School must, at the time of making such application, file with the Principal of the school a declaration that he enters the school to fit himself for teaching, and that it is his intention to engage in teaching in the public schools of this State, or in the State or Territory where the applicant resides. 1501. The Principal of each State Normal School must make nual report. a detailed annual report to the Board of Trustees, with a catalogue of the pupils, and such other particulars as the Board may require or he may think useful. [As amended March 15, 1887.] To attend Diploma of graduation. 1502. He must also attend County Institutes, and lecture before them on subjects relating to public schools and the profession of teaching. 1503. The Board of Trustees of each State Normal School, upon the recommendation of the Faculty, may issue to those pupils who worthily complete the full course of study and training prescribed, a diploma of graduation. To each pupil receiving this diploma, and thereafter teaching successfully in the public schools of this State for three years, and to each pupil who worthily completes the post graduate course, the State Board of Educational Education shall grant an educational diploma. [As amended March 15, 1887.] diploma. Secretary of Boards. Compensation. Duties of State Superintendent. 1504. The Boards of Trustees, or such Trustees as attend the joint meetings, shall have power to appoint a Secretary, who shall receive such compensation, not to exceed twenty dollars for each joint, meeting, as the Trustees present at the meeting may order paid. The Secretary shall keep a full record of all the proceedings of the joint meetings of the Trustees, and shall notify the Secretary of each Board of Trustees of any changes made in the course of study or the text-books to be adopted in the State Normal Schools. [As amended March 15, 1887.] 1505. The Superintendent of Public Instruction must visit the school from time to time, inquire into its condition and management, enforce the rules and regulations made by the Board, require such reports as he deems proper from the teachers of the school, and exercise a general supervision over the same. 1507. Each order upon the Controller of State by the Board Orders on of Trustees of a State Normal School must be signed by the Presi- Controller. dent of the Board and countersigned by the Secretary. Upon presentation of the order aforesaid, signed and countersigned as aforesaid, the Controller of State must draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer, in favor of the Board of Trustees, for any moneys, or any part thereof, appropriated and set apart for the support of the Normal School, and the Treasurer must pay such warrants on presentation. [As amended March 15, 1887.] 6 |