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Excerpt from Twentieth Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana, 1928 Abundant precedent has been available for the study of plans of dis tributing funds more generously to the districts where economic condi tions prohibit the provision of ample local revenues. Massachusetts as early as 1874 passed laws denying state aid to its wealthier districts. Massachusetts' example was followed twenty years ago by New Hamp shire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Indiana. More recently a still larger number of states, among them Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Maryland, 'arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin recognized that it is to the state's interest to see that a certain minimum educational offering is presented to all children, 'and also that it is the state's responsibility to see that this minimum program is provided with a tax burden as nearly as pos sible equalized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Montana, 1908 The school census of 1907 shows 73,269 children of school age, of which number 36,895 were boys and 36,374 were girls. The whole number enrolled during the year was 50,516 and the average daily attendance was 34,699. In 1906 the school census was 72,498, the number enrolled 48,744, and the daily attendance was 34,738. It will be seen that the comparison is not encouraging for general education. There is an increase in the census and an increase in the enrollment but a decrease in the average daily attendance. Montana can never achieve for education what she ought to achieve until there is a larger enrollment of census school children and a larger daily attendance. The compulsory school law should be so amended that the two and a half mile limit should not be a subterfuge for allowing children to remain away from school. Furthermore, the boards of trustees should insist on the provisions of the compulsory school law being carried out to the letter. Children of school age should be compelled to attend school until they have completed the elementary school or have attained to the age of sixteen. During the year 39 new school houses were built. Carbon county built 13. The value of school houses and sites is given at $3,645,343. There were 501 normal graduates and 154 college graduates employed in the schools. The whole number of teachers employed was 1,787,222 being men and 1,565 women. The average salary for male teachers was $85 per month and for female teachers $57 per month. There was paid in teachers' wages $1,033,560, for libraries $14,371.85. for apparatus $25, 349.24. The expense for all school purposes was $1,702,425.64. The census for 1908 shows 77,039 children of school age, 38,830 boys and 38,309 girls. The whole number enrolled was 56,637, and the average daily attendance was 35,422. In 1907 68.6 per cent of the number of census children were in school daily. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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