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to take into account the desires and requirements of

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citizens .

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The State Board of Education keeps the State's

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educational program effectively functioning; to prohibit

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outside forces from encroaching, where Federal management

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is remote and minimizes many elements; so essentially in

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adopting education to State and local demands, the State

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board also protects the forces of private interests, -seek-

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ing to sublimate quality education for financial equality.

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There are forty-eight States in this Union having State

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boards of education, together with commissions and super-

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intendents managing the affairs of the educational depart-

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ment .

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We should therefore constitutionalize the State

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superintendent as an ancillary factor in this board of

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education. He is chosen by the board. The board should

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be a lay board, and he should be the professional member

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of that board. The combination of a lay board control and

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professional administration is a proper democratic process

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that has stood the test of time. A State board relieves a

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single State official from the sole responsibility in