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MARYLAND MANUAL. 25 The State Superintendent of Schools is the executive officer of the Board. The members of the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools are ex-officio trustees of the State Teachers Colleges. State Superintendent of Schools. The State Superintendent of Schools is appointed by the State Board of Education for a term of four years and is ex-officio secretary and treasurer of the Board. He is the executive officer of the State Board of Education, which, in addition to having general control of the State School System, is charged with the duties of interpreting school laws and acting without expense to the parties concerned in all contro- versies and disputes involving the proper administration of the public school system. He carries out the education policies of the State Board of Education. He conducts conferences of school officials and teachers, issues teachers’ certificates, passes upon proposals for the sale of school sites and buildings, and the plans for the construction of new build- ings. He directs the taking of the bi-ennial school census, prepares courses of study and an annual report. He also issues bulletins from time to time on the conditions and needs of the schools. Either in person, or through his assistants, he has general supervi- sion over the educational conditions in the counties and co-operates with county school officials in welding together school interests in a State system. He certifies to the Comptroller each year a list of schools entitled to receive State aid, and the amount due each county in part payment by the State of the salaries of superintendents, supervisors and attendance officers. He audits the accounts of the county boards of education and sees that their expenditures conform to the law. His approval is necessary in the appointment of county superintendents, supervisors, and attendance officers by the County Boards of Education. The State Superintendent is a member ex-officio of the Board of Trus tees of the State Teachers’ Retirement System. All communications pertaining to the supervision and administra- tion of the State School System (Baltimore City not included) should be sent to the State Superintendent of Schools, or to him as secretary of the State Board of Education. Work of the State Department of Education. The twenty-three counties of the State in 1933-34 enrolled over 172,000 pupils in 1,530 public elementary and secondary schools in charge of 4,919 teachers. Over 33,850 of these pupils were in the last four years of work of the 177 high schools distributed in the twenty- three counties of the State. In the same year the counties expended on schools approximately $8,010,000 for current expenses, of which $3,681,- 000, or 46 per cent., was received by the twenty-three counties from the State of Maryland and Federal vocational funds. Baltimore City received $1,431,000 from State and Federal school funds for the main- tenance of schools and the retirement system for teachers. There were *10,845 graduates from county white elementary schools and 5,122 from county white high schools in 1934. Of the white girl graduates from county high schools, 2.9 per cent. entered the Towson, Frostburg and Salisbury Normal Schools. The three normal schools had an enrollment in the fall of 1934 of 603 students, which includes 178 enrolled from Baltimore City at Towson. Approximately 24 per cent. of the white high-school grnduates of 1933 continued their education beyond high school in colleges, univer- sities, normal schools, hospitals, commercial schools, etc., in 1933-34. *Include eighth grade promotions In junior high schools. |
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