2436 ARTICLE 77.

ARTICLE 77.

PUBLIC EDUCATION.1

1. Providing free system of. Chapter 1. Control and Supervision. 2. State department of education; state board of education. 3. County board of education. 4. District board of school trustees. Chapter 2. Formation of Boards. 5. State board of education; appoint- ment; removal; vacancies. 6. County boards of education; appoint- ment; term; removal; vacancies. 7. Board for Anne Arundel county. 8. District boards of school trustees; ap- pointment; term; removal; vacan- cies; when duties devolve upon county board. Chapter 3. State Board of Education. 9. Meetings. 10. Expenses to be paid. State superin- tendent of schools. 11-12. Duties; by-laws; institution of legal proceedings. 13. Rules and regulations for school build- ings, etc. 14. Regulations for grading and standard- izing schools ; requirements for cer- tificates, diplomas and degrees.

When school may be titled " High School." 15. Courses of study. 16. Regulations; subjects and standards for certification of teachers and ac- ceptance of diplomas. 17. Trustees of normal schools; jurisdic- tion over. 18-19. Regulations for school census; forms and blanks; accounts, records and reports. 20. Approved colleges; standards. 21. Reports from private schools. 22. Investigation of educational needs and means of improving conditions; expert assistance. 23. School budget; changes in appropria- tion for special educational pur- poses, etc. 24. Annual report to Governor. 25. Additional or amended legislation to be recommended; hearing by com- mittees. 26. Other duties of state board. Chapter 3A. State Superintendent of Schools. 27. Appointment; salary; qualifications; removal ; vacancy. 28-29. General duties and powers of super- intendent.

1 In view of the frequent changes in the statutes composing art. 77, care should be
exercised to determine whether cases referred to in notes deal with the statute as it
at present exists.

See art. 43 of Declaration of Rights and art. 8 of Md. Constitution

The act of 1914, ch. 844, creates a commission to conduct a survey of the public
schools, normal schools, state-aided elementary and secondary schools and higher educa-
tional institutions of Maryland, etc.

The act of 1916, ch. 23, authorizes appointment of a commission to report upon the
practicability of providing for universal sendee, military education and training in public
schools, and of creating a military reserve.

The act of 1916, ch. 376, continues in existence educational survey commission created
by the act of 1914, ch. 844, empowers said commission to make such a survey and makes
an appropriation for expenses thereof.