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board of education and approval of said board of the conditions of entrance,
scholarship, and residence upon which said certificate, diploma or degree
is issued.

An. Code, sec. 12C. 1916. ch. 506, sec. 12C.

15. The state board of education shall prescribe, with and on the ad-
vice of the state superintendent of schools, courses of study for the public
elementary schools, the public high schools, and the state normal schools,
which shall be printed in such quantities as to provide each public school
official and teacher with a copy, and sufficient for general distribution
among the private schools and interested citizens of the State.

An. Code, sec. 12D. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 12D.

16. The state board of education shall prescribe, with and on the advice
of the state superintendent of schools, rules and regulations, also the sub-
jects and the standards, subject to the provisions of sections 83, 84 and
85 of this article, for the certification of all the teachers of the State, and
for the acceptance of the diplomas of the normal schools, colleges and uni-
versities of Maryland, as well as of other states.

An. Code, sec. 12E. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 12E.

17. The members of the state board of education and the state super-
intendent of schools shall be the trustees of the State normal schools, and
shall have power to maintain and shall exercise general control over these
schools.

An. Code, sec. 12F. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 12F.

18. The state board of education shall prescribe, with and on the
advice of the state superintendent of schools, the rules and regulations for
taking a biennial school census of all children within the State between
six and eighteen years of age, inclusive; also the forms and blanks to be
employed in taking such census and in compiling the reports thereon.

An. Code, sec. 13. 1904, sec. 13. 1888, sec. 13. 1872, ch. 377. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 13.

19. The state board of education shall prescribe, with and on the
advice of the state superintendent of schools, a uniform series of forms
or blanks for the use of county boards of education, school officials, and
teachers, and shall require all financial accounts, including the annual
budget and all educational records, to be kept and all reports to be made
according to these forms or blanks.
See note to sec. 9.

An. Code, sec. 15A. 1912, ch. 169.

20. The State Board of Education may, in its discretion, prepare and
publish annually a list of approved colleges and universities and determine
by by-laws the standards for said approval.