2448 ARTICLE 77.

An. Code, sec. 17. 1904, sec. 17. 1888, sec. 17. 1872, ch. 377. 1904, ch. 584.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 17.

21. The state board of education shall require, with and on the advice
of the state superintendent of schools, all private educational associations,
corporations, or institutions to report annually, on or before the thirty-
first day of August, as to enrollment and courses of study on such forms
as the State Board of Education may provide.
See note to sec. 9.

An. Code, sec. 17A. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 17A.

22. The state board of education shall conduct, with and on the advice
of the state superintendent of schools, investigations relating to the edu-
cational needs of the State and the means of improving educational condi-
tions; they may employ additional expert assistance for such investiga-
tions if needed, and appoint special agents for special investigations of
special work.

An. Code, sec. 17B. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 17B.

23. The state board of education shall transmit biennially to the Gov-
ernor, certified to by the state superintendent of schools, an annual state
public school budget as determined by existing laws, including the appro-
priation for the state department of education, the maintenance of the
state normal schools, the retired teachers' pensions, state-aid to approved
high schools, state-aid to approved colored industrial schools, the part pay-
ment of the salaries of county superintendents of schools, and of one super-
visor and one attendance officer in each of the counties and the superin-
tendent, one supervisor and one attendance officer in the City of Baltimore,
the free text book fund, materials of instruction and school supplies, and
such other appropriations for special educational purposes as may from
time to time be made by the General Assembly, and an estimate of the
amount that will remain, after all deductions for special purposes and
activities, for apportionment to the counties and the city of Baltimore. It
shall also be the duty of the state board of education, on and with the advice
of the state superintendent of schools, to prepare, from time to time, as
it may be deemed wise, bills, and to recommend the same to the Governor
and the General Assembly, providing for changes in the appropriation
for special educational purposes and activities and in the total amount
raised and contributed by the State for the encouragement and support
of public education.

An. Code, sec. 17C. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 17C.

24. The state board of education shall submit each year on or before
the first day of January, to the Governor an annual report covering all
operations of the State department of education and the support, condi-
tions, progress and needs of education throughout the State. Such annual
report shall be printed in sufficient quantities for general distribution
throughout the State.