EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1003

12A. The state board of education shall prescribe, with
and on the advice of the state superintendent of schools, rules
and regulations for the hygienic, sanitary and protective con-
struction of school buildings and outhouses.

12B. The state board of education shall prescribe, with and
on the advice, of the state superintendent of schools, rules and
regulations for grading and standardizing all public schools.
They may limit, on the basis of the equipment and number of
teachers employed, the years and grades of instruction offered in
any public school. They shall prescribe the minimum require-
ments for issuing all certificates, diplomas, and academic, col-
legiate, professional or university degrees. No public school
shall be officially titled a "high school" without the consent
and approval of the state board of education; nor shall any
public or private educational institution issue any certificate,
diploma or academic, collegiate, professional or university de-
gree without having first obtained the assent of the state board
of education and approval of said board of the conditions of
entrance, scholarship, and residence upon which said certifi-
cate, diploma or degree is issued.

12C. The state board of education shall prescribe, with
and on the advice 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,

12D. The state board of education shall prescribe, with
and on the advice of the state superintendent of schools, rules
and regulations, also the subjects and the standards, subject
to the provisions of sections 53, 54 and 55 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
universities of Maryland, as well as of other states.

12E. The members of the state board of education and the
state superintendent 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.

12F. 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