194 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 118

struct ion of not less than one hundred and eighty school days
in each year, the same to conform to the standard required by
the State Board of Education, and shall not attempt more
than a three years' course of instruction unless additional
teachers are provided for the additional work.

High schools of the third group shall fulfill the following
minimum requirements: (a) They shall have an enrollment
of at least fifteen bona fide high school pupils and an average
daily attendance of at least twelve pupils; (b) they shall em-
ploy not less than one full-time teacher for high school work;
(c) they shall provide for a two years' course of instruction
of not less than one hundred and eighty actual school days in
each year, the same to conform to the standard required by
the State Board of Education, and shall not attempt more
than a two years' course of instruction unless additional
teachers are provided for the additional work.

No promotion of pupils from grade to grade in any ap-
proved high school shall be made without the approval of the
county superintendent of schools; nor shall any pupils be
graduated from an approved high school without the approval
of the State Superintendent of Schools. Regulations regard-
ing the size and arrangement of the building, and its fitness
for high school work, the amount and character of equipment
and supplies, and the necessary library and laboratories, shall
be made by the State Board of Education: and State aid shall
not, be allowed on account of the employment of any teacher
unless the department to which such teacher is assigned is
adequately equipped and the quality of instruction is satis-
factory.

No person shall be employed in any approved high school
as principal or assistant teacher who does not hold the ap-
propriate certificate as provided for in Chapter 8. Section 53,
of this Article.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the organization of
junior high schools comprising the higher elementary grades
and one or two of the high school grades: and such schools
when organized according to regulations of the State Board
of Education, and satisfactorily administered, may receive
State aid on the basis of the amount high school instruction
given.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That a new section is
hereby added to Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Mary-