Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-05 | Page 7 | Utah Teacher Must Certify

UTAH TEACHERS MUST CERTIFY Court Action Will Be Used to Enforce Board Rule f Necessary C. C H H. Skidmore state slate dent of oC public Instruction Instruct on warned district school boards in Utah Tuesday Tues Tues- day ay that the employment o of unqualified Lied led teachers after September 1 will result In court action by the state slate board of ot education to stop t the e tice His announcement followed the boards board's refusal to rescind its order requIring teachers teacher to obtain junior high school certificates by Septem bar ber er 1 or give up their positions The original order was issued in April when the board notified school superintendents su- su to employ only eer teachers A number o of teachers appealed for additional time in which to obtain th the tie necessary certificates J but the board oard denied the request calling at at- to the fact that many qualified quail quail- fled fied teachers are jobless while white teachers teach teach- ers rs without certificates arc working Court action to restrain district school chool boards from employing teachers teach teach- ers rs without cert certificates will be betaken betaken taken Mr Skidmore explained since after September 1 it will be Illegal legal for any board to pay any pubic public public pub pub- lic ic school teachers teacher's salary unless the teacher holds a certificate approved by y the board