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Show NEW EDUCATIONAL LAWS THAT PASSED Provisions of Bills Passed by Recent Session of the State Legislature Which Affects Schools. Utah has been placed in an envi-, able position in vocational education by the recent legislature. In addition addi-tion to accepting the terms and benefits bene-fits of the Federal act promoting vocational education known as the Smith-Hughes Act, the state appropriates appro-priates for the lenefit of the school ' districts $112,500 which added to $40,-000 $40,-000 available from the Federal Government Gov-ernment makes $76,250 per annum The law enacted by the legislature provides that this money shall be spent "for the promotion, aid and maintenance of vocational education in agricultural subjects, trade and industrial in-dustrial subjects, and the education health and in civic and patriotic service ser-vice continuing over the entire year in the school districts of the state of Utah." The dictinct contribution which Utah makes of education is the recognition that education should be a continuous process throughout the year and that vocational education, educa-tion, health education and civic and patriotic service education are all as equally vital in the training of the child as education in the common branches of learning. Another important step forward in education was taken in the enactment of a law to provide for part-time schools and classes which in addition to our present compulsory attendance law. This law requires that "every minor between It? and IS years of age, or any minor under It! years of age who has completed the 8th grade shnll be required to attend a regular public or private school at least .'10 weeks each year, unless such minor is legally excused to enter employment, employ-ment, and if so excused he must at-tend at-tend school at least 141 hours each year." This law will add to the enrollment en-rollment of the schools 10,000 children child-ren between the ages of 14 and 18 years who do not attend school. The importance and far reaching effects of this law can hardly be anticipated at this time. In another law, education in health was specifically provided not only for children enrolled in school but for children of the pre-school age, and permits boards of education to provide pro-vide education in health for parents and guardians. Health education like vocational education shall continue con-tinue over twelve months. In the final hours of the session the House adopted Senate Joint Re-i Re-i solution amending the constitution, introduced by Senator U. T. Jones of Iron County, which if ratified by the people of the state in two years from I now will provide for each school child between the ages of 6 and 18 $25.00 from state funds for educational purposes pur-poses in the district schools. To this extent, Utah becomes one district for the education of its children. Utah was one of the first to adopt the district dis-trict school law which equalizes educational edu-cational oportunities for the children of each school district, and now takes the proud place in educational advancement ad-vancement and makes the state a district dis-trict to the extent of paying the salaries sal-aries of the teachers to educate all the children in the state. These added responsibilities so liberally lib-erally and graciously placed upon the ' educators of the state at their request will require intelligent, efficient work on the part of the school men und wo men. 'WE MUST MAKE GOOD! |