TEACH ER S* CER@iPTt CAT LOR

SENATE BILL No. 68 —- 1937

SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for ary district board, board of education,
board of trustees of a community high school or other agency controlling any elemen-
tary or secondary public school or public junior college in the state of Kansas to
issue an order for payment of the salary of any teacher, supervisor or administra-
tive officer who does not hold a teacher's, — ? or administrative officer's
certificate valid in the state of Kansas.

SECTION 2. That from and after July 1, 1937, the state board of education shall
have exclusive authority to issue teacher's, supervisor's and administrative
officer's certificates valid in the state of Kansas except as provided for in
72-1334, 72-1335, 72-1336, 72-1337 of the general statutes of 1935: Provided, That
except as provided in section 6 of this act, none of the provisions of this act
shall be retroactive in respect to certificates legally issued in this state prior
to June 30, 1937, and valid on that date.

SECTION 3. That the state board of education is authorized to make rules and regu-
lations covering the issuance, renewal, revival and registration of certificates

for teachers, supervisors and administrative officers of elementary and secondary
public schools in the state of Kansas, including kindergartens, grade schools,
junior high schools, high schools, and public junior colleges, except as provided

in Sections 72-1309, 72-1334, 72-1335, 72-1336, and 72-1337 of the general statutes
of 1935: Provided, That no. certificates to teach in the schools of Kansas shall

be issued or any permission to take examinations shall be granted unless such per-
sons shall be certified by the board of education to have completed a regular four-
year high school course, during which time they must have taken an accredited normal
training course; or, having completed the high school course, they may take a minimum
of one year's normal training work in an accredited high school, junior college or
colkege offering teachers! training course, and accredited for such purpose by the
state board of education.

SECTION 4. The state board of education, upon being satisfied as to the general
qualifications of an applicant to teach, may in its discretion, offer examinations
granting leave to teach certain subjects or department work in the schools of this
state. Upon application being made by teachers otherwise certified to teach in the
schools of the state of Kansas, the state board of education may offer additional
special examinations as in its discretion it deems proper to ascertain the special
qualifications, adaptations, or ability of an applicant to teach certain subjects

or in certain departments of the schools of the state, and may upon being satisfied
that such applicant is entitled thereto, issue a special certificate for the purpose.
The state board of education is authorized to specify on the face of such certifi-
cates issued by said board after this act becomes effective, the subject or subjects
that the holder of the certificate is authorized to teach. It shall be unlawful

for the holder of a certificate on the face of which is specified the subjects as
aforesaid, to teach any subject or subjects not so specified.

SECTION 5. No certificate shall be issued by the state board of education for a
period of more than two years, except to a person previously certified to teach in
the schools of Kansas. To persons having been previously certified for two years,
the state board of education upon such rules, conditions, and provisions as it may
provide, may renew such certificates for a period not to exceed three years. To