To this fund will be added the cross county tuition income
of ninety dollars per pupil.

The fund collected by the above formula is distributed,
first by appropriating to each accredited high school of the
area a flat sum of $1200. Next there is deducted from the
fund $90 for each pupil who attends high school out of the
county. The amount remaining is distributed to the par-
ticipating schools on the basis of average daily attendance
of pupils. The provisions described above apply to high
schools and “high school extension courses” (Junior Col-
leges), except junior college pupils are not included in the
cross county tuition. -

A unique feature of the bill is the provision described
above for the plus-minus figuring of tuition across county
lines. This arrangement should permit pupils to cross
county lines where necessary for their education and should
eliminate the “profit motive” in cross county tuition. A study
of the proposal will show that it is fair to pupils, schools
and taxpayers. As stated before cross county tuition does
not apply in the case of junior college students.

State aid is supplied by a simple formula. If the amount
of the county distribution plus the amount raised in any
high school district does not equal $90 per high school pupil
enrolled in grades 9 to 12, with a district levy of 6 mills,
an amount necessary to total $90 per high school pupil will
be paid by the state from the state school aid fund. This
means that each high school will be guaranteed a basic in-
come of $90 per high-school pupil on a local district levy
of six mills. The district may levy more than the six mills
in the formula to provide a school of improved quality if
it so desires, provided it does not exceed the statutory tax
limit under which it operates.

The legislative committee of the Kansas State Teachers
Association has proposed more state aid than is provided in
the bill which passed the Legislative Council. There is wide
need and educational logic for additional state aid for high
schools. It is hoped that the bill may be amended or another
bill developed in the education committees of the coming
legislature to provide more state aid for secondary schools.

POINT FOUR: Improvement of Office of County Superin-

tendent.

Working jointly with the legislative committee of the
State Association of County Superintendents, the K.S.T.A.
Legislative Committee has proposed three improvements for
the office of county superintendents: increased compensation;
additional administrative assistance (helping teachers); and
higher qualifications for the office. The sub-committee of
the K.S.T.A. legislative committee headed by County Super-
intendent Adel F. Throckmorton of Wichita met many times
with committees of the Legislative Council to develop pro-
posals to improve the office of county superintendent.

In respect to increased salaries which are needed to
strengthen the office, the Legislative Council adopted Bill
No. 16, which applies to all county offices. The formula
of the bill raises the salaries of county superintendents in
97 counties of the state. The operation of the formula is
shown in detail in Research Bulletin No. 117, November,
1942, “Revision of County Salary Schedules” of the Kansas
Legislative Council. This bulletin is available for reference
study in the offices of all county superintendents and other
county officers of the state.

The formula applying to county sence auieais as given
in Bulletin No. 117 follows:

1. The minimum salary was set at $1,000 for all Soutien

of 2,000 population and less, in accordance with re-
vised schedules for other offices.

2. From a base salary of $1,200 beginning at the 2,001
population level, salaries were increased $50 for each
additional 1,000 population or fraction thereof up to
and including 6,000 population.

8. Beyond 6,000 population, the salary graduation was
decreased gradually: $40 from 6,000 to 11,000 popula-
tion; $30 from 11,000 to 16,000; $20 from 16,000 to
21,000; and $10 graduations for all 1,000 population
ranges over 21,000.

4, A salary ceiling of $2,200 was established.

Proposals for additional administrative assistance and
higher educational qualifications for the office of ccunty
superintendent were referred to the education committees of
the legislature in the following report of Senator Albert
Cole, as taken from the official minutes: “The Committee
on Fees and Salaries, of the Legislative Council, has pre-
pared and submitted a bill, which among other things, pro-
vides for a substantial increase in the salaries of ccunty
superintendents. And it is the opinion of the Education
Committee that should such a recommendation be acceptable
to the 1943 Legislature then, by all means, the proper com-
mittees should prepare for submission to the legislature a
bill designed to improve the qualifications of county super-
intendents and raise the standard of their respective offices,
including the possibility of providing for “helping teachers.”
Therefore your committee recommends that this subject be
referred to the proper committees of the 1943 legislature.”

POINT FIVE: Strengthening The State sige: yess of Edu-
cation.

For many years the state department of education has
remained static in respect to the number of administrative
and supervisory members of the staff, to the amount of state
leadership and service rendered, and to the appropriation for
the department which for long has only been approximately
$30,000 a year. Other departments of state government have
expanded with increased needs. Both personnel and budgets
have grown. The need for state direction in education has
likewise grown but the legislature has not responded by
strengthening the state department of education. Eech year
it becomes increasingly imperative that the office of state
superintendent and the state department be reorganized,
professionalized and strengthened by action of the legislature.

Senator Albert Cole, as chairman of the Education Com-
mittee reported to the Council on this point as follows:

With reference to the subject of improvement and

reorganization of the State Superintendent’s Office,
your committee has concluded that the whole prob-
lem may be summed up in two points:

A. Raising the standards of the office by providing
additional personnel and higher qualifications
for officials, and

B. Increased expenditures obviously may result
from any reorganization of the State Super-
intendent’s Office, and necessitate some me-
chanical changes to be provided by law, but
which, for the most part, will not interfere with,
nor require any particular amount of research,
study or consideration.

Your Committee has, therefore, concluded that, in

view of present conditions due primarily to the war,
it has no means of determining at this time to what
extent additional sums for carrying out such a pro-
gram would be available, nor to what extent it
would be safe or expedient to anticipate provision
for such additional expenditures and _ therefore,
recommends that this question be submitted to the
proper committees of the 1943 Legislature for final
consideration and action.

The Kansas State Teachers Association has joined the
State Board of Education in favoring reorganization and
strengthening of the State Department of Education by the
addition of high educational qualifications, adequate pay and
tenure for department heads. It is urged that the amount
appropriated for the work be materially increased.

For many years leading Jaymen and teachers have pro-
posed that the state superintendent be removed from the
ballot and that office be filled by appointment by a com-
petent board. This much needed improvement requires a