authorities in charge of the school shall designate and adopt the text books. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 9, rewritten. (Page 99, § 9.)] § 342. Change of text books.-A text book so adopted shall not be superseded by another book within a period of five years from such adoption, except upon a three-fourths vote of the qualified voters present and voting at an annual meeting in a common school district, or elsewhere by a three-fourths vote of the board of education or other school authorities by which such book was adopted. [Con. School Law, tit. V, § 10, rewritten. (Page 100, § 10.)] § 343. Penalty for violation.-A person who violates any of the foregoing provisions is liable to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each violation, to be sued for by any taxpayer of the district, and such penalty when collected shall be paid to the treasurer for the benefit of the district. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 11, rewritten. (Page 100, § 11.)] § 344. Instruction concerning stimulants and narcotics.-The nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics, and their effects on the human system, shall be taught in connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene, as thoroughly as other branches, in all schools under state control, or supported wholly or in part by state school moneys or local taxation. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, first part of § 19, as added by § 345. Minimum time of instruction.-All pupils below the second year of the high school and above the third year of school work, computed from the beginning of the lowest primary, not kindergarten year, or in corresponding classes in ungraded schools, shall be taught and study the subjects mentioned in the last section every year with suitable text books in the hands of all pupils, for not less than three lessons a week for ten or more weeks, or the equivalent of the same in each year, and must pass satisfactory tests in these studies before promotion to the next succeeding grade or year's work; except that where there are nine or more school years below the high school, the study may be omitted in all years above the eighth year and below the high school, by such pupils as have passed the required tests of the eighth year. In ungraded schools the superintendent shall classify the work as nearly as may be to conform to the foregoing provisions. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, part of § 19, as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 102, § 19.)] § 346. Primary scholars.- Pupils in the lowest three primary, not kindergarten, school years, or in corresponding classes in ungraded schools, shall in each year be instructed in the same subject orally for not less than two lessons a week for ten weeks, or the equivalent of the same in each year, by teachers using text books adapted for such oral instruction as a guide and standard, and such pupils must pass the same tests in this study as may be required in other studies before promotion to the next succeeding year's work. This subject may also be taught in kindergarten schools. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, part of § 19, as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 102, § 19.)] § 347. School authorities to furnish facilities.-The trustee, board of education or other authorities in charge of a school, shall provide needed facilities and a definite time and place for this branch in the regular course of study. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 19 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 102, § 19.)] § 348. Requirement of text books.-The text books to be used shall be graded to the capacities of fourth year, intermediate, grammar and high school pupils, or to corresponding classes in ungraded schools. For students below high school grade such text books shall give at least one-fifth their space, and for students of high school grade shall give not less than twenty pages, to the nature and effects of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics. This subject must be treated in the text books in connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene, and pages on this subject in a separate chapter at the end of the book shall not be counted in determining the minimum. A text book on physiology which does not conform to the foregoing provisions shall not be used in the public schools, except so long as may be necessary to fulfill the conditions of any legal adoption in force when this chapter takes effect. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 19 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 102, § 19.)] § 349. Examination by regents.-All regents' examinations in physiology and hygiene shall include a due proportion of questions on the nature of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics, and their effects on the human system. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 19 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 103, §19.)] § 350. Instruction in normal schools, institutes, etc.-Adequate time and attention shall be given to instruction in the best meth ods of teaching this branch in all normal schools, teachers' training classes and teachers' institutes. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 20 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, as amended by L. 1896, ch 901. (Page 103, § 20.)] § 351. When not to share in school money.—A district or city is not entitled to share in an apportionment of state school moneys, unless it appears that it has complied with the provisions herein relating to instruction in physiology and hygiene. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 20 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 103, § 20.)] § 352. When institute or training class entitled to school money. State school moneys shall not be apportioned or paid for the benefit of a teachers' institute or teachers' training class or other school until the officer having jurisdiction or supervision thereof shall file with the superintendent an affidavit that he has made a thorough investigation of the facts, and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the provisions of this act relating thereto have been complied with. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 20 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 103, § 20.)] § 353. Affidavits by school authorities.-The trustee or the president or other member of a board of education, or the superintendent of schools, shall show by his affidavit that he has made thorough investigation as to the facts, and that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, all the provisions herein relating to such instruction have been complied with in the schools under his supervision, during the last preceding school year. Such affidavit shall be made in duplicate, one of which, in the case of a city, shall be filed with the treasurer or chamberlain, and in any other case, with the school commissioner, and one duplicate shall also be filed with the state superintendent. The affidavit shall also be included in the annual report of a trustee or board of education. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 20 as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 103, § 20.)] § 354. Affidavit by school commissioner.-The commissioner shall also file with the superintendent an affidavit in connection with his annual report, showing which districts have and which have not complied with such provisions, according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, based upon a thorough investigation by him as to the facts. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 20, as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 103, § 20.)] § 355. Affidavit by principal of normal school. The principal of each normal school shall, at the close of each school year, file with the superintendent an affidavit that all the foregoing provisions applicable thereto have been complied with during such year. [Con. School Law, tit. XV, § 20, as added by L. 1895, ch. 1041, and as amended by L. 1896, ch. 901. (Page 104, § 20.)] |