The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 41
Management of Undenominational Public Schools
Management of Undenominational Public Schools.
1. The names of the managers shall in every case be submitted to the Government for approval before any grant is made; and the Government shall satisfy itself with the arrangements proposed for the management and maintenance of the school. The names and credentials of the teachers nominated by the managers, the rate of school-fee, and all further regulations, shall be subject to the approval of the Government.
2. The managers shall provide and keep in repair the necessary accommodation for the school and teachers,—namely, a school-room, with suitable offices attached, and proper school furniture, together with a residence for the principal teacher, or an annual allowance in lieu thereof, being one-fifth at least of the salary.
3. No new grant, or renewal or augmentation of a grant, shall take place until the Superintendent-General of Education is satisfied that suitable out-offices, and, in addition, a suitable recreation ground, have been provided, and that the school can efficiently provide for the wants of the locality.
4. The school shall be under the management and control of the local managers, but shall be subject to inspection by the Superintendent-General of Education, or his deputy duly appointed by the Governor, who shall have the right of entering the school at any time during school hours, of examining into the state of the buildings, and the school furniture, of ascertaining the progress of the children under instruction, and of enquiring generally into the efficiency of the school in regard to the locality in which it is placed, and of calling for such returns as he may require, in order to obtain satisfactory information on these subjects.
5. Any municipal board or divisional council, which shall raise the necessary amount, and comply with the other conditions upon which aid is proposed to be given to undenominational public schools, shall be the managers of the school or schools which they shall so establish, or they may appoint other managers if they deem fit; such other managers, however, to be subject to approval by the Governor; and such schools to be subject to all the regulations which may be imposed upon the other public schools aided from the public funds.