CHAPTER 156

FREE SCHOOLS

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a general and efficient system of Free Public Schools," approved March 31, 1921, as amended in 1923 and in 1925.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of a General and Efficient System of Free Public Schools," approved March 31, 1921, as amended in 1923 and in 1925, be and the same is hereby further amended by repealing paragraph numbered 8, of Section 8, of Article 1, of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

8. Fixing, in conjunction with the respective Boards of Education of Special School Districts and the respective Trustees of School Districts, a schedule of salaries for superintendents, teachers, professional and clerical assistants, in the respective Special School Districts and School Districts; provided that the schedule so fixed shall be uniform in application, without discrimination on account of race, color or religious belief.

Section 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

Section 3. In order for the State Board of Education to carry into effect the provisions of this Act there is hereby appropriated for each of the school years beginning July 1, 1927, and July 1, 1928, respectively, the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) to be paid by the State Treasurer from money which shall accrue to the State Treasury for school purposes on orders of the State Board of Education, signed by its President or Vice-President and Secretary or Assistant Secretary."

Approved April 25, 1927.