CHAPTER XXIII.-Patriotic Instruction. $547. Display of flag. $549. Duty of state superintendent. SECTION 547. Display of Flag. [7748] It shall be the duty of the school authorities of every public school in the several cities, towns, villages and school districts of this state to purchase a suitable United States flag, flagstaff, and the necessary appliances therefor, and to display such flag upon, near or in the public-school building during school hours and at such other times as such school authorities may direct. (Laws 1907, ch. 319, sec. 1.) SEC. 548. Rules and Regulations. [7749] The said school authorities shall establish rules and regulations for the proper custody, care and display of the flag, and, when the weather will not permit it to be otherwise displayed, it shall be placed conspicuously in the principal room of the schoolhouse. (Laws 1907, ch. 319, sec. 2.) SEC. 549. Duty of State Superintendent. [7750] It shall be the duty of the state superintendent of public instruction of this state to prepare for the use of the public schools of the state a program providing for a salute to the flag at the opening of each day of school, and such other patriotic exercises as may be deemed by him to be expedient, under such regulations and instructions as may best meet the varied requirements of the different grades in such schools. It shall also be his duty to make special provision for the observance of [in] such public schools of Lincoln's birthday, Washington's birthday, Memorial day (May 30), and Flag day (June 14), and such other legal holidays of like character as may be hereafter designated by law. (Laws 1907, ch. 319, sec. 3.) SEC. 550. Patriotic Exercises. [7751] The state superintendent of public instruction is hereby authorized and directed to procure and provide the necessary and appropriate instructions for developing and encouraging such patriotic exercises in the public schools, and the state printer is hereby authorized and directed to do such printing and binding as may become necessary for the efficient and faithful carrying out of the purposes of this act. (Laws 1907, ch. 319, sec. 4.) CHAPTER XXIV.-Retirement Fund. 3551. Creation and maintenance. 552. Disbursement. 553. Retirement with thirty years' experience. 554. Retirement on account of disability or incapacity. $555. Refund or transfer of funds. 559. Rules and regulations. SECTION 551. Creation and Maintenance. In any city of the first class in the state of Kansas there may be created by the board of education of such city a public-school teachers' retirement fund, which fund, when created, and the management and disbursement thereof, shall be under the control of the board of education of such city. Such retirement fund shall be created and maintained in the following manner: First by an assessment of not less than one per cent nor more than one and one-half per cent of every installment of salary paid to a teacher employed in such city; second, by the setting aside from the general fund for the support of the schools in such city, of an amount which shall be not less than one and onehalf times the amount of salary assessments, and not less than the amount necessary to meet the payments herein provided for; third, by the receipt, by the gift or otherwise of any real, personal or mixed property or any interest therein. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 1.) SEC. 552. Disbursement. Such a retirement fund when thus created and maintained, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be disbursed in the manner hereinafter set forth; and any surplus of fund not needed for immediate disbursement may be invested by the board of education of such city, acting as trustees of such fund, in any bonds approved by the State School-fund Commission. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 2.) SEC. 553. Retirement with Thirty Years' Experience. Any teacher who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of thirty years of teaching experience may be retired by such board of education. Any teacher so retired under the foregoing provision of this section, provided that at least fifteen years of such accredited teaching experience shall have been in the public schools of such cities of the first class, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, so long as such teacher may live, equal monthly payments, which shall aggregate $500 per annum; provided, however, that no one shall receive such pension without paying into the fund therefor, by way of assessment or otherwise, not less than one-half of the amount of the first annual pension to which such person shall be entitled. And in order to make up such one-half the board of education may provide for any deficiency by deducting the necessary amount from the first year's pension payments in equal amounts each month. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 3.) SEC. 554. Retirement on Account of Disability or Incapacity. Any teacher who has been credited under the rules and regulations of such board of education with an aggregate of twenty-five or more years of teaching experience may be retired by such board of education on account of disability or incapacity, physical or otherwise. Any teacher so retired, provided that at least fifteen years of such accredited teaching experience shall have been in the public schools of cities of the first class, shall be entitled to receive from such retirement fund, during the period of retirement, monthly installments, the annual aggregate of which shall be such percentage of $500 as the number of years of such accredited teaching experience of the beneficiary shall bear to the term of thirty years. Any teacher so retired may, at the discretion of the board of education, should such teacher's incapacity or disability be removed, be reinstated as a teacher, and any right to any payments from this fund until such teacher again be retired shall cease with such reinstatement. And shall any teacher be so reinstated the years of such retirement shall be included in arriving at the term of service when such teacher may again be retired, but no credit for such years of retirement shall be given in arriving at the amount such teacher shall be entitled to receive from the retirement fund. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 4.) SEC. 555. Refund or Transfer of Funds. If at any time a teacher who is willing to continue is not reëmployed or is discharged before the time when he or she would under the provisions of this act be entitled to a pension, then such teacher shall be paid back at once the money he or she may have contributed under this act. Should a teacher duly accredited in a city of the first class accept service in the public schools of any other city of the first class, a sum equivalent to all payments made by such teacher into the retirement fund shall be transferred to the retirement fund of the city in which such service is accepted. Any teacher who shall retire voluntarily from the service shall receive a refund of one-half of the money he or she shall have contributed under this act. And should any teacher die before receiving any of the benefits or pensions by this act provided the board of education shall pay to such teacher's heirs or estate one-half of the amount, without interest, which shall have been paid into such pension fund by said teacher. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 5.) SEC. 556. Term "Teacher" Defined. In construing this act, the word "teacher" shall include all members of the teaching staff employed by the board of education of such city, which shall include superintendents, supervisors, and assistants to the superintendent of instruction, principals, and teachers. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 6.) SEC. 557. Duty of Treasurer. It is hereby made the duty of the treasurer of such city to keep any fund arising under the provisions of this act as a separate fund, and to disburse the same in accordance with the instructions and orders of the board of education of such city. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 7.) SEC. 558. Exemption. After said retirement fund shall be created by said board of education of such city, the salary of any teacher regularly employed by such city shall be exempt from the provisions of this act, provided such teacher shall make a request in writing for such exemption and file the same with the board of education of such city within one month after such teacher shall enter upon such regular employment as a teacher, and such request, when filed with the board of education of such city, shall constitute a waiver and a bar to the receipt of any benefits from the retirement fund herein provided for. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 8.) SEC. 559. Rules and Regulations. The board of education shall have power to adopt rules and regulations for the carrying out of the purposes of this act not in conflict therewith. (Laws 1911, ch. 280, sec. 9.) CHAPTER XXV.-School-fund Commissioners. $560. Board of school-fund commissioners, how composed and organized. 561. Meetings. 562. Record of school-fund commissioners. 563. Register of bonds offered and bought. 564. Investment of funds. 565. Quorum. 566. Record of the condition of funds. 569. The state treasurer shall be cus- 570. Separate accounts. 571. The commissioners shall collect mon- 572. Must offer bonds to commission. 575. Compensation of board. 578. Proceeds of sale paid through county $579. State and county superintendent to 580. Probate judge to give notice. 583. Unlawful to act as private attorney. 585. All bonds belonging to state permanent school fund shall be consolidated. 586. Consolidated bonds shall be registered. 587. Registration of bonds belonging to school fund. 588. Registration of bonds purchased. 589. State treasurer's statement to state auditor. 590. Cancellation of bonds paid. 591. Comparison of registers kept by auditor and treasurer. 592. Penalty for delinquency of state [8939] The SECTION 560. School-fund Commissioners. state superintendent of public instruction, secretary of state and attorney-general shall constitute a board of commissioners for the management and investment of the state permanent school, State Normal School and State University funds. Such board shall be organized as follows: The secretary of state shall be the president of such board, and the state superintendent of public instruction shall be the secretary thereof. In the absence of either of said officers, the attorney-general shall act as president, or as secretary, as the case may require. Such commissioners, when acting as such, must act personally. No member thereof can be represented in such board by any assistant or clerk in the office of which such member is the chief officer. (Laws 1879, ch. 166, sec. 113.) SEC. 561. Meetings. [8940] Such board of commissioners shall meet regularly in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction, on the last Saturday of each month, at ten o'clock a. m. Special meetings of the board may be held at any time at the call of any member. (Laws 1879, ch. 166, sec. 114.) SEC. 562. Records. [8941] Said commissioners shall keep in a suitable book a full and correct record of all their proceedings at every session of the board, which shall include all of the matters required to be recorded as hereinafter specified in this act, and which record, at the close of each session, shall be signed by the president and secretary. (Laws 1905, ch. 472, sec. 1.) |