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MEMBERS OF THE KENTUCKY EDUCATIONAL
COMMISSION

HONORABLE JAMES H. RICHMOND, Chairman
Superintendent of Public Instruction

State Department of Education

Frankfort, Kentucky

DR. FRANK L. McVEY, President
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

DR. H. H. CHERRY, President
Western Kentucky State Teachers College
Bowling Green, Kentucky

MR. J. W. BRADNER
Superintendent City Schools
Middlesboro, Kentucky

MR. H. W. PETERS, Superintendent
Christian County Schools
Hopkinsville, Kentucky

HONORABLE W. .I. WEBB
Attorney
Mayfield, Kentucky

MR. YANCEY ALTSHELER
Wholesale Grocer

515 West Main Street
Louisville, Kentucky

MRS. JAMES G. SHEEH’AN, President
Kentucky Congress for Parents and Teachers
Danville, Kentucky

HONORABLE BEN ‘WILLIAMSON
Former United States Senator
Ashland, Kentucky

Secretary: JAMES W. CAMMACK, JR.
Director of Research
State Department of Education
Frankfort, Kentucky

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

To the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and
the Members of the General Assembly of 193’
Frankfort, Kentucky

In 1932 the General Assembly enacted a law providing for a
study of public education in Kentucky to be made under the
direction of an educational commission; said commission to be
appointed by the Governor, with the Superintendent of Public
Instruction as ex oflicio chairman. A commission was appointed
in due course ; and its report, with findings and recommendations
looking toward increasing the efficiency and equalizing the bene-
fits of public education throughout Kentucky, is respectfully
submitted herewith. A proposed revision of the school laws
which will embody the major recommendations of the Commis-
sion, will be submitted as a separate report. '

(Signed) JAMES H. RICHMOND, Chairman
FRANK L. McVEY
H. H. CHERRY
J. W. BRADNER
H. W. PETERS
W. J. WEBB
YANCEY ALTSHELER
Mus. JAMES G. SHEEHAN
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FOREWORD

The purpose of the group making this educational study for
Kentucky has been to prepare for the citizenship of the state
a summary statement of the objectives to be achieved by the
state in providing public education. Along with this statement
of things to be accomplished it has seemed well to suggest plans
for the realization of these objectives. The first of these, the
statement of things to be achieved, is to consitute for Kentucky
an educational platform; the second, the plans for realizing
these objectives, is to be the means of translating into reality this
platform.

When this study is approached from the standpoint of criti-
cal evaluation, probably the point about it which is most impres-
sive is the personnel of the study group. There have been many
studies of state systems of education, but in the main these
studies have been made by agencies outside the state. It has
been the customary procedure to invite some outside survey
organization to undertake the study. Sometimes the survey
division of an educational institution has been asked to conduct
such a study. At other times the survey organization of an edu-
cational foundation has studied conditions in a state while at
other times a commercial survey agency has been called upon to
do the work which the Kentucky Educational Commission has
undertaken to do for its own state. This particular study was
conceived within the state itself. Those who planned this study
and who have carried it on are workers within the state and are
among those most interested in the state’s educational progress.
There is apparent from the very beginnings of the study an ear-
nestness of purpose and a seriousness of resolve which alone
would commend the study strongly to its readers. The first
point, however, to be considered by all Kentuckians who read
this study is that it was made by Kentuckians for Kentuckians
with the single purpose of offering suggested plans for making
better educational conditions in Kentucky.

The next thing which probably will be observed in regard
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Chapter I p1 oposes an educational platform for Kentucky
Speaking fo1 the state as a 11 hole in a tone of wholesome ideal-

ism, the report announces in simple easily understood terms What

a1e Kentucky’s obligations in regard to public education There
is no inclination on the part of the study to painstakingly safe-
guard each. statement until the reader is unable to know just
what has been recommended. On the contrary vigorously and
convincingly is stated Kentucky ’s educational program. No
reader is left uncertain after reading this chapter what the state
is obligated to do, or what it is proposed shall be done. The
chapter on the objectives of education, this educational platform
of principles, is worthy to become an apostle’s creed for each
citizen of Kentucky regarding school matters.

Second only in importance are the suggested plans for
carrying into effect the objectives of Chapter I. This part of the
work will perhaps be more often subject to debate and question
than will be Chapter I. The method employed has been one of
employing the most widely accepted educational theory and
practice. To those who cannot agree with all the proposals made
it should be remembered that each proposal is a suggestion of
110w to realize part of the platform. It should be remembered
that the best attitude to be held in regard to a suggestion which
has come from extended study and deliberation is that of sus—
pended judgment. Any proposal. which has not been disproved,
and which proposal has the weight of the recommendation of
this Commission, is deserving of every effort to make this pro-
posal a success and should receive the most careful study and
the most wholehearted support. A proposal of the Kentucky
Educational Commission deserves fully the most careful trial and
the heartiest support of every Kcutuchiau during such a period
of trial.

There are several phases of this study which Will especially
commend themselves everywhere to students of educational ad-
ministration. Of these phases one only will. be mentioned here,
and it will be named as illustrative of these points of interest.
The effort to produce a product-moment measure of the cost of
education by relating raw-cost to product is a move toward a new
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ln handing this report to the Kentucky Public as the prod-
uct of the best thought and effort of its Educational Commission
there is sought for it the most careful, even critical, study and
evaluation. It is believed, as being; beyond dispute, that the edu-
cational platform of principles set forth in Chapter I has been
developed through Kentucky ’s nearly one hundred fifty years of
history. It is believed the solemn obligation of every Kentuckian
to help to carry on these educational beliefs. It is also believed
that the proposals made by the Commission should have What is
here asked for them, the heartiest support of every Kentuckian.
Finally, it is believed that. if this critical evaluation and hearty
support are given the report there will be evolved in Kentucky
during the next decade improvements in the Kentucky educa-
tional system fully commensurate with the devoted hopes of the
Commission.

SHELTON PHELPS
Dean of the Graduate School
George Peabody College for Teachers

Nashville, Tennessee
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL iii
FOREWORD v
LIST OF TABLES .............. xv
LIST OF CHARTS xix
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION xx

 

INTRODUCTION xxv

DIVISION I. AIMS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

 

 

 

   
    
 

 

 

 
  
  

 

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I. AIMS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS .......... 3
Education for Democracy 3
Education a state function .. 3
Schools maintained for children .................................................. 7
Educational progress in Kentucky ........................ 8
Free public school system accepted in principle .................... 11
Aims and Objectives of the Public Schools .................................... 13
Aims and objectives of the elementary schools ..... 14
Desirable elementary school ideals and standards . . 17
Aims and objectives of the secondary schools ......... 18
Desirable secondary school ideals and standards . 20
Aims and objectives of higher education ................ 21
Functions of the Public Schools ....................................... 25
Functions of the elementary and secondary schools . 25
Functions of the University of Kentucky ........................ 26
Functions of the teachers’ colleges ............................................ 29

DIVISION II. ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC

EDUCATION

II. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS 37
Introduction 37
The State as the Final Authority .................................................... 37
The Present Administrative Organization . 39
State Board of Education .......................... 39
Superintendent of Public Instruction 40
State Department of Education .............. 40
The administration of local school units . 42
The administration at higher education .................................... 52
State Board of Examiners 54
State Textbook Commission .......................................................... 54
Vocational Education Board ........................ 55

 

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An Improved Administrative Organization ................................ 55

State Board of Education ......................... 57

Commissioner of Education ________

State Department of Education .......

The administration of local school units ______________________

The administration of the program of higher education _

The certification of teachers ____________________________

School books and instructional supplies ..

An adequate state library system ................................................
Summary of Present Administrative Organization .................. 67
Recommendations 69

III. FACTORS AFFECTING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULA .................................................... 73
Introduction .......................................................... __ ................................ 73
The Elementary School Curriculum .............................................. 73

Courses of study ............................ 74

Training of teachers ................... 75

School organization ................................. 75

Textbooks .......................... 77

Libraries ........................... 77

Supplies and equipment 77

School buildings 78

Length of term .. 78

Supervision 79

Measurement of achievement ........................................................ 79
The Secondary School Curriculum .................................................. 80

School attendance ................... 81

Holding power ........................ _ 82

Effectiveness of. the curriculum .................................................... 83
College Curricula .................................................................................. 85

Curricular offerings of the state supported institutions of

higher learning ..... 86

Teacher training . 88
Findings .................................................. 93
Recommendations ................................ 95

IV. EMPLOYED PERSONNEL ................................................................ 97
Distribution of Teachers .................................................................... 97
Types of Teaching Positions to be Filled 98
Turnover of Teachers ................................... 99
Number of Certificates Now in Force ............................................ 99
Amounts of Training of Employed and Unemployed Teachers 100
Types and Uses of Certificates ........................................................ 103
Definite Curricula for Elementary and Secondary Grades . 104
Life Certificates ............................................................................. 105

 

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Status of Training Standards in the United States 110
Need for Higher Standards for Elementary Teachers _ 111
State Facilities for Training Teachers ______________________ 112
Contractual Relations

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VIII.

SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS . .. 121
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County school districts 123
City school districts ........................................................................ 125
Independent graded school districts . 126
Comparison with other states ...................................................... 127

Current Practices in State Administration of Schoolhouse

Planning and Construction . 127
Method of the study ........................................................................ 128
Authority for approval of plans ..... .. 128

  

 

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State aid in financing schoolhouse construction .. . 130
Regulations governing schoolhouse construction _______ * ___________ 131
Findings .................................................................................................. 132
Recommendations ................................................................................ 133
THE EDUCATION OF NEGROES ................................................ 135
Introduction .
The Distribution of the Negro School Population ...................... 135
Special Administrative Problems of the Negro Common
Schools .................................................................................................... 138
Vocational Education for Kentucky Negroes .. 140
The Smith-Hughes Vocational Courses ........... 141
Co-operative Extension Work among Negroes . .. 141
The Colleges for Negroes ......................... .. 143
Findings ............................. .. 145
Recommendations ............................................................................... 146
ADULT EDUCATION .......................................................................... 147
Meaning and Purposes of Adult Education ...................... .. 147
Meaning ................................................................................................ 147
Purposes ...... .. 147
Agencies New Engaged in Adult Education in Kentucky ........ 148
Problems to Be Considered in Organizing a Program of
Adult Education in Kentucky .......................................................... 149
Summary and Recommendations .................................................. 152
THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN , 155
The Problem of the Handicapped Child ........................................ 155
Residential Schools for Handicapped Children ...................... 157
The Kentucky School. for the Blind ................... 157
The State Institution for the Feeble-Minded . V. 158
The Houses of Reform ...................... . 158
The Kentucky School for the Dea .. 158
The Kentucky Children’s Home Society .................... 159
Legal Provisions Applying to Local School Systems ................ 160
The Kentucky Crippled Children Commission ............................ 161
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, State Department of
Education ...................................................................................... 161
Summary .................................................................. 163
Recommendations ........................................................................... 164

 

 

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IX. SCHOOL COSTS .. 169
Introduction 169
Public Elementary and Secondary School Costs ...................... 169
Enrollment trends 169
Trends of total expenditures .................................... 170
Trends of expenditures for instruction .. 170
Values obtained from increased costs ...................................... 171
Inequalities in educational opportunity as measured by
costs 173
Kentucky’s rank in public ‘education ........................................ 175
Total School Costs for 1931-32 Shown in Perspective .............. 181
Total costs from state-Wide taxes for all governmental
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State school expenditures classified ......................... 183

 
 
  

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Analysis of Common School Costs, 1931-32 ....... 1186
Items of expenditures ................................................ 186
Per pupil costs ........................ 188
Per pupil costs in elementary schools compared to costs
in secondary schools 189
Costs in small and large elementary schools 190
Costs in small and large high schools 191
School indebtedness as of June 30, 1932 192

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Costs of Higher Education .................................... .
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The four teachers’ colleges ................................................... 198
The University of Kentucky .......................... 200
The two state colleges for colored persons ............................ 203
Cost of graduate work ...... 206
Gains made in higher education . 209
School Costs and Other Costs .......................................................... 209
Findings ________ 212
Recommendations ................................................................................ 215
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF EDUCATION .. .. 217
PART I. THE TECHNICAL PROBLEM ...................................... 219
Present Plan of Educational Support .............................. 219
Support of Education by Assignment of Revenues 224
Student Fees as a Source of Educational Income .......... 226
Educational Support in Kentucky Compared to the
Support of Other Governmental Functions .................... 226
Educational Support in Kentucky Compared to Sup-
port in Other States ............................................................ 230

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Current support of higher education . 232
Current support of common schools . 234
Plants of colleges and universities . 235

Plant of. cammon schools ................................................ 238
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Inequalities in Educational Support .................................. 239
The Provisional Solution for the Inequities of Un-
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The P1 esent State and Local Tax System of Kentucky 254
The 1ea1 estate tax 254
Classification in Kentucky ............................................ 255
The highway taxes on motor users .............................. 256
The business taxes 257
Oil production tax .. 258
Inheritance tax 258
The Problem of Tax Revision as Related to Educa-
tional Support .. 259
Repeal of state tangible property tax .......................... 259

Replacement of local school taxes with state taxes. 260
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Arguments for and against selective excis taxes... 265
Arguments £01 and against a general 1etail sales
tax .......................................................................................... 267
Arguments for and against income taxation .............. 270

The Classified Property Tax in Kentucky ...................... 272

Tax Administration in Kentucky ...................................... 273

' Findings 276

Recommendations .. 278

XI. FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF KENTUCKY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ......... .. ...... 281
Introduction 281
Present Budgetary Practices in School Districts ...................... 281
The present budget system in county districts ........................ 281
The present budget system in independent graded districts 286
When independent graded district levies are made .............. 286
The present budget system in city school districts .............. 287
Need for a Revised Budget System Applicable to All School
Districts .. .289
Present Practices in Financial Accounting ............................... 290
Practices in Kentucky schools ................ 290
Practices in 12 selected states 290
Basic financial record books ........... 291
Administration of Teachers’ Salaries ......... 292
Salaiy schedule practices in city school di . 293
Salaries of e1e1ne11ta1y teachers in county districts .............. 293
Comparison of salaries in elementary and secondary
schools 295
Salaries of high school teachers, 1931- 32 and 1932— 33 ,. ......... 296
Safeguaiding School Funds in the Three Types of School
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} Present Status of the Indebtedness of Kentucky School
‘ Districts .................................................................................................. 302
Maturity of long-term indebtedness .......................................... 303
Variations in rates of interest ......... . 303
Bonds redeemed and interest paid . . 304
Sinking funds _________________________________________ _ 305
Interest paid on notes and warrants .. 306
Due dates of notes ........................................ 307
Interest rates on notes and warrants .............. . 307
Due dates of bills and other unpaid obligations 308
Temporary Loans ................................................................................ 308

Variations in temporary loans ., . 308

   
 
 

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Findings .................................................................................................. 312
Recommendations ................................................................................ 316
XII. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 321
Platform Statement of the Kentucky Educational Com—
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1. Ratio of the Cost of General Control to Total Current Expen-
ditures and Ratio of the Cost of Instruction to Total Current
Expenditures by Types of Districts, 1931-32 ................................ 48
2. Pupil Census, Pupil Enrollment, and Pupils Not Enrolled by
Types of Districts, 1931-32 ........................................................ 49
3. Samples of Retardation in Kentucky ic Schools, 1930-31.... 50
4. Training of Teachers on Basis of Certificates Held, October,
1931 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 75
5. Comparison of First~Grade Enrollment with Total Elementary
Enrollment, 1931-32 .......................................................... 76
6. Comparison of Population 0 Age 6 with Population of Ages
(3-13 Years, Inclusive, According to the School Census of
April, 1932 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 76
7A. Number of Library Books in County School Districts, 1931-32. 77
7B. Number of Library Books in Graded School Districts, 193L321 77
8. Comparison of School Terms in Days by Types of Districts,
193031 ...................................................................................................... 79
9. Public School Enrollment in Kentucky, Ages 7 to 20, Inclu-
sive, Based on United States Census, 1930 ____________________________________ 82
10. Enrollment in Secondary Schools by Types of Districts,
1931-32 ...................................................................................................... 83
11. Percentages of Secondary Enrollment in Each of the Grades
from Nine to Twelve, 1931-32 ____________________________________________________________ 83
12. Number of Secondary Schools of Different Sizes, 1932-33 ........ ‘84
13. Curricular Offerings ot' the State Supported Institutions of
Higher Learning in Kentucky ............................................................ 88
14. Number and Length of Curricula Offered by the State Sup-
ported Institutions for the Training of Teachers ........................ 90
15. Number of Teachers Employed in Different Types of Dis-
tricts, 1931-32 .......................................................................................... 97
16. Number of Teachers Employed in Elementary Grades by
Types of Districts, 1931-32 .................................................................. 98
17. Inexperienced Teachers Teaching in the Public Schools,
1931~32 ..................................................................................................... 99
18. Number of Certificates in Force July 1, 1931, and November
1, 1932 ........................................................................................................ 100
19. Training and Employment Status of Teachers, 1931-32 .......... 101
20. Types of Certificates in Use at the Different Levels in the
Common Schools (Exclusive of Louisville), October, 1931 ...... 104
21. Selection of Major Fields of Interest by 615 Senior College
Students in Kentucky during Second Semester, 1932—33 ............ 109
22. Number of Persons Who Finished Two-Year and Four-Year
Curricula and Received Certificates Based Thereon from the
Six Four-Year State Institutions of Higher Learning in
1930-31 and 1931-32 ..................................................
23. Comparison of Salaries of Elementary Teacheis with Those
of Secondary Teachers, Five-Year Averages for the Years
1927-28 to 1931-32, Inclusive .............................................................. 114
24. Average Annual Salaries of Teachers in County School Dis-
tricts According to Salary Schedules, 1932-33 ....................... 115
25. Kentucky Population, 1900-1930, Inclusive ............ 136
26. School Census, Enrollment, and Attendance, 1931-32 .................. 136

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27. Urban Trend of Negro Migration ...................................................... 137
28. Distribution of Colored Children by Counties .......................... 137
29. Percentages of the Public School Enrollment in High School,
1931-32 .1 .. ........ 138
30. Negro VVorhers in Kentucky, 1930 .................................................... 140
31. Enrollment in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools ........ 170
32. Percentages of Children 10 to 15 Years of Age Gaintully Em-
ployed in the United States at Successive Census Periods ...... 171
33. Scholastic Training of Teachers in the Public Elementary
and Secondary Schools, 1921—22 and 1931-32 ................................ 172
34. State Expenditures for Education and for Certain Other Pur-
poses, 1931—32 .......................................................................................... 182
35. State Expenditures for Education, 1931-32 ................. 183
36. State and Local Cost Payments for Education, 1931-32 184
37. State and Local Payments for Education (Excluding Pay-
ments for Capital Outlay and Retirement of Debt), 1931-32 185
38. Common School Expenditures Exclusive of Debt Service and
Capital Outlay, 1931-32 .............. 187
39. Total Common School Expenditures Arranged According to
Three Major Classifications, 1931—32 ................................................ 188
40. One-, TWO-, Three-, and Four—or-More-Teacher Schools for
White Children of Twelve Selected Counties Classified Ac-
cording to Certain Factors of Cost and Quality of Teacher
Personnel .......................................................... ' ...................................... 1 91
41. Forty—Seven Small High Schools Classified According to En-
rollment and Median Salary Cost Per Pupil Enrolled ................ 192
42. Summary of Indebtedness of School Districts for the Year
Ended June 30, 1932, as Reported in Part II of the Annual
Audit Report ............................................................................................ 193
43. Long-Term and Short-Term Indebtedness, Classified Accord-
ing to County, City, and Independent Graded Districts, Ex-
clusive of Louisville .............................................................................. 194
44. Analysis of School Indebtedness as of July 1, 1932, Includ-
ing Louisville .......... 195
45. Income of the Four State Teachers’ Colleges from the Date
of Their Establishment to June 30, 1934 ........................................ 199
46A. The Per Capita Cost to the State of; Operating the Four
State Teachers’ Colleges for Current Expenses Based on
Enrollment for a 36-VVeel; School Year for the Years 192930,
1930-31, and 1931-32 .............................................................................. I 201
46B.The Per Capita Cost to the State of Operating the Four
State Teachers’ Colleges for Current Expenses Based on
Enrollment for a 36-\Veek School Year for the Year 1932-33 201
47. Income of the University of Kentucky from the State from
1880 to June 30, 1934 ............................................................................ 202
48A. The Per Capita Cost to the State of Operating the University
of Kentucky Based on Enrollment Reduced to a 36-W'eek
School Year for the Years 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1931-32 ............ 204
48B. The Per Capita Cost to the State of Operating the University
of Kentucky Based on Enrollment Reduced to a 36-VVeek
School Year for the Year 1932733 ..