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Section 16-8-41 – Establishment and Maintenance of Kindergartens and Playgrounds; Age Limits of Children Admitted to Kindergarten.

Section 16-8-41 Establishment and maintenance of kindergartens and playgrounds; age limits of children admitted to kindergarten. The county boards of education shall have power to establish and maintain within their systems of public schools kindergartens and playgrounds for the children who are bona fide residents of and living within their respective jurisdictions. If kindergartens are […]

Section 16-8-42 – Insurance on Schools.

Section 16-8-42 Insurance on schools. The county board of education is charged with the duty of seeing that every school building whose title is vested in the state, county or school district is insured for its insurable value and to this end may use a part of the proceeds of incidental fees, district tax levies […]

Section 16-8-27 – Transportation of Employees.

Section 16-8-27 Transportation of employees. County boards of education may at their discretion provide for the transportation of employees of such boards of education to and from schools along with pupils on established pupil transportation route schedules where such transportation can be provided without extra mileage or the overcrowding of school buses; provided, that the […]

Section 16-8-42.1 – Authority for Risk Management Cooperative.

Section 16-8-42.1 Authority for risk management cooperative. (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings subscribed to them by this section: (1) RISK MANAGEMENT COOPERATIVE. An entity or entities, to be formed by local boards of education in any combination of 25 or more for the purpose of […]

Section 16-8-28 – Courses of Study.

Section 16-8-28 Courses of study. The county board of education shall prescribe, on the written recommendation of the county superintendent of education, courses of study for the schools under its jurisdiction, and a printed copy of these courses of study shall be supplied to every teacher and to every interested citizen of the county, subject […]

Section 16-8-43 – Sanitary Rest Rooms.

Section 16-8-43 Sanitary rest rooms. The county board of education shall provide sanitary, hygienic, suitable and convenient rest rooms for the children of the public schools under its jurisdiction, not less than two for each school or building when both sexes are in attendance, with separate means of access to each. It shall be the […]

Section 16-8-14 – Consolidation of Schools – in Two Counties – Authority.

Section 16-8-14 Consolidation of schools – In two counties – Authority. The county boards of two or more adjoining counties shall have the power, by resolution spread upon the minutes of such county boards of education in the counties so adjoining, to form a consolidated school to be composed of the territory bounded by the […]

Section 16-8-29 – Schools Graded and Standardized.

Section 16-8-29 Schools graded and standardized. The county board of education shall, upon the written recommendation of the county superintendent of education, grade and standardize all the schools under its jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of this title. (School Code 1927, §119; Code 1940, T. 52, §88.)