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 SIXT1 -FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 114. 1917. 935 classes for workers over fourteen years of age who have entered upon employment, and such subjects m a art-time school or class may mean any subject given to enlarge the civic or vocational intelligence of such workers over fourteen and less than eighteen years of ¥e; that such part-time schools or classes shall provide for not less t an one hundred and forty-four hours of classroom instruction per year; that evening industrial schools shall fix the age of sixteen years Erma shwrs. as a m1n1rrrum_entrance requirement and shall confine instruction to that which IS supplemental to the daily employment; that the ,,§““"“‘”“"‘°“*“°*‘ teachers of any tra e or industrial subject in any State shall have at least the minimum qipalifications for teachers of such subject determined upon for suc State b the State board, with the apjiripval of the Federal Board for {Vocational Education: Provided, {’,','f§Qg·ca,, fu, _ at for cities and towns of less than twenty-five thousand po ula- ¤¤=¤11¤r ¤¤v¤¤·°n tron, according to the last preceding United States census, the State board, with the approval of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, may modi y the conditions as to the length of course and horns of instruction per week for schools and classes giving instruction to those who have not entered upon employment, in order to meet the particular needs of such cities and towns. Sec. 12. That in order for any State to receive the benefits of the g‘gg=¤*¤=l8¢g¤¤¤¤~ appropriation in this Act for the training of teachers, supervisors, or quimi P m' "' directors of agricultural subjects, or of teachers of trade, industrial or home economics subjects, the State board of such State shall provide in its plan for such t the same shall be carried out rmder the su rvision of the State ard; that such training shall be `ven in aeheoliaxirr classes under public supervision or control; that suclrl train- u,%S¤¤¤i¤·¤*i¤¤ r¤¤¢ri<> ing shall be given only to persons who have had adequate vocational ` experience or contact in the line of work for which they are preparing themselves as teachers, supervisors, or directors, or who are acquiring such experience or contact as a part of their training; and that the ¤*¤*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤r>·¤¤¤¤·=- State board, with the approval of the Federal board, shall establish minimum requirements for such experience or contact for teachers supervisors, or directors of agricultural subjects and for teachers oi D trade, industrial, and home economics subjects; that not more than p,;,iY,,'fLT“ °‘ ‘*"""' sixty per centum nor less than twenty_per centum of the money appropriated under this Act for the training-`of teachers of vocational subjects to any State for ang year sh _ be expended for any one of the following pruposos: For e preparation of teachers, supervisors, or directors of agricultrual su jects, or the preparation of teachers of trade and industrial subjects, or the preparation of teachers of home economics subjects. sm md Sec. 13. That in order to secure the benefits of the appropriations emeaaaermac. ° for the salaries of teachers, supervisors, or directors o agricultural subjects, or for the salaries of teachers of trade, home economics, and industrial sub`ects, or for the trarmn_g of teachers as herem provided, any State shall, through the legislative authority thereof, apporntas custodian for said appropriations its State treasurer, who sha receive andd provlidesfor tlfreopropeg custody_ atnd disbursements of all money ai tot e tate msai a ro rrarons. P Sec. 14. That the FederalpIi3oai)rd for Vocational Education shall mi>:°£tfr`i§ii»iiri1?°°° annually ascertain whether the several States are usmg, or are prepared to use, the money received by them rn accordance with the pr·o- C m t Sm visions of this Act. On or before the first day of J anus.? of each year ,_.,,,§"f,‘,,,j’§€§.,,;,,,y_ °’ the Federal Board for Vocational Education shall cert K to the retary of the Treasury each State which has accepted the provisions of this Act and complied therewith, certrfynngthe amounts which each Qmmly psymmm State is entitled to receive under the rgréovrsrons of this Act. Upon such certification the Secretary of the asuri shall pay quarterly to the custodian for vocational education of eac_ State the moneys to which it r entitled under the provisions of this Act. T'he moneys so