Legal Department correspondence, 1873-1973.

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Legal Department correspondence, 1873-1973.

Correspondence concerns school law application and interpretation; adult education; school property; school officials' responsibilities; compulsory attendance; special education; bond indebtedness; district boundaries; course of study requirements; school censuses; district residency requirements; school district establishment; school elections; expulsions and suspensions; corporal punishment; graduation requirements; teachers' institutes; personal injuries; school libraries; school nurses; religious instruction in public schools; taxation and special assessments; textbooks; teacher employment; non-discrimination; bus transportation; tuition charges; vaccination programs; budgets; vocational education; school recognitions; teacher unions; physical examinations for entering students; and summer schools.

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Illinois State Archive

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The elective Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (1851-1975) was created by the Illinois General Assembly to oversee state educational activities; including compiling statistical data obtained from county school commissioners into an annual report to the Governor. Although his school law rulings were considered legally binding interpretations unless reversed by the courts, the Superintendent also granted state teaching certificates (1861- ); administered exceptional children educa...