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EDUQLTIONAL BULLETIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

REPORT

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5 Lexington , Ky.

Published by order of the
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

JOHN FRED WILLIAMS
Superintendent of Public Instruction

 

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ISSUED MONTHLY

Entered as second-class matter March 21, 1933, at the post office at
Frankfort, Kentucky, under the Act of August 24, 1912.

Vol. XV DECEMBER, 1947 No. 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 BIENNIAL REPORT

of the

SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

of the

Commonwealth of Kentucky

FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDED
F; JUNE 30, 1947

Published by order of the

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

JOHN FRED WILLIAMS
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chairman State Board of Education

 

 

  
   
 
  
  
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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 KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

JOHN FRED WILLIAMS, Superintendent Public Instruction, Chairman

MRS. H. A. BABB, Frankfort GLADSTONE WESLEY, Somerset
JOHN W. FARMER, Lexington O. M. TRAVIS (Col.), Monticello
P. A. HART, Murray RICHARD H. BARKER, Pineville

MRS. HARRY H. RAMEY, Salyersville R. E. JAGGERS, Secretary

 

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

WILLIAMS, JOHN FRED, Superintendent Public Instruction
YOUNG, GORDIE, Assistant Superintendent Public Instruction
CARTY, D. J., Administrative Assistant

MARS-HALL, KENNETH, Business Manager

 

BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION
YOUNG, GORDIE, Chief of the Bureau
DIVISION OF SCHOOL LAW
DIVISION OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION

DIVISION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
THURMAN, PAUL W., Supervisor

DIVISION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY
WILLIAMS, J. 13.. Director
JOLLY, W. 0., Assistant Director

 

BUREAU OF FINANCE
FALLS, J. D.. Chief of the Bureau

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE
FALLS, J. D., Director
GARRISON, EARL E., State Supervisor Public School Finance
SAPP, GEORGE E., Inspector of Accounts

DIVISION OF CENSUS AND ATTENDANCE
CARTY, D. .T., Director ,
DAVIS, MITCHELL, Assistant Director

 

BUREAU OF INSTRUCTION
JAGGERS, R. 13., Chief of the Bureau

DIVISION OF TEACHER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
JAGGERS. R. Eu, pirector
COMBS, LOUISE, Assistant Director

DIVISION OF SUPERVISION
GODMAN, IMARK, Director
WILHOIT, NAOMI, Supervisor Elementary Education

DIVISION OF FREE TEXTBOOKS
TRIPLETT, ISHMAE‘L, Director
BURRESS, NONA, Assistant Director

DIVISION OF HEALTH EDUCATION
TAPP, HAMBLETON, Director

DIVISION OF NEGRO EDUCATION
TAYLOR, L. N., Supervisor Negro Education: (Retired)
TAYLOR, SAM, Director
YOUNG, WHITNEY M. , (Col.), Assistant Supervisor Negro Education

DIVISION OF LIBRARY’ SERVICE
GALLOWAY, LOUISE, Librarian Consultant

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

BUREAU OF-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
ARMSTRONG, WATSON, Chief of the Bureau

DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

ARMSTRONG, WATSON, Director

HILTON, E. P., Supervisor Agricultural Education

WILSON, S. 8., Assistant State Supervisor Agricultural Education

MOORE, BUELL G., Assistant Supervisor Agricultural Education

BALL, EDWARD, Assistant Supervisor Agricultural Education—Veteran

BOTTO, )I. M., Assistant Supervisor Agricultural Education—Veteran

ESHAM, C. F., Assistant Supervisor Agricultural Education—Veteran

KOON, JOHN W. , Assistant Supervisor Agricultural Education—Veteran

MONTGOMERY, W. C. , Assistant Supervisor Agricultural Education—Veteran

WILLIAMSON, MARY LOIS, Supervisor Home Economics Education and
Supervisor School Lunch Program

VAUGHAN, MARY BELL, Assistant State Supervisor Home Economics
Education

MELTON, JANE, Assistant Supervisor Home Economics Education
PORTER, FANNIE W.. Assistant Supervisor Home Economics Education
LEWIS, JANE 8., Assistant Supervisor School Lunch Program

BOTTS, ANNIE MARY, Assistant Supervisor School Lunch Program
WILSON, HAROLD G. , Supervisor Trade and Industrial Education
MITCHELL, GEORGE A., State Coordinator Trade and Industrial Education
AYNES, RUFORD B., State Inspector on the Job Training—Veteran

DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

BALDREE, W. HCKMAN, Director

MOORE, CLEVELAND, Assistant Director

PATRICK, OLNEY M., Assistant Director

REED, JOHN S., Supervisor Services for the Blind
REATI—IERFORD, GWEN, Supervisor, Handicapped Children
WITTEN, STOY G., Supervisor Physical Restoration
LEONARD, DR. T. P., Medical Consultant

ALLEN, LINDSEY E., District Supervisor, Louisville
DUGAN, DAWSON D., District Supervisor, Ashland

FORD, HARRY B., District Supervisor, Owensboro
HUDSON, LEONARD L., District Supervisor, Bowling Green
LOSEY, HOMER E., District Supervisor, Somerset
STAPLETON, DOW, District Supervisor, Paintsville
TRAYLOR, ROBERT E. , District Supervisor, Madisonville

WESLEY, L. G., District Supervisor, Lexington

YOUNG, WILL, District Supervisor, Paducah

POPE, ACLES, District Supervisor, Harlan

MITCHELL, A. B., District Supervisor, Covington

HOLT, JAMES, Assistant District Supervisor, Hazard

COX, CHARLES E., Industrial Placement Specialist for the Blind
STEPTOE, ROBERT P.. Supervisor Business Enterprises Program

 

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Adams, Betsy
Bickett, Kathleen
Brown, Joyce
Bullard, Frances
Burchfield, Mildred
Campbell, Mary
Campbell, Willena
Castle, Prudence
Clasby, Alice
Church, Helen
Clifton, Frances
Clifton, Imogene
Dawson, Alma
Demaree, Dorothy
Dreyer, Opal M.
Everman, Dorothy
Flynn, Mary Catherine
Forquer, Hallie
Gill, Jane
Goodpaster, Pat
Grimes, Mary Lee
Hall, Sara

CLERICAL ASSISTANTS

Harrod, Louise
Harrod, Mary Carolyn
Hickey, June
Hutcherson, Clara
Johnson, Eloise
Johnson, Ruth
Jones, Emily

Jones, Vivian
Karsner, 'Jean
Kagin, Elizabeth
Kershaw, Clara

Lee, Thelma

Lillis, Sara
McConnell, Anita ‘
McDaniel, Ruth
McDowell, Josephine M.
McGaughey, Louise
Merkiey, Elandor E.
Morris, Mary L.
Norman, Dorothy
O’Donnell, Louise
O'Donohue, Lucille

Peters, Mary H.
Pogue, Madelyn F.
Pulliam, Helen
Bedding, Mary Lou
Reister, Mary Kenneth
Riddle. Lila C.
Ross, Glenna
Salyers, Florence
Smith. Imogene
Smither, Elizabeth
Sparrow, Wyna -
Stone, Shan
Strassner, Josephine
Stucker, Emma Jean
Taylor, Marjorie
Thomas, Tacie
Walsh, Esther
Walters, Grace T.
Weathers, Eleanor O.
Webster, Lillian
White, Lois

TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY
FRANKFORT

Board of Trustees
MARY J. MAGUIRE, Chairman, Lexington
L. C. CURRY, Vice Chairman, Bowling Green
ANNA H. SETTLE
WILLIAM S. MILBURN
HON. JOHN FRED WILLIAMS, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Frankfort
HON. ELDON S. DUMMIT, Attorney General, Frankfort
HON. T. W. VINSON, State Treasurer, Frankfort

Personnel
N. O. KIMBLER, Executive Secretary
VERA BECKHAM, Assistant Secretary
WILLIAM RAY HOLT, Accountant
WELDON JONES, Supervisor of Machine Room
LORA M. BLAN'FORD, Stenographer
ANNA MAE BATES, Senior Bookkeeping Machine Operator
LOIS KERBY, Senior Bookkeeping Machine Operator
HELEN MEADE, Senior Clerk
ANNIE LAURIE SMITH, Clerk Typist
MARGARET NESSELRODE, Clerk
JEAN LILLIS, Clerk
ALEAN McDONALD, Posting Machine Operator
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

COMIVIONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
FRANKFORT

To the Governor and the
General Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky:

In compliance with Sections 57.140 and 156.250 of the Kentucky
Revised Statutes, I submit herewith the report of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction for the biennium ended June 30, 1947.

Part 1 represents the Report of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and Part 2 contains statistical reports concerning personnel
and finance from the standpoint of the state at large and from individual
districts of the state. Your attention is called to the Introduction, which
points out a few of the major accomplishments of the biennium and a
few major needs for the elementary and secondary educational programs
in Kentucky.

Respectfully submitted,

JOHN FRED WILLIAMS
Superintendent of Public Instruction
January 1, 1948

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Introduction ...................... .......... 441
Teacher Retirement System 445
Bureau of Administration 455
Accomplishments 455
Transportation .. 455
Educational Bulletins 456
School Buildings and Grounds 457
Surplus Property 460
Future Needs 462
Bureau of Instruction 463
Division of Supervision 463
Elementary Schools 464
High Schools ....... 465
! Negro Education 471
Health Education 476
ntucky Free Textbooks .. 478
endent Library Service 480
Teacher Education and Certification .................................................. 481
Public , Bureau of Vocational Education 488
‘sonnel Division of Vocational Education 488
.vidual Agricultural Education 490
which Home Economics Education 494
and a School Lunch Program 499
grams Trade and Industrial Education 502
Distributive Occupations Education .................................................... 504
, Vocational Training Schools 507
Disbursement of Federal and State Vocational Funds .................. 513
Vocational Rehabilitation and Special Education ............................ 520
'uction Bureau of Finance 529
Division of Census and Attendance ...................................................... 529
Division of Finance 536
l Summary of Financial Reports 555
Statistics on Census, Attendance and Teaching Personnel ............ 565
Statistics on Finance in County and Independent School
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Teachers Retirement System

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I. Membership
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Bureau of Administration

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I. Pupil Transportation
II. Plant Extension Cost ............................................

Bureau of Instruction
Division of Supervision

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I. Types of High School Organizations ..............
II. High School Enrollments by Grades ................
III. Complete High School Organizations
IV. Number of High Schools by Years ................
V. High School Enrollment by Years
VI. Accredited High Schools ....................................

  

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I. White and Negro Population ..............................
II. Centers of Population in Kentucky ..
III. Increase in Negro Population ...........
IV. Negro Elementary Schools ................................
V. Negro Teachers and Pupil Enrollment ..........
VI. Negro High School Organizations ............

VII. Negro High School Enrollment

  

  

Division of Free Textbooks

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I. Annual Free Textbook Purchases ......................

Teacher Education and Certification

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I. Decrease in Supply of Qualified Teachers ......
II. Training Level of Certified Teachers ............
III. Persons Receiving Certificates First Time
IV. Number Taking Student Teaching ..................
V. Number of Certificates Issued or Reissued ......
VI. Fees Charged for Issuing Certificates ............

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II. Vocational Agriculture Enrollment ................
III. Veteran Enrollment and Disbursement ..........
IV. Departments of Home Economics
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V. Schools Receiving Lunch Reimbursements
VI. Students in Trade and Industrial Classes ......
I. Area Trade Schools ..............................................

 

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Chart II. Number of Pupils in Distributive
Education 506
Table VII. Federal and State Disbursements .................... 513
Bureau of Finance
Table I—c Number of Census Children .............................. 530
Table II—c Pupil Enrollment in Public Schools .. 531
Table III—c Pupil Enumeration Ages 6—17 ............................ 531
Table IV—c Per Cent of Enumerated Children Enrolled... 532
Table V—c Number of Children Not Enrolled .................... 533
Table VI—c Causes of Non—Enrollment ................................ 534
Table VII—c Per Cent of Census Children Not Enrolled 535
Table VIII—c Average Daily Attendance ................................ 535
Table IX—c Average Daily Attendance ..................... 536
Table X-c Membership at Close of Year 1945—46 ......... 565
Table XI—c Membership at Close of Year 1946-47 566
Table XII—c Public School Enrollment, 1945—46 .................. 567
Table XII—c Public School Enrollment, 1946-47 .................... 567
Table XIII—c School Census as of April 1, 1946 ..... 568
Table XIV—c School Census as of April 1, 1947 ...................... 569
Table XV—c High School Graduates, 1945-46 ...................... 570
Table XVI—c High School Graduates, 1946-47 ........................ 571
Table XVII—c Summary of Attendance and Teaching
Personnel, 1945-46 ........................................ 572
Table XVIII—c Summary of Attendance and Teaching
Personnel, 1946-47 .......................................... 573
Table XIX-c Age-Grade Distribution (County—White) ...... 574
Table XX—c Age-Grade Distribution (County—Colored) 576
Table XXI—c Age-Grade Distribution
(Independent-White) .................................... 578
Table XII—c Age—Grade Distribution
(Independent-Colored) ................................ 580
Table XXIII—c Age-Grade Distribution (State—White
and Colored) .................................................. 582
Table XXIV—c Grade-Progress Distribution
(County-White) .............................................. 584
Table XXV—c Grade-Progress Distribution
(County—Colored) .......................................... 586
Table XXVI—c Grade-Progress Distribution
(Independent-White) .................................... 588
Table XXVII—c Grade—Progress Distribution
(Independent-Colored)
Table XXVIII—c Grade-Progress Distribution (State——White
and Colored) .................................................. 592
Table XXIX—c General School Statistics, 1945-46 .................... 594'
Table XXX—c General School Statistics, 1946-47 .. 612
Table I—f Equalization Fund Distribution ........................ 537
II—f Distribution of Equalization for 1946-47 ........ 539

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Bureau of Finance—Continued Page
Table III—f Distribution of Equalization for 1947—48 ........ 541
Table IV—f Tax Rates for General School Purposes ........ 544
Table V—f Summary of Financial Reports,

June 30, 1946 .................................................. 555
Table VI—f Summary of Financial Reports,

June 30, 1947 .................................................. 558
Table VII—f Financial Report for year ending

June 30, 1946 .................................................. 630
Table VIII—f Financial Report for year ending

June 30, 1947 .................................................. 726

 

  

 

 

PART I

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

  

 

   
 

 INTRODUCTION

This volume contains the biennial report of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction for the school years 1945-46 and 1946-47. In it are
extensive reports from the bureaus and divisions of the Department of
Education. Information is provided in regard to the activities, develop-
ments and needs in the public, elementary and secondary schools of the
Commonwealth. In this statement an attempt will be made to point
out a few of the major accomplishments of the biennium which are
considered to have the greatest significance for the State’s total program
of elementary and secondary education, and a few major needs which
are considered to require immediate attention will be outlined.

The two years covered by this report have been fruitful ones for
public education. Several outstanding developments have taken place,
each of which should make an important contribution to the improvement
of the total program of the common schools.

1. The minimum school term has been changed from seven to eight
months. The year 1946 marked the beginning of a period in
which every child in the State is guaranteed a school term of
at least eight months. All school districts have complied with
this minimum term requirement. A11 independent school dis-
tricts, with the exception of one, and fifty-nine county school
districts have gone beyond the minimum requirement and will
operate their schools on at least a nine months term basis for
the school year 1947-48. ,

2. The maximum tax rate has been set at $1.50 for all school dis-
tricts. This represented a change in the maximum tax rate for
all county school districts from 75c to $1.50 and provided increases
in the maximum tax rates for all other school districts, except
districts embracing cities of the third and fourth classes. As a
result, school districts of the State have increased financial sup-
port from local sources substantially during the last year of the
biennium covered by this report.

3. There has been a substantial increase in State aid to all levels of
public education. The common school fund was increased in 1946
from $15,000,000.00 to $18,500,000.00 for 1946—47, to $19,501,250.00
for 1947-48. Ninety per cent of the common school fund consti-
tutes the per capita fund and 10% is designated as an equalization
fund.

Per Capita Fund. The per capita appropriation was increased
in 1946 from $13,500,000.00 to $16,650,000.00 for 1946—47, and to
$17,551,125.00 for 1947—48, making possible a distribution of $24.40
per census pupil in 1946-47 and $25.66 in 1947-48.

Equalization Fund. The equalization appropriation was increased
in 1946 from $1,500,000.00 to $1,850,000.00 for 1946-47, to $1,950,—
125.00 for 1947-48.

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. Teachers’ salaries have been increased. During the school year

1944-45, the school year immediately preceding the period of this
report, there was expended the sum of $21,950,094.65 for teachers
salaries. Reports for the year ending June 30, 1947, show an
expenditure for teachers’ salaries of $28,112,014.22, an increase
of $6,161,919.57 over the last year of the previous biennium.
Since the increase in the State’s common school fund during this
period was only $3,500,000.00, it is obvious that local school boards
have made substantial increases in teachers’ salaries from local
sources.

. Many approaches have been made to the problem of improving

instruction. Fifty—seven county school systems and twelve inde-
pendent school systems are now employing ninety persons as
helping teachers and supervisors, and it is believed that local
elementary school supervision has become firmly established.
Provision has been made for the reorganization of the program
of instruction in the small elementary schools calling for the
elimination of the traditional program of alternating grades 5
and 6 and grades 7 and 8. Greater emphasis has'been given to
health instruction, health services, and to plant facilities con-
ducive to more healthful living at school. Greater emphasis has
been given to safety, driver education, resource-use education,
audio visual aids, air age education, and to creative expression
through art, music, and poetry. During 1946-47 each high school
in the state, through its principal and faculty, studied its pupil
population and community and developed a school philosophy
to serve as ,a guide for the improvement of the program of the
school.

. Studies have been made to account for each individual in the

common school census, to identify the type of school each census
pupil is enrolled in, and to determine the extent and causes of
non-enrollment. This information is helpful in planning a more
effective school program.

A program of teacher recruitment has been organized. It has
stimulated much interest on the part of the public in the selection
of young people of ability and caliber for teachers, and is the
beginning of a program of selective recruitment for the pro-
fession.

These and other accomplishments of recent years will contribute
to the improvement of the common schools and to the welfare of the
entire citizenry; but, in the long view, they are, at best, limited steps
in the development of an adequate program of education for all Ken-
tucky’s children. Before this goal can be attained, it will be necessary
to revise the state constitution, and to secure Federal aid for the entire
program of the common schools.

In the meantime, however, there are many problems which can be
dealt with from our state and local resources, and within the framework
of our present constitution. These problems should have immediate
attention.

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Teachers’ salaries should have immediate attention. During the
last year covered by this report only 12,964 of Kentucky’s 18,164
public school teachers met minimum training requirements. The
remainder were individuals teaching on an emergency basis.
Higher annual salaries beckon to these certificated teachers from
every state bordering Kentucky. Emergency teachers and high
school graduates are not enrolling in teacher training courses in
higher institutions in numbers sufficient to meet the present and
future need. To retain trained teachers and to encourage young
people to prepare for teaching, immediate steps should be taken
to provide more attractive salaries.

Every child in Kentucky should be guaranteed the opportunity
to attend school for a period of at least nine months each year.
Studies in the Department of Education show a close correlation
between the school terms and the percentage of children who fail
to be promoted. Every child is entitled to a school term most
likely to make possible his normal progress year by year.

. Provision should be made for a strong Department of Education.

Kentucky statutes grant considerable authority over the common
schools to the Department of Education; provision should be
made for a stafi adequate to discharge the responsibility con-
ferred by law. Intelligent guidance and strong leadership at the
state level are essential to the development of an effective state
program of education; there should be made available a single
appropriation for the entire Department of Education, sufficient
to enable the Superintendent of Public Instruction to retain and
secure outstanding educational leaders on the staff of the Depart—
ment of Education. State Departments of Education can perform
their functions more effectively when organized on a functional
basis which calls for the grouping of related activities into a few
major divisions; authority should be conferred upon the Super-
intendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education
to abolish the various divisions of the Department established by
law and by State Board order; and to organize the activities of
the Department of Education on a functional basis into three‘or
four divisions each of which may be headed by a deputy of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.

. Permission should be given to the State Board of Education to

require a local board of education upon recommendation of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ a person with
special training in business management, budgetary practices,
and accounting as business manager to have charge of the busi-
ness and financial affairs of the board under the direction of the
local superintendent and board in accordance with regulations
of the State Board of Education.

. Provisions should be made for developing an equitable assess-

ment of taxable property in the State.

. Emphasis should be given to the improvement of instruction

under the direction of the bureau of instruction. The staff of this

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bureau should include sufficient personnel, adequately trained,
to provide to local school systems assistance in cooperative cur-
riculum construction activities, counseling, testing, and guidance
programs, and in improving methods of instruction in both the
elementary and secondary schools.

These and other major needs should be met if the desire of the

people for a better educational program for their children is to be
fulfilled.

JOHN FRED WILLIAMS
Superintendent of Public Instruction

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TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEIVI

This is a condensed report covering the period from July 1, 1945, to
July 1, 1947. Please be referred to the Sixth Annual Report and the
Seventh Annual Report of the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State
of Kentucky for additional tables and details.

The most important event in the life of the Teachers’ Retirement
System during the first year of this biennium was the enactment of
the amendments relating to percentage of contribution by the members,
definition of subsequent service salary, out-of—state service credit, in-
crease in the allowance to at least $10.00 per year for each year of service
up to 30 years, and new formula for the calculation of the retirement
allowance (161.220 to 161.710, KRS. Acts 1946, c. 111 secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and
c. 102).

Operation under the amended Retirement Act has apparently been
much more satisfactory to the teachers of the Commonwealth, and there
is a general feeling of appreciation and gratitude on the part of the
profession.

The amendments grew out of suggestions and recommendations made
by the teachers of the state, subject to some practical modification by the
Actuary of the System. Since teachers had a voice and part in initiating
the changes, the amendments have been well received and interest in the
Retirement System greatly increased.

During the year 1945-46 the work in the office, which had been re—
tarded by the war, was brought up to date. Work was handled currently
for 1946-47 and is up to date.

On the part of the General Assembly there appeared to be unanimous
consent in favor of amending the Retirement Law and in favor of a
special appropriation of $106,000.00 per year for the biennium to meet
immediate obligations incident to the amendments.

Two-thirds of the living retired teachers received increases in their
benefits under Section 161.620, paragraph 3. All retirants receiving less
than $300.00 per year for 30 years of service credits were immediately
increased to $300.00 (July 1, 1946). Members retiring for disability were
assisted in like proportion. This annual increase for teachers already
retired was $36,728.32, which is an average increase for those receiving
increases of $124.08.

Section 161.620, paragraph 1, seems to operate as expected. It is a
great help in relieving the pressure to stay active to age 70. The annual
increase for the 136 members retired July 1, 1946, was $12,903.08. The
average for those receiving increases was $120.59. Upon the passage of
the amendment, effort was made to promulgate an understanding of the
amended sections of the law and their application. Experienced teachers
in small numbers and teachers who have gone to other states are gradu-
ally returning to Kentucky. We are grateful to a sympathetic General
Assembly, its leaders, and to the Chief Executive, Governor Willis, for
Signing the Act into law. The budget request for 1945—46 was $972,625.00.
We received $823,000.00 in the appropriation for that year, a reduction of
$149,625.00. This decrease augmented the deficiency in the Allowance
Reserve Fund to a point in excess of one million dollars.

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Since July 1, 1946, was the end of a five—year period since the last
evaluation, an actuarial investigation of the system was made. Also, an
investigation into the cost to the Retirement System and the teachers of
the new amendments enacted and referred to above. Complete records of
this matter and other financial statements are on file in the Retirement
Office, which is located in Room 9 of the State Capitol Building. The
Actuary of the Retirement System warned that steps should be taken
under which the state would meet more fully its obligation for prior
service.

Since there has been a more recent actuarial evaluation and for
lack of space, it is assumed that the reader will be better served by
omitting financial statements, statistics, etc. for the year 1945-46, and to
present in this report the more recent ones for the year 1946—47.

The Teachers’ Reirement System of the State of Kentucky was seven
years old July 1, 1947. Seventeen states of the Union have younger sys—
tems; thirty states older systems. The Kentucky Retirement Law pro-
vides for one of the best and most modern retirement systems, and pro-
vides retirement allowances in the amount of somewhat more than the
median for the forty-eight states, being sixteenth from the top of the list.

The present problem of the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System
is to secure such appropriations as will bring each of its four funds to
a full reserve basis, and which will make the Retirement System actuar-
ially sound. Continuous effort has been made in this direction, and it
appears at this time that sentiment for doing so is on the increase.

There are seven members comprising the Retirement Board, three
of whom are ex officio, three of whom are professional, and one a lay
member. The names of those serving during 1946- 47 are as follows:

Miss Mary J Maguire, Chai1man, Teacher Henry Clay High School,
Lexington

Mr. L. C. Curry, Vice-Chairman, Superintendent Bowling Green
Public Schools, Bowling Green

Mr. Edward L. Cawood, Lay member, Banker, Harlan

Mr. William S. Milburnji‘ Principal Louisville Male High School,
Louisville

Hon. J. F. Williams, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ex officio
member, Frankfort

Hon. T. W. Vinson, State Treasurer, Ex officio member, Frankfort

Hon. Eldon S. Dummit, Attorney General, Ex officio member,
Frankfort

Every member on the Retirement Board has taken an interest in the
problems of the Retirement System and in the administration of the Re—
tirement Law. They serve without pay, but are reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses incurred in performing their respective duties.

The office staff consists of twelve members under the direction of
the Executive Secretary, and including him. Salaries are determined in
accordance with the State salary schedule administered by the Division
of Personnel. Cost of administration is limited by Section 161.420 (1),
KRS., and a budget adopted by the Board of Trustees. Dr. Edward K.

* Mr. William S. Milburn was elected by the Board to fill the lll‘le\pll ed term
of Mr. Morton Walkei W110 1esigned NM ember 1,

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Since July 1, 1940, a total of 40,392 individuals have served as teach-
ers in the state of Kentucky, and at this time 32,111 have an equity of
more or less value in the funds of the Retirement System. Of this