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The provisions of the latest accessible d r a f t ' of the Cooley bill may be outlined substantially as follows: 1 A state Commission of Vocational Education shall be created having no connection with other educational activities of the stat except" that the State Superintendent of Public [nstruction shall b an ex-offieio member. 2. In all cities ov villages of the state desirous of enjoying the benefits of the act, there shall be a local Board of Vocational Education having no connection with the educational system of the city or village except that the Superintendent of Schools of such city or village shall be an ex-officio member. 3. I n rural districts there shall be a township Board of Vocational Education having no connection with any other educational system except that the County Superintendent of Schools shall be an exofficio member. 4. The local Board of Vocational Education, whether in the city, village, or township, shall have power to establish any one or all of the following vocational schools, either separate or in any desired combination: a a. Vocational continuation clay schools for youth of both sexes between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years who are employed or are not pupils in other schools,—at which vocational schools such instruction shall be given as will render more efficient the practical work of the factory, shop, store, office or farm. Attendance at such schools shall be compulsory upon all such youth for 240 hours in each year. b. Vocational evening schools for pupils over eighteen vears of age who are employed, at which schools such instruction shall be given as will supplement and rationalize the practical experiences of the factory, shop, store, office or farm. Attendance at such schools shall be voluntary. "c. Vocational continuation" day schools for apprentices, clerks and servants, attendance at which shall be compulsory upon all youth who are bound as apprentices, clerks or servants' under the l Be to the 1

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