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The stimulation grants are four in number. A lump sum 
of $1,500 per school is granted to high schools that maintain 
teacher training courses, provided that the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Schools designatesonly one high school in a 
county to carry on this type of work. If more than one high 
school is approved in a county, the total state aid may not 
exceed $2,400, to be divided equally among the several 
schools.! A second form of stimulation grant consists of 
state aid to city normal schools, which are established in 
cities having a population of 75,000 or more by the board of 
education of the school district for the purpose of training 
teachers for the elementary schools of the city.” A two-year 
professional course is required before any city school district 
can obtain this form of state aid. The method of apportion- 
ment is complicated. In general, the factors used in de- 
termining the apportionment are (1) appropriations for 
teachers’ salaries in state normal schools, (2) the number of 
teachers employed in the public schools of the state, and (3) 
the number of teachers employed in the public schools of the 
particular city. In addition to the two forms of stimulation 
grant that have been considered, certain grants are made for 
the purpose of training teachers for negro schools. The 
method of apportionment is not specified by law and in 
practice is left to the discretion of the State Superintendent 
of Public Schools. The fourth form of stimulation grant is 
for vocational education. The state matches the federal 
grants per teacher under the Smith-Hughes Act in accord- 
ance with the provisions of that act. 
The compensation grants consist of special allotments for 
orphan tuition and for teachers engaged in instructing 
physically handicapped children. To be eligible for aid in 
the first case, a town or rural district must be educating 
fifteen or more orphan children supported by a philanthropic 
organization. The amount of state aid is $2.75 per month for 
each child in regular attendance, but the allotment may not 
exceed two thirds of the average annual instruction cost per 
pupil. State aid for the education of physically handicapped 
51 2 S. 1919, Sections 11299 and 11300, as amended by Session Laws, 1921, pp. 
2 R. S. 1919, Sections 11309 and 11310.