236 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI 
children is extended only to districts in which there are ten or 
more blind, deaf, or crippled children. The aid is $750 for 
each teacher that is wholly employed in instructing such 
children. The amount of state aid may not exceed two thirds 
of the amount actually paid the teacher. Under certain con- 
ditions state aid of $750 is granted on account of each 
teacher employed in instructing speech defectives; and spe- 
cial aid of $300 is granted for each teacher engaged in in- 
structing pupils who are subnormal or mentally deficient. 
The so-called equalization grants consist of aid to rural 
schools, aid to consolidated districts, aid to high schools, and 
aid in maintaining ninth and tenth grades in certain districts 
where high school facilities are not available. Certain condi- 
tions must be fulfilled before a rural school may receive state 
aid! An eight months’ term is required. A district employ- 
ing one teacher must have an assessed valuation of $75,000 or 
less and must levy $0.65 per $100 of valuation for school 
purposes, not more than $0.25 of which may be used for 
incidental purposes. Also, the district must have maintained 
an average daily attendance of fifteen or more pupils during 
the previous term; or, if less than fifteen, an average daily 
attendance of 659, of the last enumeration of the district 
must have been maintained. If these conditions are met, a 
one-teacher district may receive a maximum aid of $300 or as 
much thereof as is necessary to maintain an eight months’ 
term of school at the following salaries: $60 per month for a 
teacher with a third grade certificate, $70 per month for a 
teacher with a second grade certificate, and $80 per month for 
a teacher with a first grade certificate. In districts employing 
two or more teachers, the levy requirements are the same as 
for a one-teacher district, but the valuation must not exceed 
$125,000. The average daily attendance during the last 
term must have been forty or more pupils, and no district 
organized after January 1, 1913, and having an area of less 
than six square miles may receive this form of aid. If these 
conditions are met, a district employing two or more teachers 
may receive the maximum aid of $500, but a district receiving 
such aid cannot pay salaries in excess of those prescribed 
for the one-teacher districts. 
1 R. 8. 1919, Section 11211, as amended by Session Laws, 1921, pp. 637f.