§ Mr. CHARLES EDWARDSasked the President of the Board of Education how many local education authorities have given notice of dismissal to all or some of their teachers; whether any local authorities have given any indication of a desire to establish lower salary scales than those agreed to in accordance with the Burnham scale: and how many local authorities have not yet paid the Burnham scales?
§ Mr. FISHERTwo local education authorities have informed the Board that they have given notice to all or some of their teachers with a view to reduction of salaries. The Board have received resolutions from 18 local education authorities advocating some revision of the Burnham scales, but these resolution's do not usually indicate an actual intention to establish lower scales in their areas. At the present time 13 local education authorities have adopted a standard scale tower than the one allocated to the area. Forty-three other local education authorities are continuing to pay salaries on the basis of the provisional minimum scale. Three local education authorities are paying all or some of their teachers' salaries on scales of their own, which are lower than the allocated standard scales.