[1530-4.] Municipal Schools and Aid for Municipal Students SECTION  2195 . Municipal Schools. — It shall be the duty of the municipal council to establish and maintain elementary schools in the municipality, to be conducted as a part of the public-school system in conformity with the provisions of the School Law. [82-39  (ff) ; 132-1 ( e ).] SECTION  2196 . Cooperation of Municipalities in Maintenance of School Giving Intermediate Instruction. —  Where the number of pupils eligible for intermediate instruction in any municipality is not sufficient to justify the maintenance by it of a school givi ng intermediate instruction or where the municipal funds are insufficient to make adequate provision therefor, the municipal council may, with the approval of the Director of Education, cooperate with the authorities of any other municipality or municipali ties in the same province in the maintenance of such a school. cEaTHD SECTION  2197 . Support of Students Attending School in other Municipality . — When a public school giving secondary instruction is not maintained in a municipality, the council may provide for the expenditure from the school fund, or general funds not otherw ise appropriated, of not more than forty pesos per month during the school year, to be used in equal parts toward the support of two residents of the municipality while receiving training for positions as public-school teachers in the municipality at any p ublic secondary school established under the Department of Public Instruction. The persons thus supported shall be one young man and one young woman, whose respective ages shall not be less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years, and whose parents are not able to pay their expenses while attending schools of secondary instructi on. They shall be appointed by the president from a list recommended by the division superintendent of schools, by and with the consent of the majority of all the members of the council, subject to confirmation, after one month's attendance, by the princip al of the school in which they are appointed to receive instruction. [1791-4.] SECTION  2198 . Special and Professional Schools. —  After adequate Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 645 ARTICLE  X