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CO.MIH'LSOKY SCHOOL LAW. i New education Statute As I; Will Find Its Way Antony Acts of State, i Columbia. .March 1.?Here is the compulsory education statute that win find its way on the statute laws of the State. The report of the committee of free conference was agreed upon and embraces the accepted compromise. The act being as follows: Section l. mat ironi anu auer the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, every parent, guardian or other persons, temporarily or permanently residing in the State of South Carolina, having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall cause such child or children to attend the local public school in the district in which he resides, continuously for the entire school term of each year, except as hereinafter provided. This period of compulsory attendance shall commence at the beginning of the school term nearest to the eighth birthday of such child, and shall cover the compulsory period of six consecutive school years thereafter. This period nf commilsorv attendance for each public school shall commence at the beginning of the school term of said school, unless otherwise ordered by the county board of education in writing; in case of town or cities of two thousand or more inhabitants, according to the preceding federal census, by the board of trustees of the public schools of said towns or cities with the approval in writing ( of the county superintendent of education. Continuous attendance upon some other public school, or upon ^ some private or church school taught by competent teachers, may be accepted in lieu of attendance upon 'The local public school: Provided. That such period of continuous att&nrlannp linnn such other school shall be for at least as long as the public school term each year: Provided, further. That any private school or church school receiving for instruction pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall be required to keep such records of at, tendance of such children, and to render such reports of 6ame as are hereinafter required of public schools, and attendance upon such school re- 1 fusing or neglecting to keep such : records or to render such reports, shall not be accepted in lieu of at- : tendance upon the local public < school of the said town, city or die- 1 trict where the child shall be en- : titled to attend: Provided, further, 1 That the compulsory school term in all agricultural districts shall be four 1 months or the full term if the school runs less than four months, said term 1 to be fixed by the board of trustees of such district; and any child or 1 children not engaged in work at home in such agricultural districts, must attend a full term. This four 1 months compulsory provision shall also apply to all children residing ' J : in agricultural aisincu> auu aucuu-i ing schools in any town located in such district. 1 Physical Condition. Section 2. This act shall not apply * in any case in which the child's physical or mental condition, as attested by any legally qualifn-.d physician hefore the board of trustees having jurisdiction of the matter under this '> act, renders his attendance imprac- ' ticable or inexpedient: or in any case in which the child resides two and i one-half miles or more by the near- i est traveled route from the school i house: or in any case in which, because of extreme poverty the services i of such child are necessary for his ' own support or the support of his i parents, as attested by affidavit of < 6ueh parent and of such witnesses as the trustees of the district may ; require; or in any case in which said parents, guardians, or other persons having charge or control of the child shall show before the trustees of the; district by affidavit or himself and of such witnesses as they then may re- t quire that the child is without necessary books and clothing for attending school, and that he is unable to provide the necessary books and clothing: Provided. That when books and clothes shall have been supplied by any means whatsoever, the child shall no longer be exempt from this provision: Provided, further, That if the child lives two and one-half miles or more from the school house and means of transportation is furnished, the 6aid child, if otherwise eligible, shail be required to attend the said school under the provisions hereof, and it shall be the duty of the trustees of the school to provide out of the public school funds books for the use of such indigent pupil free of charge, j The. Dower of tfie board of trustees to suspend or expel any pupil shall not be curtailed by this act. and; children so suspended or expelled j shall not be subject to ilie provisions! of this act during such period of j suspension or expulsion. And provided further, That the board of trustees of any school district may excuse temporarily any child from attendance, good and sufficient rea I sons being made to appear thereof; and. in case any child is excused temporarily under the provisions of this act. the said hoard of trustees shall reduce to writing the reasons for their action, and the time the said child is excused. Excusable Absence. Section 15. Every parent, guardian or other person in the State of South Carolina having charge or control of a child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend school as aforesaid; Provided, That occasional absence from attendance by said child, amounting to not more man i four (4) unexcused absences in four; consecutive weeks, shall not be unlawful: Provided, further. That the superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of any school may excuse any child for a temporary absence because of unusual storm, or bad weather, sickness or death in the child's family, unforeseen or unavoidable accident, and such excuse and reason thereof shall be recorded by said superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of the school, and reported to the trustees as hereinafter Drovided: Provided, further, That in case of protracted illness of any child whose attendance is required under this act, or in case of quarantine of the home in which the child resides, upon report of the health officer or upon satisfactory evidence to this effect, the trustees shall excuse from attendance such child until he is fully restored to health, or until the expiration of their time required by law that he shall stay out of school after quarantine has been raised. Section 4. Every parent, guardian, or other person in the State of South Carolina having charge or control of a child between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years, who is not actually, regularly and lawfully engaged in some useful employment or service, or who cannot read at sight and write legible simple sentences in the English languages, shall cause such child to attend regularly some public school as aforesaid. Penalty for Violation. ( Section 5. Any parent, guardor other person violating the pro- : visions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine of not less Chan two dollars for the first offense,) and not less than five dollars for any , subsequent offence, nor more than twenty-five dollars in any case: and , upon failure or refusal to pay said fine said parent, guardian or other person shall be imprisoned not to exceed thirty days in the county jail: Provided. That the fine for any first offence may, by order of court, upon the payment of cost, be suspended and not collected until the same party is convicted of a second offence: Provided, further. That after the expiration of three days from the service of the notice by the / trustees each and every day a parent, guardian or other person shall wilfully and unlawfully keep such child or children from school or allow him to remain out of school shall constitute a separate offence, and shall subject such person to the penalties hereinafter prescribed. I>uties of Hoard. ' Section 6. The following duties are hereby devolved upon the board \ of trustees of each school district. | They shall take the census of chil-j J ~ ? V, /vf ococ r\ P civ onH 1 llieil UCtWCCU IUC VI ***** ****** | twenty-one years, and shall keep the attendance records of their districts. It shall be their duty to take an annual school census during the calendar months of July and August, and to furnish each superintendent, principal or teacher in charge of a school with an accurate report of said census of the district three days before the opening of the school, and also to furnish at the same time a copy of the said school census of each district to the county superintendent of education: Provided, That in case :he school census is not taken as herein directed it shall be the duty of < the county board of education so to do. and to meet the expenses out of the funds of the district. The board of trustees shall serve written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, notice on every parent, guardian or other person violating the provisions of this act. and prompt compliance on the part of said parent, guardian or other person are hereby required. Prosecution under this act shall be brought in the name of the State of South Carolina before any magistrate or recorder of any * * *- ?a f municipal courc wiunu me muno v.* whose territorial jurisdiction the person prosecuted resides. The board of trustees shall have the right to visit and enter any office or factory or business house employing children for the -purpose of ascertaining the names and ages of the children employed to facilitate the enforcement of this act. When doubt exists as to the age of a child, they may require of the employer a properly attested birth certificate or an affidavit stating said child's age: shall keep an accurate account of all notices served, of cases prosecuted. and of all other services performei and shall make an annual report < same on or before July 1of ea< year, to the county superintendei of education: Provided, furtlie That the hoard of trustees of eac school district is hereby vested wit authority to employ a clerk or clerf whose compensation shall not e: ceed three cents per capita for ol taining a census for each school di: trict for each school term. Cooperation Required. Section 7. It shall be the duty c all superintendents, principals an teachers to cooperate with the boar of trustees in the enforcement of th law; to this end it shall be the dut of the superintendent, principal c teacher in charge of any school i which pupils between the ages c eight and fourteen years are instruc ed to keep an accurate record of th attendance of such pupils, to rende during the period of compulsory a' tendance of each school term montt ly reports of same to the board c trustees and the county superintenc ent of education, showing all al sences, excused and unexcused, an in case of each excused- absence. sta; ing the reason therefor. Upon th wilful or negligent failure of an superintendent, principal or teache in charge of any school to compl with the provisions of this sectioi the county superintendent of educt tion shall deduct from his other sa " "* *? fliA on rr-i r ary ior me eurrem uwuiu v Ave dollars before approving tb voucher therefor: and in case of second offence on the part of an superintendent, principal or teache: the county superintendent of educt tion is hereby forbidden to approv the salary warrant of said board, wh may appeal from such action to th county board of education, and th decision of the said county board c education shall be final. Publicity Provision. Section S. It shall be the duty c the county board of education c each county to cause this ict to b published in full in some newspape published in the county, if there i one. and if there is none, in circula form, and given the widest possibl circulation at least four weeks pric to the opening of the schools for th school year, beginning July first, on thousand nine hundred and fifteer and annually thereafter, if in thei discretion it seems necessary. Th board of trustees of any district, cit or town shall give two weeks' publi notice of the date of opening of an school under their jurisdiction b publishing said notices in, a count newspaper or by posting said notic on the school house door. length of Tenn. Section 9. The notice of any boar of trustees giving the date of oper ing of any school or schools sha: also state the proposed length of th term as nearly as practicable, an a copy signed by at least a majorit of the board of trustees shall be file at the date of issuance in th^ offic of the county superintendent of edu cation. In any district, aggregatio of adjoining districts this act sha not take effect and become operativ until, and unless, a petition signe by a majority of the qualified elector of such district, aggregation of .dif tricts, requesting the compulsor school attendance under this act b authorized in such territory, sha: have been submitted to the clerk c court. The said clerk of court sha1 examine such petition with especis reference to the legibility of th names contained thereon, and afte examination shall refer such pet tion to the county board of regis tration. Along with the petition th clerk of court shall send his wrii ten statement showing that he ha counted the names thereon and ha found them to be so many (giving th number.) Immediately upon receip of the petition and the statement c the clerk of court, the county boar of registration shall check such pet tion against the registration book of the county or of such number thereof as may be affected, and th said county board'of registration sha certify its findings in writing to th county superintendent of educatior Upon receipt of such certificate show ing that such petition bears the sif natures of a majority of the qual fied voters of the territory affectec the county board of education sha forthwith declare the provisions c this act of full force and effect i ? * ?- A ^ I /->! * nnf If I An f r sucn leiriwrj. 11 au^n ijchuuh ?.v any district or aggregation of di: tricts is filed with the clerk of cour checked by the county board of reg istration, and certified to the count superintendent of education after th opening of any school or schools, th county board of education may fi ii.iia fitr tlio liopdn n i n? of fli compulsory school attendance fc that year: or the said county boar of education may order such compu sory school attendance to begin z the opening of the next succeedin scholastic year. That where no sue petition is filed signed by a majorit of the electors as herein provide upon the filing of a petition signe by one-fourth of the qualified ele< tors of such district, or aggregatio of districts, an election shall be 01 - _ .. . [1.! dered by thn county hoard of educajf tion, submitting to the <iualified elec- j h tors of such district, or aggregation! it of districts, the question of compulr, sorv school attendance for said dish trict or aggregation of districts, h Provided, further, That the county :s hoard of education, in all school dis>c tricts containing a town of a popuj lation of 1,500 or more inhabitants s- upon the petition of a majority of the board of trustees shall order such election. The said election shall be ^ held at the school house, or school ^ houses, for white children, in the said district, or aggregation of districts. The managers shall be apv pointed by the board of trustees of (r each district, and the said election shall be conducted in accordance with the rules governing general elections. The county board of education shall supply printed ballots, >r as follows: "Compulsory school attendance accepted;" "Compulsory school attendance rejected," and if ){. the majority vote in the said election l_ "Compulsory attendance accepted," }_ tnen tne provisions 01 mis aci snau d apply to the said district or aggrev gation of districts. The said elece tion shall be held on the second v Tuesday in June, one thousand nine ,*r hundred and fifteen, following the y filing of the said petition, or on the x second Tuesday in June of any sut>sequent year. Any district omitting, failing or refusing to accept compul)f sory school attendance as herein proe vided, either by petition of by eleca tion, may adopt the provisions of y this act in any subsequent year, r either by petition or by election as hereinabove provided. e Power to Make Rules. 0 Section 10. The board of educae tion of each county, and in case of e towns and cities of two thousand in* habitants, the board of trustees >1 therein, shall have power at any meeting to make such rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions thereof, as they may deem best with reference to the time, place e and hours for school attendance sc tr as to secure the attendance of all ;S children between the ages of eight T and fourteen years upon the schools e of the county as herein provided, 'r and such rules and regulations when e approved by the county superintende eDt of education, and posted at the b court house door and at the door of r each public school house in the tere ritory affected thereby, shall have the y force of law until, and unless, they c have been revoked or appeal by the y State board of education. The operay tion of such rules and regulations y may be suspended by the State sue perintendent of education during the pendency of such appeal. Section 11. So tuition, contingd ent, matriculation, incidental, or i- other fee of any kind shall be chargII ed or collected for the attendance of e' any pupil upon any school in the d common or public school department ,v residing in this State adopting the d provisions of this act. e Section 12. The county board of i- education shall have full power and n authority to remove from office any 11 trustee, or board of trustees neglecte ing, refusing' or omitting to carry djout the provisions of this aet, and sj to fill the vacancy tnereoy creaieu s- on said board in accordance with yj existing law. e Section' 13. This act shall be in II i full force and effect from and after ?f the first day of July, one thousand 11 nine hundred and fifteen. 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