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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. All acts
il; and parts of acts inconsistent with
e this act be, and the same are hereby,
* repealed.
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