The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13
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SCHOOL AGE-ArrENpANcE.

SEC. 100. The term school age shall include
persons between the ages of five and eighteen
years. No child under five years of age shall be
received as pupil in public school, except as
provided in the following section.
SEC. l5l. a district may by vote provide a
kindergarten school for the instruction of chill
dren under five years of age residing in the dis
trict, and when such school is maintained it
shall be attended by such pupils over five years
of age as the prudential committee may desg-
nate.
SEC. 152. For public school instruction in the
branches prescribed by law, pupil shall at
tend the school provided by the district in which
he resides. The prudential committee of dis
trict maintaining school for advanced pupils
may permit non-residents to attend such school
upon the payment of reasonable tuition.
SEC. 1913. Every person having under his con-
troll a child OF good health and sound mind be-
tween eight and fourteen years of age, shall
cause such child to attend public school at
least twenty weeks in the year, unless such child
has been otherwise furnished with the means OF
education for like period of time, or has al
ready acquired the branches of study required
by law 70 be taught in the common schools.
SEC. lot. NO enid between ten and fuul teen
years OF age who has resided in the state one year
shall be employed in a mill or factory unless
such child shall have attended a public school
twenty weeks during the preceding year. and
shall deposit with the owner or person in charge
OF such mill or factory a certificate showing such
attendance, signed by the teacher of such school
SEC. l55. The supervisor of schools may in
quire OF the owner or person in charge of a mill
or factory to the employment of children
therein and may call for the production of the
certificates required to be deposited with such
person, and ascertain if there is any violation of
the law in the employment of such children.
SEC. loo. No person, after the first day OF
July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty
nine, shall give employment to any child under
nf gbn aa1 and
write, but is capable of receiving such instruc
ton; during the time when the school which such
person should attend is in session.
SEC. l57. A person who shall violate the
provisions OF section one hundred and ifty-three
or of section one hundred and fifty-four or of
section one hundred and 6fty-six of this act, or
who shall refuse to give the information or ex-
hibit the certificates required TO be given and
exhibited by section one hundred and tfty-hye
of this act, shall forfeit not less than ten nor
more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by prose
cutiOn before justice, one-half to 60 to the
complainant and one-half to the town in which
the child resides.
SIC. ljS. A person having a grand list of
of over eight dollars, who shall suffer a child
under his control to remain out of school any
part of the twenty weeks such child is required
to attend, under such circumstances as to CON
sttute a violation of the provisions of section one
hundred and ffty-three of this act shall be liable
to the district for a sum equal TO the amount OF
public money which the district has lost by rea-
son of the non-attendance Of such child as de-
termined by the amount distributed to such dis
trict for the attendance of a pupil for the same
length of time during such year, to be recovered
by the district IN an action founded on this sec
ton ut any time within three years after the
close of the school year in which such non
attendance occurred.
SEC. lj9. The truant officer of town, or a
member OF the prudential committee of a dis
trict, or any officer authorized to make arrests
IN the town in which such district is located may
arrest, and upon the written application of three
voters in the district shall arrest, child who
under the provisions of section one hundred and
iftythree of this act is required to attend school,
and who, during term of the public school in
the district in which he resides, is habitually
found in the streets or other public places, hav-
ing no lawful occupation, or who is a habitua
truant and shall take him to the school in said
district and place him in charge of the teacher
thereof and shall give notice thereof in writing
to the parent, guardian master therein, re-
quiring him to cause each child to attend school
regularly.
SEC. l6O If such parent, guardian, or master
does not cause such child to attend school regu-
larly after receiving such notice, for the re-
mander of the term of school during which such
arrest was made, having no good reason for fail
ing 50 to do, the officer making the arrest shall
make complaint TO a justice, and such justice
shall issue a warrant directed to any sheriff OF
constable in the state, commanding him forth
with to arrest and bring before said Justice such
parent, guardian master, and such child and
upon proof that the child was liable to arrest as
provided in the preceding section, and that the
parent, guardian, master has received and not
complied with the notice and requirement be-
fore specified, the justice shall fine such parent
guardian, or master not less than ten nor more
than twenty dollars, which shall be paid into
the treasury of the town for the benefit of schools
in such town.
SEC. l6l. The complaint shall be sufficient if
it states that said parent, master or guardian
negleets 10 send to school as required by law
his child, apprentice or ward, naming such child,
apprentice or ward and prosecutions under
such complaint shall be conducted like criminal
prosecutions, and an appeal may in like manner
be had to the county court
SEC. l62. The truant officer of a town OF a
prudential committee Of a school district or Off
authorized TO make arrests in the town in
which such district is located, who shall refuse
or neglect to carry out the provisions of sections
one hundred and ffty-nine and one hundred and
sixty of this act, after application made 10 them
provided in the hrst named section, shall be
fined not exceeding one hundred dollars A JUS
tiee of the peace shall have concurrent iurisdic-
ton with the county court under this section.
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