The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-11-28
Does this Concern Youi

The attention Of parents, guardians
and others having charge Of children is
called to the fact that the so.called
compulsory education law" will 70 into
effect on the LIST Of January next.
The main features OF this law are as
follows: All parents, guardians or
others having charge of children be.
tween the ages Of eight and fourteen
years shall be required to send such
children in village and township dis.
tricts to some public or private school
not less than sixteen weeks in each year,
eight Of which shall be consecutive, un.
less such children be excused from at
tendance by the Board OF Education
upon satisfactory evidence that their
physical or mental condition is such as
to prevent attendance or that they are
taught at home by some person qualified
to give instruction in such branches as
are usually taught in primary schools.
No child under fourteen years of age
shall be employed by any person, com.
pany or corporation during the school
term unless it be proven that such child
has attended school as required above,
or has completed the usual course of
study in the primary and grammar
grades in some public or private school.
Any employer violating this act shall be
liable to fine OF not less than fifty
dollars for each oiscnse.
Any child between the ages of fourteen
and sixteen years of age who cannot
read and write shall be required to
attend school at least one.half of each
day or to attend some night school
where he or she can be properly taught
until able to read aud write. Persons
employing such children shall see that
such attendance is made under penalty
of not less than fifty dollars.
Parents, guardians, &C., who do not
comply with the requirements of the
law are made liable to fine of not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars
for the first offense and not less than
twenty for each subsequent offense, or to
imprisonment for not less than one
month or more than three.
Children of the specified age who
habitually absent themselves from school
or who are incorrigible, vicious or i'm
moral whilst attending school may be
sent to some county children's home or
private reformatory to remain until six.
teen years of age unless sooner dis
charged by the officers Of such institu.
| ton.
A "truant officer" shall be appointed
by the Board Of Education whose duty
it shall be to enforce the provisions OF
this act. No arrests shall be made,
however, until those not sending their
children to school shall have been mott.
fed in writing of their violation of the
act and of its consequences.
These are the main points in the law
to which we desire to. call attention
Provision is made to excuse from the
requirements OF the law in certain cases,
but this can only be done upon applica-
ton to the Board of Directors of the
district.
Superintendent and teachers OF schools
are required to report non. attendance of
pupils to the clerk OF their Board of
Education under penalty of fine not
less than twenty-five nor more than
fifty dollars, and clerks OF Boards OF
Education are subject to like penalty for
failure or neglect in carrying out the
provisions OF the law.