The Red Cloud chief., 1895-05-24
An Act Ia Provide Free Aucn-
dance nt Public High schools.
blouse Roll No. 2S3


that teachers, patrons and schoc
officers read the following new schos.
law, carefully.
BE IT ENACTED ny THE LEGlsLA.
TuRE or THE STATE or NEBRASKA:
SECTION |. That all public high
schools in this state which shall be
determined by the state department
of education to be properly equipped
as to teachers, appliances, and course
Of study, shall hereafter be open to
attendance by any person Of school
age residing outside the district, who
is a resident Of the state, and whose
education canuot proftably be carried
further in the public school Of the
district of sis residence, Provided,
That such pupil must hav. a %ccrtifi.
cate, signed 10y the county superin.
t%endent, that said pupil has completed
the common school course prescribed
by the state department of education
for work below the high school; Pro.
vidcd, also, That such nonresident
pupils shall be subject in all RESPECTS
to the same rules and restrictions AZ
those which covcrn resident pupils
attending such high school, Provided,
That such pupils shall attend at the
nearest high school, or a high school
Of approved aadc, IN the county of
their residence, and Provided, That
when any high school shall be unable
To furnish accommodations to non
residents without constructing or rent.
ing ndditioual buildings, the board Of
education may refuse admission to
such pupils.
SEC =, The state department. Of
education shall have power, and it
shall be its duty, to determine annual
~ what schools in tins state meet the
requirements of the preceding section
aud ar. subject to the provisions of
this act.
SEC >. The school board Of each
school district IN this state whose
high school is attended hy pupils un.
der the provisions Of this act shall, at
the close of each school year, report
IN such form as the state supcrintcn-
don't shall prescribe, to the county
board Of each count, in which such
pupils are resident, the number Of
pupil. attending such school from
such county aud the iength of time Of
attendance Of each pupil in weeks as
hereinafter specified, aud such county
board shall, at their frat regular meet.
ing after the filing of such report, al
low such district the sum of fifty cents
FOR each pupil reported for each week
during any part of which such rupll
shall have been in attendance, and or
der a warrant drawn on the school
fund of such county in favor of such
school board for the said sum, which
claim stall be enforced in the manner
provided by law for other claims
against counties, and the teachers
register shall be prima facie evidence
OF the attendance of pupils as set
forth in such claim; Provided, That
when il can be shown that the actual
cost of education per pupil in any
high school is greater than the sun
herein specified, the county board
may, in It's discretion, allow IA greater
sum, not exceeding the said actual cost
of education per pupil in such high
school.
SEC. 4. The county board of each
county in this state shall levy annual,
ly a sufficient tax to meet the expcn-
ses contemplated by the provisions Of
this act, said tax not to exceed one
mill on the dollar Of the assessed val.
uation of said county for tie proceed.
ing year, to be levied and collectey in
the manner provided by law for the
levyiDg and collection of other count,
taxes; and the iunds so acquired shall
constitute a county school fund; Pro
vided, That school districts which
maintain schools designated by the
state department of education, as pro-
vided in section two this act, shall be
exempt from such levy.
Approved April 8, A. d. 1895; in
effect August l, 1895.