The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-15
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contemplated out of the funds in its hands
not otherwise disposed of by law"
Compulsory Education.
The most important school legisla-
ton passed by this legislature is that
providing for the compulsory educa-
ton of all children in Iowa between
the ages of seven and fourteen years.
The law provides that persons who are
guardians or parents or in control of
children between these ages and do
not require their attendance for 12
weeks in each year upon school shall
be fined from So to $40 for each otfense.
This is the compulsory feature of the
measure, and the principal means of
securing the enforcement of the law
and of requiring the attendance up
on school of that class of children
which constitutes, the largest percent
age OF those who do not attend is con-
tanned in the following provision:
THE board of directors of any school
corporation may establish truant schools,
or set apart separate rooms IN any public
school building, for the instruction Of chill
dren who are habitually truant from in
struction, as contemplated by this act.
Such directors may provide for the confine-
ment, maintenance and instruction of such
children in such schools, under such rea-
sonable rules and regulations as they may
prescribe. If any child committed or sent
to the truant school shall prove insubordi-
nate and escape from such school during
school hours, or absent himself or herself
therefrom without the consent of the per-
sons in charge thereof, then it shall be the
duty OF the person In charge of said school
with the consent of the parents or guardian,
to file information before the judge of
court OF record, who may, If the charge be
found to be true and the said child be in
corrlgible, disorderly or habitually vagrant,
commit such child to one of the Industrial
SCHOOLS OF the state under the same pro-
ceeding as is provided by section 27oS Of
the code, SO far as the same may be APP
plicable."
Prepare for Contest.
The educational institutions of the
state will spend the next two years
IN preparing to contest with it's advo-
Gates in the legislature the proposal
to create board of control to manage
the educational institutions. The bill
to this effect introduced in this gener-
al assembly has been laid over because
of the lateness at which it was intro
duced, but the committee to which it
was referred recommended that the
matter be taken up again early in the
session of the Thirtieth general assem-
bly,, and undoubtedly this will be one
of the principal contests in that
legislature. The educational institu-
lions are bitterly opposed to the
proposition, because they believe that
placing the institutions on purely
commercial basis would be their ruin
as educational factors.
Soldiers Money.
The new law upon the disposition
OF the pension money of soldiers who
are members of the soldiers home at
Marshalltown was drafted by Sena-
tor Classen and was not opposed in
the legislature. 1t disposes of ques-
ton which has agitated the trustees
of the home at Marshalltown,- the
state board of control and the grand
army department. of Iowa for a great
many years. The law provides that
in case the pension money of mem
bers of the home shall be deposited
with the commandant on 2ccount of
infractlon of rules by members it
may be paid out for other purposes
than for the necessary needs of the
pensioner Under the provision
which required the money to be paid
out only for his necessary wants it
was impossible for him to secure at
any time a refund of the pension
turned over to the commandant. I'm
der the new law, if he is found
worthy, he may have more than one
or two chances under the rules. The
new section relative to the disposi-
ton of. the pension to the families
of members of the home is the inn
portant one and is as follows:
Each member of the home who receives
a pension. and who has a wife or minor
children. shall deposit with the command
ant forthwith on receipt of his pension
check one-half of the amount thereof,
which shall be sent at once to the wife II
she be dependent upon others for support,
or If there be no wife. to the guardian of the
minor child or children, If dependent
upon others for support. Provided how
ever, that the commandant, If satisfied
that the wife has deserted her husband. or
is of bad character or is not dependent
upon others for support, may pay the
money deposited as aforesaid to the guar
dian of the dependent minor child or chill
dren."
LEON BROWN.
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