The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1904-08-27
THE NEW TRUANT LAW.

Under the new truant law, the
Board of Education elected Mr.. Hiram
B. Williams Truant officer. His du-
ties and the full provisions of the new
law, passed by the last Legislature,
are as follows:
Section THAT every parent, guar
dian of cities of the first, second
third or fourth class, within this
Commonwealth, having the control
of any child or children be-
tween the ages of seven and
fourteen years, shall be required
to send such child or children annu-
ally, to some public or private school
for children for the full term of such
school, and that if the attendance be
upon a private school, it shall be one
five months: Provided, however, That
this act shall not apply in any case
where the child is physically or men,
tally unfit to attend school or has
already acquired the common school
branches required by law; such acqui-
sition to be tested and certified in
the same manner and at the same time
as in the case of county graduates of
the common school.
Section I'm the first week of July
of each year the Board of Education
in each city of the first, second, third
and fourth classes, shall appoint one
person for each three thousand pupils,
or fraction thereof, to serve as truant
officer, whose term of office shall be
for one year from date of appoint
ment, and whose authority shall be
limited to the city where the appoint
ne1t is made. Such person so ap
pointed shall be of good moral charac
,,,,t l. l~.I to,
Truant officers shall be paid from the
school tax levy Of such city at the
rate of not less than 81 nor more than
$3.50 for each school day.
Section 3.-Truant officers shall ex-
anime into any case of truancy
within the city, and shall warn the
parent guardian or others in charge
of the child of the final consequences
of truancy if persisted in. When any
child between the age of seven and
fourteen years is not attending school
without lawful excuse, and in viola
ton of the provisions of this act
the proper truant officer shall notify
the parents, guardian or other person
in charge, of the fact and require such
person to cause the child to attend
some recognized school within five
days from the date of notice, and it
shall be the duty of such person so
to cause its attendance at some recog-
nized school. Upon failure to do SO,
the truant officer shall make complaint
before a justice of the peace of the
county in which such child lives,
against the parent. guardian or other
person having such child in charge,
and upon conviction the parent guar
dian or other person in charge shall
forfeit to the use of the city school
in which such child resides, sum
not less than s. nor more than $40
for the first offense, nor less than $40
nor more than $50 for second and
every subsequent offense, and costs
of suit.
Section 1.-The truant officer shall
keep a record of his transactions for
the inspection of the school boards of
such cities, and suitable blanks shall
be provided for his use by the State
Superintendent.
Section Amy person having con-
troll of a child who, with intent to
evade the provisions of this act, shall
make willfully false statement con-
corning the age of such child, or the
time such child has attended school,
shall forfeit for each offense a sum
not less than So nor more than $40
for the use of the public schools for
such city.