, 1907-03-22

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Among the laws passed by the Ninth
state legislature, and which will be in
cluded in the forthcoming Session
Laws of 1907" is chapter SO, senate
file No. AZ, the compulsory education
law, IAN act providing for and regu-
lating the compulsory education of
children and prescribing the duties Of
parents, guardians and certain public
officers in respect to such compulsory
education; and to repeal sections 554
and 555 of the Revised Statutes of Wy
oming, 1899"
Will Help the Children.
This law is believed to be for the
good of the schools of the state and for
the help Of the boys and girls who are
allowed otherwise to do much as they
please in the matter of going to school.
There are in Laramie, as there are in
every town in the state, a certain class
III pdlChtS WIN III o0CAlAh6y DN
~ferent to their duties as parents, allow.
ing the children considerable liberty
in the matter of choice, and it is to
regulate these somewhat the legisla-
ture had in mind in adopting chapter
SO. There are five sections in the law,
the first relating to the duty OF parents
the second to the duty of the officers,
the third to the duty Of the clerk, the
fourth the repeating clause and the
fifth the ~effecting clause. The law is
given in full below:
Duty of Parents.
Section l.. The public schools OF
each school district in the state shall
at all times be equally free and acces-
sible to all children resident therein
over 6 and under the age OF 81 years,
subject to such regulations as the dis
trict board in each district may pre-
scribe. Every parent, guardian or 9th.
er person in this state having control
or charge OF any child or children be-
tween the ages of z and IA years, in.
elusive, shall be required to send such
child or children to a public, private
or parochial school, or to two OF more
of these schools, each school year, for
the first six months during which the
public school of the school district
where the child resides shall be in
session. Provided, that exceptions
may be made in the following cases
Some Exceptions.
~ Invalids OF others to whom the
school room might be injurious, may,
upon receipt Of a physicians certif.
cate, be excused by the district board.
(2) Pupils to whom the provisions
Of this act might work a hardship may
be excused by the district board when
a request stating the reason for such
excuse is presented by the parent or
guardian to the district board.
(3) Pupils who for legal reasons
have been excluded from the regular
schools and no provision made for
schooling of such children.
Duty Of the Officers.
! Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of the
sheriff of each county and of every
deputy sheriff and constable within
their respective precincts, and of any
truant officers If there be any, to see
that the provisions of this act are com
piled with, and when from personal
knowledge, or upon reports or com
plants from any resident or teacher Of
the county, or precinct, or district un.
der his supervision, he believes that
any child subject to the provisions OF
this act is habitually tardy or absent
from school, he shall Immediately give
written notice to the parent, guardian
Or custodian of such child that the at
tendance of such child at school Is re
quired by law, and If within five days
after such notice such parent, guardian
or custodian does not comply with the
provisions of this act, then such officer
shall make and file complaint against
such parent, guardian or Gus.
todian Of any such child before
a justice Of the peace Of the proper
county, or the district court, for a vio-
lation of this act. Provided, that only
one notice shall be required as to any
child in any one year.
Parent May Be Punished.
Arr c,,h porouf Guardian mr. orr-