The Springdale news., 1908-08-14

 EDUCATION, Copy of Bill That Will be Sub, mitted to County School
 Directors Meeting.

| Co.,, Dr. w. N. Yates, Hon. A. w. Mintun, and J. F. Stafford were appointed as committee to draft a bill for law to compel attendance upon the public school. The following will be submitted at the next meeting of the Directors, to be held in this city on Saturday, August %;
 "A bill for an act to be entitled:
 An act providing for the com
 pulsory attendance at school
 of children between the ages of
 eight and fifteen years.
 Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkan- sas.
 Sec. l. Every parent, guar dian or other person in the state of Arkansas having control or charge of any child or children of sound mind and body between the ages of eight and fifteen years, inclusive, shall be requir- ed to send such child or children to pubic school, or a private, denominational or paroehial school taught by competent in- structor, each school year, for such period as said school Is in session; provided, that any child of the age of fourteen years or more who Is able to read the En- glish language, and who IS act lively and regularly employed for his own support or for the sup port of those dependent upon him, shall not be required to at- tend the aforesaid schools for a longer peroid or term than twelve consecutive weeks in any one year. Provided, That any and all children that have received a certificate of graduation from the common schools Of any county or certificate of admission to a high school in any city in the state of Arkansas shall be eX- empt from the provisions of this act. Provided further, That the children who are physically or mentally incapacitated for the work of common schools shall be exempt from the provisions of this act, but that the school di- rectors shall have the right. and they are hereby authorized, when such exemption under the provis- lon of this act Is claimed by any parent, guardian or other person in the control or charge of such child or children, to cause an ex- animation of such child or chil- dren by physician or physi- clans employed for such purpose by such authorities, and If such physician or physicians hold that such child or children are capa- ble of doing the work in the com mon schools, then such child or children shall not be exempt from the provisions of this act.
 Sec. ?. The township consta- bles throughout the state of Ar kansas, in addition to their other duties, are hereby constituted and are appointed truant officers for ttheir Prospective townships. The truant officer or constable shall see that the provisions of this act are complied with, and when from personal knowledge or by report or complaint of any resi- dent or teacher of the district or township under his supervision, or from any information, he be- lieves that any child subject to the provisions of this act IS ha- bitually absent from school, he shall immediately give notice to the parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of such child that the attendance of such child at school Is required; 1; and If within 5 days such parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of such child does not comply with the provi- l--