Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-05

every child returning to school with
out certificate from the board of
health or family physician after alb
sence on account of illness or from I'M
known cause, and every child in the
schools under it's jurisdiction who
shows signs of being in ill health or Of
suffering from infectious or contagious
diseases, unless he is at once excluded
from school by the teacher; except that
in case of schools in remote and isolat-
ed situations, the school committee
may make such other arrangements as
may best carry out the purposes of this
act.
Section 5-The school committee
shall cause notice of disease or defects,
if any, from which any child is found
to be suffering to be sent home to his
parents or guardian. Whenever a child
shows symptoms of smallpox, scarlet
fever, measles, chicken pox, tuberculo-
sis. diphtheria Or influenza, tonsilitis,
whooring cough. mumps, scabies or
trachomo, he shall be sent home imme-
diately or as soon as safe and proper
conveyance can be found, and the
board of health and superintendent of
SSuJolS at OllCS DS IlOllllcu.
Section 6.-The school committee OF
every city or town shall cause
every child in the public school
to be separately and carefully tested
ard examined at least once in every
school year to ascertain whether he is
suffering from defective sight or hear
ing or from any other disability or de-
feet terding to prevent his receiving
the full benefit of his school work. or
requiring modification of the school
work in order to prevent injury to the
child or to secure the best educational
results. Tests of sight and hearing
shall he made by the teachers or by the
school physicians. The committee shall
cause notice of any defect or disa bility
recurring treatment to be sent to the
shall require a physical record of each
child to be kept in such form as the
state superintendent of public schools
shall prescribe after consultation with
the State board of health.
Section 1.-THE State superintendent
Of public schools shall prescribe after
consultation with the State board Of
health the directions for tests of sight
and hearing, and shall prescribe and
furnish to the school committees suita-
BILE rules of instruction, test cards.
blanks, record books and other useful
appliances for carrying out the pur-
poses of this act. The State superin-
tendent of public schools may expend
during the year nineteen hundred and
nine sum not greater than five hun
dred dollars for the purpose of supply
ing the material required for this act.
Section S.--Expenses which city or
town may incur by virtue of the au-
thority herein vested in the school COM
mittee shall not exceed the amount APP
propriated for that purpose in cities by
the city council and in towns by q
town meeting. The appropriation shall
precede any expenditure of any indebt-
edness which may be incurred under
this act and the sum appropriated shall
be deemed sufficient appropriation in
the municipality where it is made
Such appropriation need not specify tn
what section Of the act it shall apply
and may be voted as a total appropria-
ton to he applied in carrying out the
purposes of this act.
Section 9.-The provisions of this act
shall apply only to cities and towns
having population of less than forty
thousand inhabitants.