The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1910-06-03
DISTRICTS MUST PAY TUITION
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tain high school shall have authority,
and is hereby required TO vote a tax
sufficient TO pay the tuition to one Of the
three nearest nigh schools of any child
rem residents OF said district who have
completed the studies OF the eighth
grades, not exceeding in amount twenty
dollars per pupil, unless the voters APP
propriate a larger sum at the annual
meeting, and may vote tax to pay the
transportation during school days of
such children; such tuition to be paid
by the treasurer of the district in which
the pupil resides to the treasurer of the
district of the high school attended is
located:
Provided, that the parents Of such
children shall give written notice to the
board Of education on or before the
fourth Monday in June, that they are
the parents or legal guardians of such
children, and that such children desire
to attend some certain one of the three
nearest high schools during the ensuing
year Upon receiving written notice of
children eligible to attend high schools
the board of education shall vote tax
sufficient to cover the necessary expense
for tuitiop, as herein provided, and may
vote a tax sufficient TO cover the neces-
sary expense for daily transportation OF
such children:
Provided further, That any surplus
moneys in the treasury of said district
belonging to the primary fund may be
used in paying necessary tuition, in lieu
of tax therefor
Sec. 9 The tax provided for In section
one of this act shall be reported to the
clerk of the township in which such dis
trict is located, and shall be spread upon
the tax roll of such township in the
same manner and at the same time as
other school tax.
Notes on application of the law as
obtained from those in authority:
l. Parents wishing to avail them
selves OF the provisions of this act must
give written notice to the board of educR-
ton in the district where they reside
that they are the parents or legal guar
dams of children giving names) VINO
have completed the eighth grade and
who desire to attend one of the three
nearest high schools giving name of
such SCHOOL,
2. tits not necessary that the child be
a holder of an eighth grade diploma from
the county commissioner, providing he |
presents, along with the written notice,
a copy of his standings, with a statement
from his teacher that he has completed |
the first eight grades, or is doing salts |
factory work IN advance of the eighth |
grade, thereby giving evidence of having |
he studies of the first eight |
1 ~ les
Parents having pupils already in |
the high school, as well as those expect |
ing to start next fall, should see that
the written notice a. stated above is
served before the fourth Monday in
June Failure to do so means failure to
hold district to payment of tuition.
4. 1t is as much the duty of a district
board to pay transportation as it is to
pay the tuition of its pupils.
D. In case pupil specifies that be de-
sires to attend certain high school and
after should elect to attend another of
the three schools to v hich he is eligible,
it does not iuvahdate his right To the
benefits Of the act.
8 Blanks especially prepared for the
above notice may be had upon applica-
ton to } A. o Leary or Thomas j. Cav
anaugh. In the absence of such blanks
parents may make the application ac
cording to the above directions ard
place the same with their board of edu-
cation.