The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-10-06
THE COMPULSORY
EDUCATION LAW
EFFECTS CHILDREN over Nine
AND UNDER IS YEARS.
Parents and Guardians Are
Responsible for Pupils At
tendance at School.

The following is digest of the
Compulsory Education Law. az fur.
nished the Press by the principal Of
the Athena public and High schools
They should be carefully read ant
studied by all patrons and pupils Of
the schools:
/. Every parent or other person
having charge Of any child over nine
years of age and under sixteen years Of
age, shall be required to send suot
child to the public schools for term
of not less than the number of months
of public school held annually in the
district in which such child resides.
The following exceptions are made to
the above law:
(a). Children physically unable to
attend school;
(b). Children taught like period
of time in private school,
(o). Children under ten living be.
yond mile and one.half limit;
(d). Children over ten living be-
yor6 tie three mile limit.
2. The District Boundary Board
of each county is required to appoint
County Truant Officer, whose duty
shall be to enforce the provisions of
this law.
3. The district school clerk shall
provide the teacher or principal with
copy of the last school census. The
teacher shall report to the secretary
of the district boundary board all chill
dren who are not in regular attendance
at school, and the secretary of the dis
trict boundary board shall forthwith
notify the truant officer of the nom
attendance of such children.
4. In estimating regular attend
anoe, the teacher shall count all alb,
sanoes, unless such absences were ex,
oused; provided. that no excuse shall
te accepted unless such absence was
caused by the pupils sickness, or by
the sickness of scme member of thu
pupils family. rendering it impossi
bic for such pupil to attend school dur
ing said time. Eight unexoused half
day absences in any four weeks shal
be called irregular attendance.
5. Upon notification by the score
tary of the district boundary board
the truant officer shall within twenty
four hours give written notice in per
son or by registered mail to the paren
or to the person in parental relation
that such child shall present himsel
at the public school on the next sohoo
day following the receipt of suol
notice. Said notice shall inform tn
parent that such attendance must be
gin and must continue regularly dur
ing the remainder Of the school year
AT the same time the truant office
shall notify the teacher of the fact o
notice, and it shall be the duty of tn
teacher to notify the truant officer o
the failure on the part of the parent t.
comply with said notice.
8. Should the parent, after reoeiv
ing said notice, from the truant off
Ger. fail to send such child to school
then the truant officer shall imme
diately file complaint before th'
nearest resident Justice of the Peace
Said justice of the peace shall issue |
warrant upon said complaint aud ii
case of conviction. said parent or 9th
er person in parental relation, shal
be punished by either fine or imprison
ment, or both, in the discretion Of
the court.
7. Should any board. officer, oI
teacher fail to comply with all thu