The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-06
Compulsory Education Notice.

10 ThleHtSs tIHafttEAlS anu t4EnEEE m
all School Districts within Ada
County, Idaho.
The following are the provisions Of the
School Laws Of Idaho Session Laws
1911 designed for those inclined to uu-
justly deprive their children Of the al
vantage Of a fair common school ednca-
ton:
Section $50. Encouraging Delinquency
Misdemeanor In all cases where any
child shall be delinquent child, a
juvenile delinquent person, or juvenile
disorderly person. as defined by this Act,
the parent or parents, legal guardian,
or person having the custody Of such
child or any other responsible for, or
have any act encouraging, causing, or
contributing to the delinquency Of such
child shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon trial and conviction thereof
shall be fined in a sum not to exceed
Three Hundred Dollars $780, or i'm
prisoHment in the county, jail for per-
suffer both fine and Imprisonment The
Court may impose conditions upon any
person found guilty under this Act, and
SO long as such person shall comply
Herewith to the satisfaction of the
Court, the sentence imposed may be
suspended.
Section loo. Children to Attend
School. In all school districts Of this
state, all parents, guardians and other
persons having care of children shall in
struct them, or cause them TO be in
strueted, in reading, writing, spelling,
English grammar, geography and arIth-
metic. In such districts, every parent
guardian, or other person having charge
of any child between the ages Of eight
49, and eighteen 49, years, shall send
such child to a public, private, or paro-
chial school for the entire school year
during which the public schools are in
session in such district: Provided how
ever: That this chapter shall not apply
to children over fourteen IA years of
age, where such child shall have com
pleted the eighth ~ grade, or may be
eligible to enter any high school in such
district, or where it's help is necessary
for its own use or rs parents support,
or where for good cause shown it ould
be for the best interest of such child to
be relieved from the provisions OF this
chapter: Provided, further: That if
reputable physician within the district
shall certify in writing that the chiId's
bodily or mental conaition does not per
NIT its attendance at school such child
shall be exempt during such period of
disability from the requirements of this
chapter 1t shall be the duty of the
Superintendent of the School District.
if there be such superintendent, and if
not then the County Superintendent of
Schools, to hear and determine ali APP
plication5 of children desiring, for any
of the causes mentioned here. TO be ex-
empted from the provisions IT this chap
ter, and if upon 5 en- application suca
superintendent hearing the same shall
be of the opinion that such child for any
reason is entitled to be exempted a.
aforesaid. then such superintendent
shall issue a written permit to such
child, stating therein his reason for such
exemption. An appeal may be taken
from the decision of such superintend-
ent SO passing upon such application. to
the Probate Court of the county in
which such district lies, upon such
child making such application and fl
ing the same with the Clerk or judge of
said court, within ten days after its re
fusal by such superintendent, for which
no fee to exceed the sum of One Dollar
tS1.00 shall be charged, and the de
cision of the Probate Court shall be
final. An application for release from
the provisions of this chapter shall not
be renewed oftener than once in three
months. Ivy Wilson,
Superintendent Public Schools
16-2t Ada County, idaho.