The Washington times., 1912-09-05
HUNDREDS BARRED
FROM SCHOOLS HERE
BY BOARD RULING
Committee Explains Ineligi-
bility for Free Tuition
Of Certain Class.

Several hundred bright and smiling
faces which have heretofore graced
schoolrooms of the District will be abb
sent when the first bell rings at 8
o'clock on the morning of September
%. The missing ones will be children
LIVING outside the boundaries of the Dis
trict, and the reason for their absence,
the new tuition requirements incorpor-
ated by Congress in the last appropria-
tion bill
30 many inquiries have come to the
Board of Education regarding the terms
or the law that a circular has Just been
printed by the board for distribution.
The activity Of Chevy Chase residents
In getting school opened there and the
efforts of the commissioners of Alex
andria county to provide for the ex-
pected increased attendance in their
schools are the result of the new law.
This law provides some of the excep-
lions previously allowed regarding ad-
mission of children free of tuition from
outside the District, but other excep-
uons are omitted and the law on the
Whole Is much more stringent. In the
past children, whose parents paid taxes
at all In the District, could attend, but
1t is now provided that the taxes must
exceed the amount which would other
wise be required.
The law on the matter reads as fol-
lows:
Pupils shall not be admitted to or
tausht free of charge in the public
schools Of the District of Columbia who
90 not reside in said District, or who
during such tutelage do not own prop
cry IN and pay taxes levied by the
government of the District of Columbia
In excess of the tuition charged here
under to other nonresident pupils. or
whose parents do not reside or are not
engaged in public duties therein, or dur
ing such tutelage pay taxes levied by
the government of the District of Col
umbia in excess of the tuition charged
hereunder to other nonresident pupils:
Provided, That any other nonresident
pupil may be admitted to and taught
In said public schools on the payment
Of such amount, to be fixed by the
Board of Education with the approval of
the commissioners of said District. as
VIII cover the expenses of tuition and
Tssd rest OF hv textbooks and school supplies
useo oy such pupil; and all payments
hereunder shall be paid into the Treas
pry OF the United States one-half to the
credlt OF the United States and one
umbia. VI wi
nonresident pupils who are permitted
10 attend the public schools of the Dis
trict of Columbia without payment of
tultion charges are:
Columbia during the entire school year.
SRes1dence from Monday to Friday only
rs not considered a residence for the
purpose of exemption from the payment
Of tuition charges).
Pupils whose parents are employed
by the Government of the United States
or the District of Columbia and dis
snarge the duties of their office in the
District Of Columbia .., n.
Other exceptions take care of pupils
Nho themselves are employed by the
government who pay taxes in excess OF
tuition or whose parents pay such taxes
The tuition rate for the normal
schools is $l36 per annum; for manual
training schools, $1; high schools, s68
Tor the various grades from eighth to
hrst, the following sums, respectively:
$4S, $S2, $50, s26, $40, $40. s23, and s4
For the ungraded schools, the figure
Is so2 and for the night schools. $3.50
Attendance from within the District
Is expected to be considerably increased
this school year. nearly 1000 more than
in 19l1-l2 according to the rate of in
crease in past years.
The new tuition requireent law will
anect many children in Takoma Park,
Md, besides Chevy Chase, Md, and a
large number in Rosslyn, Cherrydale,
and other Alexandria county suburbs
OF Washington.