The Pleasantville press., 1912-12-04
The Truancy Law.
Provisions With Which Every Pa.
rent Should Become Familiar.

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Pleasantville has determined to break
up truancy by enforcing the Com
pulsory Education ACT with it's amend
ments, The Pleasantville Press has
been requested to print extracts from
same, we take pleasure in publishing
the following for the information of
our readers:
Every Parent, guardian or other
person having control of a child be-
tween the ages of seven and, seven
teen years inclusive, shall cause such
child to regularly attend day school
in which, at least, the common school
branches of reading, writing, arith-
metic, spelling, English grammar and
geography are taught by competent
teacher, or receive equivalent instruc-
tion elsewhere than at school, unless
such child is above the age Of fifteen
years and has completed the grammar
school course prescribed by the State
Board of Education, and in addition
thereto is regularly and lawfully en-
ployed in any useful occupation or
service. Such regular attendance
shall be during all the days and hours
that the public schools are in session
in the city, town or district in which
the child resides, unless it be shown to
the satisfaction of the Board of Edu-
cation of the school district in which
such parent, guardian or other per-
son resides, that the bodily or mental
condition of such child is such to pre-
vent his or her attendance at school.
If such child be within the age of sew
enteen years and has completed the
grammar school course and is not reg
ularlv and lawfully employed in any
useful occupation or service, such
child shall attend the high school or
manual training school in said city,
town or district in which such child
resides, if there is a high school or
manual training school in said city,
town or district; if there is no high
school or manual training school in
said city, town or district, said child
shall be transported to a high school
or manual training school as provided
in section one hundred and nineteen
of this act.
Any parent, guardian or other per-
son having the legal control of any
child who shall fail to comply with
the provisions of section one hundred
and ffty-three of this act shall be
deemed to be disorderly person and
upon sworn complaint made by the
truant officer or other person desig-
mated, to any justice of the peace,
police justice or city or town recorder
acting as such within the municipah-
ty wherein such school district shall
be situate, shall be apprehended upon
warrant issued to any constable of
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be punishable as disorderly person.
Every truant officer or other per-
son designated by board Of educa-
tion who shall find any child between
IL and II years Of age away from
home during school hours who shall
then be truant from school shall
take such child and deliver him to his
parent, guardian, or other person
having legal control of such child, or
to the teacher of the school which
such child is lawfully required to at
tend; said truant officer, or other per-
son, shall inquire into the violations
of this act when requested to do so
| by the commissioner of labor or by
the board Of education of the district
for which he shall have been appoint
ed, or detailed, and shall thereupon
warn any child or pupil, its parent,
guardian or other person having legal
control of such child or pupil in writ
ing of the consequences of such vio-
lation if persisted in, and shall re-
quest that the said parent, guardian
or other person cause the said pupil
to improve his conduct, or said child
attend school within five days from
serving said notice in writing, and
cause said child to attend regularly
thereafter; in the event said parent,
guardian, or other person having con-
troll Of said child or pupil shall fail,
neglect or refuse to cause said pupil
to improve his conduct, or fail, ne
glect, or refuse to cause said child to
attend school within said period and
to attend regularly each day during
the remaining period Of compulsory
attendance, unless regularly excused
from school attendance by the board
Of education, said parent, guardian
or other person having legal control
of such child or pupil shall be deemed
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