Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-04-28
AN ACT TO REQUIRE
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

son having charge or control of the
child shall show before the trustees
Of the district by affidavit of himself
and of such witnesses as they NAV
require that the child is without nee
essary books and clothing for attend
ing school, and that he is unable to
provide the necessary books and
clothing: Provided, That when
books and clothes shall have been
supplied by any means whatsoever,
the child shall no longer be exempt
from this provision: Provided, fur
ther, That if the child lives two and
one-half miles or more from the
school house, and means of trans
portation is furnished, the said child,
If otherwise eligible, shall be re-
quired to attend the said school un-
der the provisions hereof, and it
shall he the duty of the trustees of
the school to provide, out of the
public school funds, books for the
use of such INDECENT pupil free OF
charge. The power Of the board of
trustees to suspend or expel any
pupil shall not be curtailed by this
act, and children so suspended or eX-
PEELED shall not be subject to the
provisions of this act during such
period of suspension or cypulsion:
And, provided, further, That the
Board OF Trustees of any school dis
trlct may excuse temporarily any
child from attendance, good and
sufficient reasons being made to ap-
pear therefor; and in case any child
is excused temporarily under the
provisions OF this act, the said board
of trustees shall reduce to writing
the reasons for their action, and the
time the said child is excused.
Section 3. Every parent, guardian,
or other person in the State Of South
Carolina having charge or control of
a child or children between the ages
OF eight and fourteen years shall
cause such child to attend school as
aforesaid: Provided, That occasional
absence from attendance by said
child, amounting to not more than
four (D uneXcused absences in four
consecutive weeks, shall not be un-
lawful: Provided, further, That the
uperintendent, principal, or teacher
in charge of any school may excuse
any child for a temporary absence
because Of unusual storm, or bad
weather, sickness or death in the
child's family, unforeseen or un-
avoidable accident, and such excuse
ed by said uperintendent, principal,
or teacher in charge Of the school,
and reported to the trustees as here
matter provided: Provided, further,
That i'm case of prOtracted illness of
any child whose attendance is re-
quired under this act, or in case Of
quarantine of the home in which the
child resides, upon report Of the
health officer or upon satisfactory
evidence to this effect, the trustees
shall excuse from attendance such
child unit! he is fully restored to
health, or until the expiration Of the
time required by Law that he shall
stay out of school after quarantine
has been raised.
Section 4. Every parent, guardian,
or other person in the State OF South
Carolina having charge or control Of
a child between the ages OF fourteen
and sixteen years, WHO is not actu-
ally, regularly and lawfully engaged
in some useful employment or SER
vice or who cannot read at sight and
write legibly simple sentences in
the English language, shall cause
such child to attend regularly some
public school as aforesaid.
Section 5. Any parent, guardian,
or other person Violating the pro-
visions Of this act shall be guilty of