The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-12-01
Compulsory Attendance Bill.
An Act to Require School Children for Minimum
Period, and to Provide for Enforcement of the
Same, and for Other Purposes

Section Be enacted by the General Assembly the State
o Georgia that guardian other person having
charge and control of child between the ages eight
who exempted hereinafter provided shall
the said child be enrolled continuously for
four months of each year public school the city
or town IN which the child resides which period
at the beginning of the the year
such attendance at public school shall be required
child attends for the period giving instruction
the ordinary branches English educaon or has completed the
fourth grade of school work prescribed State Board
Education where because of poverty child are
necessary for the support of other member the hds
family dependent such services parent or
standing in parental relation to the child unable provide
books and clothing attending school, the same are
otherwise provided physical condition
the child renders such attendance mpraccable nexpden
where the child resides than three miles house
the nearest travelled route where other good
sfcenc OF which shall be determined by the board
the county of the in which the child resde
hoard the child from attendance being a-
horlzcd take into consideration the agricultural labor
and the need fur such labor exercising their discretion
time for which children farming districts shall excused Pro-
rem to school out of other than the funds belonging
wards Temporary absence of child enrolled pupil
excused by the principal teacher charge because
Ct bad weather sickness death the chd family other
able cause.
Section Be further enacted That any parent guardian or
ether person who has charge between the
aforesaid and who wuy fails comply the foregoing re-
Gurements shall be guilty of msdemeano and
punished by fine exceed dollars oense
and to exceed twenty dollars for each subsequent oense
tines to include all costs but the trying the
creton suspend enforcement of the punishment if the child
medaey placed in attendance school aforesaid may
finally remit the such regularly for
the number of months herenbefoe prescribed for
School attendance be proved by atesed
principal teacher charge of the school, No
prosecuted for violation of the foregoing requirements
board OF education of the county municipality in which the
accused OF such violation resides shall have
the accused least days before such
notice OF the charge with the of the child whom
Any notified previously convicted violation of
Act the child referred said notice. may prevent
the charge therein by giving any before pros
econ instituted bond the penal of fifty dollars payable
the ordinary of the county with security be approved by the
ordinary conditioned that the said shall hencorh faithfully
comply with the requirements of this Act the said child Each
day wu failure OF parent guardian other charge
and control of child aforesaid after the expiration of days
from such notice. the child school,
tendance required by this Act shall constitute separate
In prosecutions under this Act the exemptions
provided for shall be of defense be established by
cued and need be negatved the Indictment
Section Be further enacted That shall be the duty
county and municipal board of education investigate
tendance and nonatendance of children required by this Act
tend the school under their supervision and shall also be their duty
institute be instituted prosecutions against persons
violating this Act 1t shall be duty the principal
charge of public school, in which pupils between the ages
eight and fourteen instructed keep record Of the
attendance of such pupils the month