New Britain herald., 1919-09-17
CITY WILL ENFORCE
 LAW ABOUT SCHOOL
Attendance at Evening Sessions
 Is Compulsory

By the provisions of a new law, passed by the recent session of the state assembly, every boy and girl who possesses an employment certi- fcate must attend the public evening school provided that he is 14 years of age and not more than 16, unless he has already completed the course of study required for graduation from the eighth grade of the public schools. The law further provides that such attendance must be for not less than the equivalent of eight hours a week for 16 weeks A certificate of attend- ance will be issued at least once each month to every evening school student within the ages indicated And this certificate must then be filed with the employer of such boy or girl.
 There is a penalty provided for the parent or guardian of any child who violates this law requiring his attend ance at evening school. And a still more severe penalty is provided for the factory, firm or corporation that employs a child who fails 10 comply with the provisions that concern the certificate required. The sections of this law are reproduced here:
 Chapter 19S, Public Acts of the
 State of Connecticut, 1919. An
 Act Concerning Evening School
 Attendance.
 Attendance Made Compulsory.
 Section 1.--Every child between
 IA and 6 years of age, residing in a city, town or district in which public evening schools are
 maintained, in possession of an
 employment certificate issued
 under the provisions of the gen
 eral statutes and who has not
 completed such course of study
 as is required for graduation
 from the elementary public
 evening schools of such city,
 town or district, shall attend the
 public evening schools Of such
 city, town or district, or other
 evening schools offering an equiv
 alent course of instruction, for
 not less than eight hours each
 week for a period of not less than
 16 weeks in each calendar year.
 unless released from such re-
 quirement by the board of school
 visitors, town school committee
 or board Of education. The en-
 plOyer of any such child shall
 keep on file in the place where
 such child is employed an eve-
 ming school certificate, issued as
 hereinafter provided, certifying
 that such child is attending an
 evening school as required under the provisions of this section, which certificate may, at any
 time, be inspected by the school
 authorities.
 Attendance Certificates Required,
 Section 2.-The board of school visitors, town school committee or board of education, or an au- thorized representative of such school authority, shall issue to each child attending an evening school in compliance with the provisions of Section 1 d certifi- cate, at least once each month such evening school is in session and at the close of the term of
 such school, provided the num- 1 Der of hours and weeks of such attendance shall constitute at least as large a part of the pe-
 riod during which such school 1 has been in session as eight hours
 per week for 6 weeks is of the
 number of hours and weeks dur ing which such school shall be in session for such calendar year
 Such certificate shall state the !. number of hours per week and
 the number of weeks such child
 has attended such school "A Penalty Is Imposed. Section 3.-If any child shall