The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-20

ing the custody, control or charge o
said child, such request to be Tile6
within two days after the first days
absence
Sec. 2. Whenever, under the pro.
visions of this Act, any chill snail
receive instruction privately or in
any private school, the private teach
Ter, principal or teacher in charge OF
lsuch private school shall keep rec
lord of the attendance of such child
lor children, and the County Superin-
tendent in checking his lists OF at
tendance may call On the private
school principal to verify child S
attendance.
Sec. 8. Occasional non attendance
at public school by any child required
to attend public school under the
provisions of this Act, amounting to
not more than four days unexcused
absence in any school month, shall
mot render any parent, guardian or
other person having the custody con-
jtrol or charge Of such liable to any
of the penalties provided by this Act.
| Sec. f. The principal or teacher in
charge of any public school shall
keep an accurate record of the at
tendance and non attendance of all
children enrolled in the school over
which he or she is in charge, and
shall make report of non attendance
of any child to the Attendance OFFICER
on Friday of each week during the
school term, together with the reason
| therefor, if known to said principal
or teacher The certificate Of any
! teacher falling to keep such record
and make such report may be revok-
ed by the State superintendent of
Public Instruction upon satisfactory
proof of such failure.
| Sec. 5. The County Board Of Pub
| lie instruction in each County is
thereby authorized and directed to ap-
point one or more Attendance Off
GERS, as may be necessary for the
faithful execution of the provisions
of this Act, and to prescribe the dis
trict or territory to be under the SUI
lpervision of said Attendance Officer
Officers, and to fix the compensation
of said Attendance Officer or Off
icers for the time actually employed
in the performance of duties, said
compensation to be paid from the
County School Fund. And if deemed
advisable by the County Board of
Public instruction, any Supervisor or
Trustee of schools within the County
may be appointed as Attendance Of
hcer or Officers. he County Board
of Public instruction is hereby au-
thorized to remove any Attendance
Officer who fails to perform his du-
ties as herein prescribed.
Sec. g. During the month of June
lin each and every year, it shall be
! the duty of every Attendance Officer
appointed under the provisions Of
this Act to take an accurate census,
| in triplicate, of all children between
the ages of seven and eighteen years
in the territory or district in which
he is acting; the said census to show
the name sex, age and date of birth,
and distance from the nearest school,
| of each child, the school grade, COM
pIeted, and the name of the parent,
guardian or other person having the
custody, control or chrge Of such
children, with the postoffice address
thereof. and on or before the first
day of July of each and every year,
one copy thereof shall be filed with
the County superintendent of Public
Instruction, one copy with the State
Superintendent Of Public instruction,
and one copy shall be retained by the
Attendance Officer, but no child over
sixteen years Of age is under compul-
sion to attend school.
Sec. T. 1t shall be the duty of the
| Attendance officer to serve a notice
upon any parent, guardian or other
person having the custody, control or
charge of any child who has been alb
sent from school in violation of the
provisions OF this Act, to cause said
child to attend school as herein pro-
vided and any parent, guardian or
other person having the custody, con-
troll or charge of any child who, upon
notice herein provided for being
served on him or her, fails to comply
with the provisions of this Act, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and upon trial and conviction thereof
by any Court of this State having Ju-
risdtciton of misdemeanors, shall be
| fined not more than Five Dollars for
each offense, and upon failure or re-
fusaI to pay such fine, said parent,
guardian or other person having the
custody, control or charge of said
child shall be imprisoned not exceed
| ing five days for each offense; Pro
vided, that upon conviction for any
| first offense sentence may, upon pay
ment of costs, be suspended until the
second conviction of the same person
| for a similar offense, and that each
day child remains away from school
after service Of notice by the Attend
nee Officer, as herein provided, un-
less one of the grounds for excuse
provided for by this Act exists, shall
j constitute a separate offense, and
subject the offending person to pen
alties accordingly. All fines collected
under the provisions of this Act shall
be paid into the County School Fund
of the County in which collected.