The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-10-31


months or eighty days attendance for
the full term of such school shall
be sufficient to meet the requirements
of this Act, except as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 2. Upon written petition a
majority of the qualified electors re-
siding in any school district request
ing the attendance of pupils on school
throughout the full term, the County
Board of Education shall order such
attendance hereunder. This Act
shall not shorten the period Of school
attendance in any district where q
longer school term than four months
is now maintained and attendance is
required under the local option law.
Sec. 8. That any child whose ply
sical, mental or moral condition units
it for attendance at school is exempt
from the requirements of Section /,
that such child must be designated
as unfit by a person competent to
judge and appointed to do so by the
Board appointing the attendance Off
Ger for that territory.
Sec. 4. That any child living more
than two and one-half miles from any
public school, private or parochial
school, and any child under twelve
years of age living more than two
miles from such school, may claim
exemption from the requirements of
Section L: Provided, That any pupil
living within one mile of any regular
route of a school wagon may not
claim exemption.
Sec. S. That any private or paro-
chial school attended by any child
between eight and fourteen years of
age shall be first approved by the
State Board Of Education. Such
school must give it's instruction in the
English language, and it must teach !
such subjects as are required in a
similar public school in South Caro-
Sec. 6. The County Board Of Edu- !
cation shall appoint such ATTENDANCE
officer or officers as the needs of the
uhbiie schools Of the county may re-
auire: Provided, That the Board Of
Trustees of any district containing
an Incorporated town or city OF two
thousand inhabitants may nominate
to the County Board Of Education the
attendance officer for their district,
and may fix his compensation from
the special tax funds of their district.
The duties of such attendance officer
shall be to take annually a school
census of all the children in each dis
trict between the ages of six and
fourteen years, and to file with the
County Board Of Education. a report
giving by school districts the name OF
each such child, the race, the sex, and
the names and local addresses of each
child's parents. This census shall be
taken during the months of July and
August. Any child ineligible to at
tend the public schools shall be re-
ported by the attendance officer to
the County Superintendent, who shall
transmit such report to the executive
head Of the proper State school for
such special child.
Sec. Z. Women shall be eligible for
as district or county
officers.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the further
duty of each attendance officer to re-
ceive from the Superintendent or
Principal of any school within the
district or territory, the name Of
every child between eight and four
teen. years of age absent from school,
and to ascertain from the parent or
guardian of such child the reason for
such absence. If such absence is due
to any other than providential cause
Or causes or to such cause or causes
as would seriously endanger the
the health of the child, such parent
or guardian must be notified to
appear before the nearest magistrate
at a special time to show why ne or
she should not be punished for his or
her neglect: Provided, That the at
tendance officer may, in his or her
discretion, excuse any absence. A
full record of such excused absence,
together with the reasons therefor
shall be filed monthly with the Coun-
tv Superintendent of Education.