The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-10-13
Compulsory School Law

Compulsory School Law
t. Parents, Guar liuns and Others in
Custer County, Idaho:
The following are the p,v sions of
the scho o, law OF Idaho, seisi IN avs
1911, designed for those who are in
cline to uajustly DEPRIVE their chill
dren If ,ht !vlutages of Il fair com
MOI chool elcc..li4n:
Encouraging Delinquency a Mis-
demeanor
Section 150. In al cases where any
child shall be a delinquent child, a ju
venile delinquent person, or juvenile
disorderly person, as defined by this
Act, the parent or parents. legal guar.
dian. or person. having custody of such
child, or any othtr person respo, s. bic
for, Or by any act encouraging, caus
ing or c,nirbuting 10 the delinquency
Of such child, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeandr, and upon t:ial and convic-
ton thereof shall be fined in sum Of
not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars
$780, or imprisonment in The county
Jail for = period OF not exceeding six
months, or shall suffer both fine and
imprisonment. The Court may impose
conditions upon any person found
guilty ufidsr this Act, and so long as
such person shall comply Herewith to
the satisfaction OF the Court, the SEN
tence imposed may lie suspended.
ChiIcren to Attend School
Section 100. In all districts OF this
State, all parents, guardian. and other
persons having care Of children shall
instruct them, or cause them to be in
structed, in reading, writing, spelling
English Grammar, geography and
arithmetic. In such districts, every
parent, guardian, or other person hav-
ing charge of any child between the
ages of eight (s) and sixteen (l6> years
shall send such child TO public, pri-
vate. or parochal school for the entire
school year during which the public
schools are In cession in such district;
Provided, however: That this cha pter
sha not Apply to children over fifteen
l5) years of age, where such child
shall have completed the eigth g.
grade, or may be eligible to enter any
highsch col in such district. or where
Its help is needed for its own use or
its parents support, or where for good
cause shown 1t would be for the best
interest Of such child TO be relieved
Fl, m the provisions of this chapter
Provided, furthur, that il reputable
physician within the district shall Ger
tify in writing thatthe child's bodily
or mental condition does not permit
its attendance at school, such child !
shall lie exempt during such period of
disability from the requirements of
this chapter. 1t shall be the duty of
the superintendent of the school dis
trict, If there be such superintendent,
aud II MT, then the county superin en-
dent OF Sc Ools, to hear and determine
oil applications of Gil iren desiring,
for any Of the ca ists mentioned here,
to be exempted from the provisions of
this chapter, and II upon sucn applica-
ton. such superip tendent, hearing the
same, shnll be Of the opinion that such
child for any reason is entitled to be
exempted as aforesaid, then such super
intendent shall So ,e a written permit
to such child, stating therein his -reaA-
on for such exemption. An appeal
may be taken from the decision of
such superintendent SD passing upon
such application. to the prooate court
OF the cOun y In which such district
lies, upoa sich child making such APP
plica,ion and filing the same with the
clerk or judge Of said court, within ten
day after its refusal By such superin-
tendent, for which no fe. to exceed
the sum of Oae Dollar (st. DOL shall lie
charged, and the de is on OF the pro-
bate court shall be final. An applica
ton for reiease from the provisions of
this chapter shall not be, renewed Oft
ener than once In three months.
JENNIE e. KELLEHER,
Go. aupt. Pub. Inst