Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-24
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Full Text of. Statute as Recently
Amended.
BASED ON DESIRE OF MAJORITY Vote

Teachers must Keep Record of At
tendance and Report the Same to the
County Superintendent of Education
Before he Can Approve the Pay
Warrants.
The new law regarding compulsory
attendance has never been published
in York county. The text of it is
presented herewith for the informa-
ton Of the public.
An Act to Regulate School Attendance
of All Children Within Certain Ages
and Provide for the Enforcement
Thereof.
Section /. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly Of the state of South
Carolina: That every parent. guardian
or other person having charge Of any
child between eight and fourteen years
of age, inclusive, must send such child
to a public, private or parochial school
to competent tutor. subject to the
approval of the county superintend-
ent of Education, for four consecutive
months, or eighty consecutive school
days, during the scholastic year that
the school attended is in session: Pro-
vidcd, That in case the term OF any
school is less than four months, or
eighty school days, attendance for the
full term of such school shall be suffl-
cent to meet the requirements Of this
act, except as hereinafter provided.
2. Upon the written petition Of
majority of the qualified electors rcsid-
ing in any district requesting the at
tendance of pupils on school through
out the full term, the County Board
OF Education shall order such attend
ance hereunder. This Act shall not
shorten the period of school attendance
in any district where longer schooi
term than four months is now main
tanned and attendance is required un-
der the local option law
2 That any child whose physical,
mental or moral condition units 1t
for attendance at school is exempt from
the requirements Of Section l; that
such child. must be designated as unit
by n person competent to judge ana
appontcd to do so by the County
Board of Education.
&. That any child living more than
two and ONE half miles from any pub
. lie, private or paroChi;ll school, ana
any child under twelve years Of age
! living more than two miles from snch
school. may claim exemption from
the requirements of Section !: ProVid-
ed, That any pupil living within one
mile Of any regular route OF a school
wagon may not claim exemption.
s. That any private or practicai
school attended by any child between
eight and fourteen years OF age snail
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 arc
rcuuired in a similar public school in
South Carolina and he supervised by
the County superintendent of cduca-
ton or supervisor nI public schools.
| G. II shall be the duty of the board
of trustees of each school district 10
determine at what time the period ot
compulsory attendance shall start III
their respective districts, and to post
due notice thereof in at least three
public places or by publishing in
newspaper circulating in their said dis-
trict at least thirty days before the
! time 81 fixed for the period OF co1n-
p,,lsnry attendance to begin. EFcr!
narent or guardian having charge OF
child or children between the years Oh
seven and fourteen years, inclusive
unless an attendance officer is MAIN
itainrd In their district. shall make
report to the chairman Of the bohro OIL
trustees of his or her district on the
last Friday in July Of each year. snow
ing the names of all such childfch III
their charge, the age. sex and race
and name and local address OF the
uarcnt or guardian Of each such chila'
and any parent or guardian haFihE
icharcc OF such child or children VINO
shall fail to make such report at the
time aforesaid, or shall willfully make
an incorrect report, shall be SUBJECT
to such fine or Imprisonment as IS
hereinafter imposed for non -altendance'
II shall be the duty of the chairman
of the board of trustees Of each Schooi
district to make Il report nj SucH
children and to send Il copy Of the sara
rcport 10 the county superintendent OF
education nr their respective counties
not later than the 18th day of August
iuf each year and also TO supply hSt
of The names Of such children 10 lie
rcsncctive teachers of the schoois
which the said children should at
tend: Provided, That the board ol
Trustees of any school district oi
group OF districts may nominate INC
rnuntv board uf education nr, IN case
Of a special independent SchooI dlS-
tri,.t rs in the larger towns ana clllcS'
10 the superintendent or supervisor VI
nuhlic schools for such district, IN
attendance officer for the district Il!