The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1921-04-13

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is a copy OF the new law
af to attendance Of children
bic schools, passed at the. last
+ ~ losn OF the legislature. The act
approved by Governor Cooper
r. s. nav Of this week. He had with
His approval at the request OF
sSfia of the school authorities and
aaShers. but. after careful consider
fon the governor decided to ap-
Soye the act and yesterday affixed
81 signature to it.
The act in full is as follows:
An Act
80 Regulate School Attendance CT All
Children Within Certain Ages, and
Provide for the Enforcement there
OF.
Section I. Be it enacted by the
& General 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 each child to public, pri-
vate or parochial school or to COM
petent tutor, subject to the approval
OF the County Superintendent Of Edu-
cation, for foup consecutive months,
or eight consecutive school days,
during the scholastic year that the
school attended is in session: Pro-
yided, 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 suf-
ficient to meet the requirements Of
this act, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 2. Upon the written petition
of a majority of the qualified electors
residing 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 at
tendance in any district where a Ion
ger school term than four months is
now maintained and attendance is re-
auired under the local option law.
Sec. 5. That any child whose ply
sical, mental or moral condition un--
fits it for attendance at school is
exempt from the requirements of
Section /: that such child must be
DESIGNATED as unfit by person COM
petent to judge and appointed to do
so by the County Board Of Educa-
tion.
Sec. +. That any child living more
than two and one-half miles from
any public, private or parochial
School ,and any child under twelve
years Of age living more than two
miles from such a school, may claim
exemption from the requirements Of
Section /: Provided, That any pupil
living within one mile of any regular
route of school wagon may not claim
exemption.
Sec. 5. That any private or pa
rochial 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 its instruction in the Eng
lish language, and it must teach such
subjects as are required in similar
public school in South Carolina and
be supervised by the County Superin-
tendent of Education or Supervisor of
Public Schools.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Board Of Trustees of each school as
trict to determine at what time thu
period of compulsory attendance shall
start in their respective districts, and
to post due notice thereof in at least
three public places or by publishing
in newspaper circulating in their
said district at least thirty days be-
fore the time so fixed for the period
OF compulsory attendance to begin.
Every parent or guardian having
charge of child or children between
the years of seven and fourteen years.
inclusive, unless an Attendance Off
Ger is maintained in their district.
shall make a report to the chairman
Z. Of the Board Of Trustees Of his or her
district CT the last Friday in July of
each year, showing the names of all
sllch children in their charge the age,