The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-07-21
AN ACT TO REGULATE SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE OF ALL Chill
DREN WITHIN CERTAIN AGES.
AND PROVIDE FOR THE EN-
FORCEMENT THEREOF.

1Hi<D nv WIFE FON HE EN- ,
FORCEMENT THEREOF.
Section | Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State OF
South Carolina: That every parent,
guardian on other person having
charge Of any chill between eight
and fourteen years Of age, inclusive,
must send such child 10 a pubic, pri-
ratc or parochial school on to com
pctcnt tutor, subject TO the approval
of the County Superintendent of
Education, for four cons ecutive
months. or eighty consecutive school
days, during the scholastic year that
the school attended is in session:
Provided, that in case the term OF
any school is less than four months,
or eighty school days, attendance for
1hc full term Of such school shall be
sufficient to meet the requirements
of this Act, except as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 2. Upon the written petition
of a majority of the qualified cleo
tors residing in any school district
requesting 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 a longer school term than four
months is now maintained and at
tendance is required under the local
option law
physical, mental OF moral condition
units it for attendance at school is
exempt from the requirements Of
-section 1; that such child must be
designated as unfit by a person COM
petent to judge and appointed to do
so by the County Board of Educa-
ton.
Sec. 4. That any child living more
than two and onc-half miles from
any public, private or parochial
school, snd any child under twelve
years of age living more than two
miles from such 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 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 its instruction in the
English language, and it must teach
such subjects as are required in a
similar public school in South Caro-
lima and be supervised by the County
superintendent of Education or Su-
pervisor of Public Schools.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Board of Trustees of each school
district to determine at what time the
period Of compulsory attendance
shall start in their respective dis
tricts, 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 before 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 four
teen years, inclusive, unless an At.
tendance Officer is maintained in
their district, shall make report to
the chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees of his or her district on the last
Friday in July Of each year, showing
the names of all such children in
their charge, the age, sex and race,
and name and local address of the
parent or guardian Of each such