Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-08-04
Section 1. School Attendance Re-
Quired-Age Limits

Be it enacted gby the General Assem-
bly, of the State Of South Carolina
That every parent, guardian or other
person having charge Of any child be-
tween eight and fourteen years of
age, inclusive, must send such child
to a public, private or parochial
school or to competent tutor, sub
ject to the approval of the County Su-
perintendent of Education, for for
consecutive months. or eighty eonse-
cutive school days, during the scho-
lastic 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 the full term of such
school shall be sufficient to meet the
requirements of this act, except as
hereinafter provided.
Attendance for Full Tlrnm of
School May Be Required
Upon the written petition of ma
jority of the qualified electors resid-
ing 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 at
tendance in any district where a lon
ger school term than four months is
now maintained and attendance is re-
CURED under the local option law.
8. Exemption
That any child whose physical, men
tai or moral condition units it for
attendance at school is exempt from
the requirements Of Section |; that
such child must be designated as un-
fit by person competent to Judge and
appointed to do so by the County
Board of Education.
4. Exemption on Account Of Dis.
tance from School,
That any child living more than two
and one-half miles from any public,
private or Iparochial school, and any
child under twelve years of age liv-
ing more than two miles from such
school, may claim exemption from the
requirement Of Section l Provided,
That any pupil living within one mile
)f any regular route of a school wag-
on may not claim exemption.
.. Approval of Private Schools
That any private or parochial school
attended by any child between eight
md. fourteen wears of age shall be
first approved by the State Board of
Education. Such school must give it's
Instruction in the English language,
nd it must teach such subjects as are
eQuired in a similar public school in
'outh Carolina and be supervised by
he County Superintendent of Educa-
of Public Schools.
6. Duties Of School TrusteeS-Re.
'Orts from Parents and Guardians
)f Observation-Disclosures Officers
1t shall be the duty of the Board of
trustees of each school district to de-
ot hof hn nf
compulsory attendance shall start in
heir respective districts, and to post
,ue 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 compul-
sorry attendance to begin. Every par
ent or guardian having charge of Q
child or children between the years
Of seven and fourteen years, inclusive,
unless an Attendance Officer is main
tained in their district, shall take a
report to the Chairman of he Board
of Trustees Of his or her district on
the last Friday in July OF each year,
showing the names of all such child
rem in their charge, the age, sex and
race, and name and local address of
the parent or guardian of each such
child; and any parent or guardidr
having charge of such chill or child
rem who shall fail to make such re-
port at the time aforesaid, or shall
wilfully make an incorrect report,
shall be subject to such fine CT I'M
prisonment as in hereinafter imposed
for nonattendance. 1t shall be the
duty of the Chairman Of the Board of
Trustees Of each school district to
make report of such children and to
send copy of the said report to the
County Superintendent of Education of
their respective counties not later than
the 18th day of August of each year,
and also to supply list Of the names
of such children to the respective
teachers of the schools which the said
children should attend; Provided, That
the Board of Trustees or School Com
missioners of any school district or
group Of districts may nominate to
the County Board of Education, or in
case of a special independent school