proportion as taxes for the current expenses of such union-graded school shall be apportioned and assessed, and the moneys so assessed shall be levied and collected by the collectors of the several taxing districts, and the said collectors shall, on or before the fifth day of January next thereafter, pay the full amount so ordered to be assessed, levied and collected to the custodian of the school moneys of said union-graded school, who shall, upon receipt of the orders of said board of education. (which orders shall state at what bank said principal and interest are payable), deposit in such bank the sum of money necessary to pay said principal and interest as they shall become due and payable. ARTICLE XII. KINDERGARTENS. Ages of dergartens. pupils in kin 161. (145.) The board of education of any school district may establish a kindergarten school or a kindergarten department in any school under its control, and shall admit to such kindergarten school or department any child over the age of four and under the age of seven years who shall be a resident of the district; provided, Proviso. that no child under the age of five years shall be admitted to any public school unless such school shall be a regularly organized kindergarten school or shall have a kindergarten department. 162. (146.) Every teacher in a kindergarten school or department shall hold a special kindergarten certificate, issued by the State Board of Examiners. Teachers gartens must in kinder hold special certificate. Ibid. Ibid. 163. (147.) The expense of kindergarten schools or Expenses. departments shall be paid out of any moneys available for the current expenses of the schools, and in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the expenses of the other schools or departments shall be paid. ARTICLE XIII. EVENING SCHOOLS. 164. (148.) The board of education of any school district may establish and maintain public evening schools for the instruction of persons over twelve years of age residents of the district, and unless such evening schools shall be maintained for a term of not less than four months in each year, each of said months to consist of at least sixteen evening sessions of at least two hours each, said district shall not be entitled to any apportionment on the basis of the number of teachers employed in such schools during the year preceding that for which the apportionment shall be made. 165. (149.) The expenses of evening schools shall be paid out of any moneys available for the current expenses of the schools, and in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the expenses of day schools shall be paid. 166. (1.) The board of education of any school district may establish and maintain a public evening school or evening schools for the instruction of foreign-born residents of said district, over fourteen years of age, in the English language and in the form of government and the laws of this State and of the United States. Every teacher employed in such a school shall hold a special teacher's certificate, valid as a license to teach in such schools. The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules for the proper control and management of such schools, for the inspection thereof, for the granting of certificates to teach therein, and for carrying into effect the purposes of this act. The course of study in each of such schools and any changes therein shall be submitted to and shall be approved by the State Board of Education. 167. (2.) Whenever in any school district there shall have been raised by special appropriation or special tax, or by subscription, or both, such sum as, in the judgment of the State Board of Education, shall be sufficient for the maintenance in such district of an evening school or schools as aforesaid, there shall be paid for such purpose to the custodian of the school moneys of said district, on the order of the Commissioner of Education, an amount equal to that raised therein as aforesaid, which amount shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the State Comptroller; provided, said order Proviso. shall not be issued until the course of study in such school or schools or any changes therein shall have been approved by the State Board of Education. The moneys appropriated by the State as aforesaid to any school district shall not exceed in any year the sum of five thousand dollars. The custodian of the school moneys of the school district shall be the legal custodian of any and moneys. all funds appropriated, raised or subscribed for the maintenance of such evening schools. He shall keep a separate and distinct account thereof, and shall disburse said moneys on orders signed by the president and district clerk or secretary of the board of education. 168. (3.) The board of education of any school district receiving an appropriation from the State for the purpose mentioned in this act shall annually, on or before the first day of August, make a special report to the Commissioner of Education in the manner and form prescribed by him. Limit to state appro priation. Custodian of school Special remissioner of port to Com Education. Ibid. 169. (4.) The State Board of Education may, from Assistance. time to time, appoint suitable persons to assist in carrying out the provisions of this act and to encourage the establishment of such evening schools. The persons so appointed shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be paid the necessary expenses incurred by them under the provisions of this act. 170. (5.) The expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the State Comptroller, but no expense shall be incurred nor payment made for any of Expenses incurred met. Ibid. the purposes named in this act until an appropriation therefor shall have been made in a regular appropriation bill. ARTICLE XIV. TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. 171. (150.) Text-books and school supplies shall be. furnished free of cost for use by all pupils in the public schools. Every school district shall raise and appropriate annually in the same manner as other school moneys shall be raised and appropriated in such district an amount sufficient to pay for such text-books and supplies. 172. (151.) Every board of education shall make rules for safekeeping and proper care of text-books, and shall keep an account of all moneys expended by it for such text-books and supplies, and shall report the same in its annual financial statement. 173. (152.) It shall be unlawful for any County Superintendent of Schools, member of a board of education, teacher or any person officially connected with the public schools to be agent for, or to be in any way pecuniarily or beneficially interested in the sale of any textbooks, maps, charts, school apparatus or supplies of any kind or to receive compensation or reward of any kind for any such sale or for unlawfully promoting or favoring the same. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by removal from office or by revocation of certificate to teach. ARTICLE XV. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. 174. (153.) Every parent, guardian or other person having control of a child between the ages of seven and seventeen years inclusive shall cause such child to reg Subjects attendance. If unemployed, to attend high or manual training school. ularly attend a day school in which at least the common school branches of reading, writing, arithmetic, spell- studied. ing, English grammer and geography are taught by a competent teacher, or receive equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school, unless such child is above the age of fifteen years and has completed the grammar school course (prescribed by the State Board of Education), and in addition thereto is regularly and lawfully employed in some useful occupation or service. Such regular attendance shall be during all the days Period of and hours that the public schools are in session in the school district in which the child resides, unless it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Board of Education of the school district in which such child resides, that the bodily or mental condition of such child is such as to prevent his or her attendance at school. If such child be under the age of seventeen years and has completed the grammar school course and is not regularly and lawfully employed in any useful occupation or service, such child shall attend the high school or manual-training school in said school district in which such child resides, if there is a high school or manualtraining school in said district; if there is no high school or manual-training school in said school district, said child shall be transported to a high school or manual-training school as provided in the act to which this is an amendment. Any child above the age of fourteen years who submits satisfactory evidence to the Board of Education of the school district in which such child resides, that it is necessary that such child should be employed in some occupation or service, may be granted by said Board of Education a certificate exempting him or her from the provisions of this section, such exemption to continue so long as said child shall be regularly employed as aforesaid. 175. (154.) Any parent, guardian or other person having the legal control of any child who shall fail to comply with the provisions of section one hundred and Exemption tain con under cer ditions. Penalty for comply with failure to section 153. Special P. L. 1903, session. |