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Compulsory School Attendance Act of 1915 Enacted
South Carolina General Assembly passes a law requiring compulsory school attendance for children aged eight to fourteen starting July 1 1915. It details exemptions for poverty illness distance over two and a half miles and other cases, plus duties for Trustees and penalties for violations. It also sets census duties, school records, and mechanisms to initiate enforcement by petition or election.
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General Assembly
State of
South Carolina
County Board of Education
Board of Trustees
Guar
Dian
County Superintendent of Education
Phall
Amine
County Board of Registration
Board of Education
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Education