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Newspaper
Sedalia Weekly Conservator
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1905
Page
2
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Persuades young readers to act, urging earnest effort to create chances rather than wait. Praises Dr J W E Bowen for inspiring leadership and race progress. Highlights Johnston Compulsory School Law and the need for education to curb crime, urging public figures to promote school attendance.
Missouri General Assembly approves a law enforcing child education from ages eight to sixteen with attendance officers in larger cities. It requires regular school attendance, permits temporary exemptions, and authorizes arrests or fines for noncompliance. The act also funds and allows parochial and private schools to join the public system and mandates annual public notification of the act.
The act allows districts with 3000+ population to appoint attendance officers. They enforce school attendance, assign habitual truants or incorrigible youths to appropriate schools, and determine compensation. Children deemed juvenile disorderly may be directed by boards or courts to attend specified programs or schools.
The district advises that no child between eight and fourteen may be employed in mines factories workshops or mercantile establishments. Employers must obtain a certificate from the school superintendent or teacher confirming attendance or excusal. Violators face fines from twenty to fifty dollars plus costs. Prosecutions occur in courts with jurisdiction by population. fines are directed to the county permanent school fund.
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