Education Act 1891 (SA)

ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO QUARTO ET QUINQUA-

GESIMO QUINTO

VICTORIB REGIN&.

A.D. 1891.

No. 507.

An Act to further amend " The Education Act, 1875."

[Assented to, Octoder ~ g t h, 1891.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the Province of South

lative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this	B Australia, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis-
present Parliament assembled, as follows:

1, From and after the first day of January, one thousand eight NO schoolfeeepayablo

hundred and ninety-two, no school fee shall be payable by any $ ' ~ ~, ~ ~ $ ~ ~ ~	parent to the Minister, or to any teacher of a public school reachedoompdso~
cstablishcd under the provisions of " The Education Act, 1875," for ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ $ ~ ~ d
the education of anv child in any such school until such child shall sears. have been educated LP to the cohpulwry standard, and has attttained
the age of thirteen years.

2, The Minister may by regulation fix a special or distinct scale Fees payable when

of fees to be paid by the parent of any child whose education shall ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &. d,

be carriedr beyond the compulsory standard, and who shall have &c.

attained the age of thirteen years; and all fces payable shall. be

paid to the Treasurer for the public service of the province: Pro- Definition of 6 t ?m-

vided that the compulsory standard shall only comprise such subjects pdmq

,tanha.

as are included in the course of instruction and cxarnination at

present provided for the fourth class in public schools.

3, Sections 13, 14, 15, and 20 of '( The Education Act, 1875," B v e ~ o f s e ~ o n ~ 18

aad section 4 of " The Education Amendment Act, 1878," are of l876,andseotioud	14, 16, 20 of Act 11,
hereby repealed.	of Aat 122 of ra78,

6Q7 4, The

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Compulsory atten-

dance. 4, The parent of every child of not less than seven nor more than

nine years of age shall cause such child to attend a public school, or a certified efficient school, for a period of not less than t,hir ty-five school days in each school quarter of the year, if there be such a school within two miles of such child's residence, measured by the nearest road; and the parent of every child of not less than nine nor more than thirteen years of age shall cause such child to attend for a like period if there shall be such a school within three miles of the residence of such child, measured by the nearest road, unless some reasonable excuse for non-attendance be shown by the parent. Any

of the following reasons shall be deemed a reasonable excuse-

r. That the child is under efficient instruction at home or else-

where:

11. That the child has been prevented from attending school by

sickness, danger of infection, temporary or permanent infirmity, or any unavoidable cause; but such excuse shall not be entertained unless the parent has given the teacher notice thereof within a reasoqable time after the occurrence of such prevention:

111. That the child has been educated up to the compulsory

standard.

In the event of any child on the roll of a public school being unable to attend for any reason, the parent shall inform the teacher of the said school of the same: Provided that children of not less than five years of age and children of more than thirteen years of age may attend school.

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admission of child in 5. The Minister may refuse the admission of any child to any

certain o w e.	school in the casc of any child for whom accommodation ha3 been provided in another sch:hool nearer to the dwelling-place of the said
child.

Additionalregulations 6. In addition to the powers given in the principal Act for

may be made.	making regulations, regulations may be made for prohibiting the attendance at school of any child suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, or whose presence may be injurious to
the health or welfare of the other children, and also for
compelling the parents of children to furnish any information required by the Minister as to the names, dates of birth, place of residence of children, and name of last school attended.

T ~ h ~ r s n o t t * 7. NO teacher of any school shall be summoned to attend on

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any school day to serve as a juryman on any jury, whether civil or

criminal.

Eleation of Boards

of Aavicw,

8, Notwithstanding anything contained in section 17 of the

Education Act of 1875, at least one-half of the members of Boards

of Advice shall, after a date to be fixed by the regulations, be

elected

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elected for a period of three years (at least one-third to retire annually) hy the parents of children attending sclrools, in such

manner and at silc1-r times as may be fixed by regul a t' lons.

9, Except in so fa r as the same arc hereby altcred, this: *let, the ~noorporation.

said "The Education Act, 1875,'"he " Education ,let l~nrer~dment

Act, 2877," and The Education Amendment Act, 1878," shall be

incorporated and read together as one Act.

10, This Act may be cited as '' The Education Acta Amendment Short title.

Act, 1891."

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, 1 hereby assent to

this Bill,

TUNTORE, Governor,

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Adelaide: By e~ithority, C. E. BRISTOW, Government Printer, North-terrace.