School Laws for Free Public Schools of the State of Delaware, 1898-1913

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"The Smyrna Times" Print, 1913 - Educational law and legislation - 148 pages
 

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Page 96 - Three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.
Page 26 - ... the suit of any person prosecuting for and making due proof of such failure or neglect; and if any keeper...
Page 26 - Provision shall be made by the proper local authorities for instructing all pupils in all schools supported by public money or under control of the State, in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the effects of alcoholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human system.
Page 96 - Two of the members shall be elected for one year, two for two years, and two for three years, and each year thereafter two members shall be elected to serve for three years. The president shall be elected annually.
Page 119 - ... each week, during the whole of each term of school, shall be devoted to teaching the pupils thereof kindness and justice to and humane treatment and protection of birds and animals, and the important part they fulfill in the economy of nature. It shall be optional with each teacher whether it shall be a consecutive half-hour or a few minutes daily, or whether such teaching shall be through, humane reading, daily incidents, stories, personal example or in connection with nature-story.
Page 64 - That every parent, guardian or other person, in the state of Kansas, having control of any child or children between the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be required to send such child or children to a public school...
Page 24 - ... for which offense a special penalty is not prescribed, shall be fined for a first offense not more than $500; for a second offense not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned not more than ninety days; for any subsequent offense he shall be fined not less than $500 and be imprisoned not less than three months nor more than two years.
Page 3 - ARTICLE X. EDUCATION. Section 1. The General Assembly shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of a general and efficient system of free public schools...
Page 83 - ... the first Tuesday of April of the second year succeeding the first election, and on the first Tuesday of April of every year thereafter, an election shall be held for the election of the required number of members of the district board who shall take office on the third Tuesday of the same month and shall hold office for the term of three years, or until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified.
Page 65 - That the certificate of any principal or teacher of a private school, or of any Institution for the education of children, in which the common English branches are taught, setting forth that the work of said school is in compliance with the provisions of this act...

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