tax of one-half of one per centum on the assessed valuation of the district, the tuition of the academic pupils attending such high school or academic pupils from such contracting district may be paid by the State as provided by section 493 of this chapter. [Subdivision 4 added by L. 1915, ch. 194, and amended by L. 1921, ch. 387, in effect April 30, 1921.]

§ 586 Report of pupils from other districts. The children attending a school under any such contract shall be reported to the Commissioner of Education by the trustees or board of education of the district or city wherein such children attend school as though they were residents of such city or school district.

ARTICLE 22

[Article amended by L. 1919, ch. 531]

General Industrial Schools, Unit Trade and Technical Schools, Part-time or Continuation Schools, Practical Arts or Homemaking Schools and Schools of Agriculture, Mechanic Arts and Homemaking

Section 600 General industrial schools, unit trade and technical schools, schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, evening vocational schools, practical arts or homemaking schools and1 may be established in cities

601 Part-time or continuation schools shall be established in cities and school districts

602 Establishment of general industrial schools and unit trade and technical schools, and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, practical arts or homemaking schools, evening Vocational schools; directors of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking

603 Appointment of an advisory board

604 Authority of the board of education over such schools

605 State aid for general industrial schools, unit trade and technical

schools, practical arts or homemaking schools, part-time or continuation schools, schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking and evening vocational schools

606 Application of such moneys

607 Annual estimate by board of education and appropriations by municipal and school districts

608 Courses in schools of agriculture for training of teachers

§ 600 General industrial schools, trade schools and schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, may be established in cities. The board of

1 So in original.

education of any city may establish, acquire, conduct and maintain as a part of the public school system of such city the following:

1 General industrial schools in communities of less than twentyfive thousand inhabitants open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course or who have attained the age of fourteen years; and

2 Unit trade and technical schools open to pupils who have attained the age of fourteen years or who have completed the elementary school course or who have met such other requirements as the Commissioner of Education may have prescribed; and

3 Schools of agriculture, mechanic arts and homemaking, open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course or who have attained the age of fourteen, or who have met such other requirements as the local school authorities may have prescribed; and

4 Practical arts or homemaking schools open to pupils who have completed the elementary school course, or who have attained the age of fourteen years, or who have met such other require ments as the Commissioner of Education may have prescribed. Special requirements may be prescribed for courses conducted in communities of less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants.

5 Evening vocational schools in which instruction shall be given in the trades and in industrial, agricultural and homemaking subjects, and which shall be open to pupils over sixteen years of age, who are regularly and lawfully employed during the day and which provide instruction in subjects related to the practical work carried on in such employment; but such evening vocational schools providing instruction in homemaking shall be open to all women over sixteen years of age who are employed in any capacity during the day.

The word "school," as used in this article, shall include any department or course of instruction established and maintained in a public school for any of the purposes specified in this section. [Amended by L. 1919, ch. 531, in effect August 1, 1919.]

§ 601 Part-time or continuation schools shall be established in cities and school districts having a population of five thousand or more inhabitants. a The board of education of each city and of each such school district in which there are twenty or more minors above the age of fourteen years and below the age of eighteen years, who are not in regular attendance upon instruction, shall establish and

maintain part-time or continuation schools or classes in which such minors shall receive instruction. Such schools or classes may be established in public school buildings, in other buildings especially adapted for their operation, in manufacturing or mercantile establishments and in factories. Such schools or classes, wherever they are established or maintained, shall be under the control and management of the board of education and shall be a part of the publie school system of the city or district which. maintains them. Courses of study in private or parochial parttime or continuation schools or classes which meet the require ments of the statutes and the regulations prescribed thereunder may be approved by the Commissioner of Education and, when thus approved, attendance thereon shall be accepted for that required under this article.

b Such part-time or continuation schools or classes shall be maintained each year during the full period of time which the public schools of a city or district are in session. The sessions of such part-time or continuation schools or classes shall be on the regular school days and for as many hours between the hours of eight o'clock forenoon and five o'clock afternoon as shall be necessary to provide the required instruction for such minors who reside in said city or district.

c The courses of study in such part-time or continuation schools or classes shall be approved by the Commissioner of Education and shall include among other subjects instruction in American history, the rights and obligations of citizenship, industrial history, economics, the essential features of the laws relating to the industries taught, and shall also include such other subjects as will enlarge the vocational intelligence of such minors.

d The board of education of each city and of each such school district shall make necessary arrangements to begin to operate and maintain such part-time or continuation schools or classes, on the opening of the public schools in September, 1920, and shall annually thereafter in September open and maintain additional schools and classes so that by the opening of the public schools in September, 1925, a sufficient number of such schools shall have been established as to afford the required instruction under this article to those minors who are required to attend such schools or classes.

e Each minor under the age of eighteen years, who is not in regular attendance upon a public, private or parochial school or who is regularly and lawfully employed in some occupation or service, unless such minor has completed a four-year secondary

course of instruction approved by the Regents of the University, shall attend a part-time or continuation school or class in the city or district in which such minor resides or may be employed. Such attendance shall be for not less than four hours per week and not more than eight hours per week for each week which such school or class is in session except that the school authorities may, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education, permit any such minor to increase the number of hours per week of required attendance and decrease the number of weeks of required attendance. Such minor who is temporarily out of regular employment or service shall attend such school not less than twenty hours per week. The attendance upon a part-time or continuation school or class shall be between the hours of eight o'clock forenoon and five o'clock afternoon.

f The Commissioner of Education shall make a survey of each city or district to ascertain the industrial, commercial, economic and social needs of such city or district and the benefits and op portunities to be afforded through the establishment of such parttime or continuation schools or classes to the community and to those who are required to attend such schools or classes. The Industrial Commission and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Education in making such

survey.

g The Regents of the University shall establish regulations to govern and regulate the administration of such part-time or continuation schools or classes and the attendance of minors thereon. To meet local necessities the board of education of each city or school district may establish regulations but such regulations shall not conflict with the regulations adopted by the Regents.

h The parent, guardian or other person having the custody or control of a minor who is required under the provisions of this article to attend a part-time or continuation school or class shall cause such minor to attend such school or class. A parent,

guardian or other person who refuses or fails to comply with this provision of the law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. Any minor under seventeen years of age who fails to attend upon instruction as defined by this article shall be subject to the provisions of section 635 of the Education Law. [Subdivision h amended by L. 1921, ch. 386, in effect September 1, 1921.]

i Any person, firm or corporation employing a minor between the ages of fourteen years and eighteen years shall permit the

attendance of such minor upon a part-time school or class whenever such part-time school or class shall have been established in the city or district where the minor resides or may be employed, and upon the termination of employment of any such minor the employer shall return within three days the employment certificate of such minor by mail to the school authorities, and a person, firm or corporation employing a minor over fourteen years of age and less than eighteen years of age contrary to the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of not less than twentyfive dollars and not more than one hundred dollars for each offense or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than five days and not more than ten days, or by such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court. A person, firm or corporation, which has in its employ a minor who fails to attend. a part-time or continuation school or class as required herein, shall immediately discontinue the services of such minor upon receiving from the school authorities written notice of the failure of such minor to attend such part-time or continuation school or class, and a person, firm or corporation violating this provision of law shall be subject to a fine of fifty dollars for each offense.

j The board of education of each city or district having a population of five thousand or more inhabitants is hereby required to enforce the provisions of this law and the Commissioner of Education is hereby charged with the duty and vested with necessary authority to supervise the enforcement and administration of this act.

k If the authorities of such a city or school district fail or refuse to provide the necessary funds for the establishment and maintenance of such part-time or continuation schools or classes as are required under this law, the city or district shall forfeit from the funds due such city or district from the State for school purposes an amount equal to that which is estimated by the board of education as necessary to properly operate and maintain such schools or classes. The public or state funds thus forfeited by such city or district shall be apportioned by the Commissioner of Education. to the board of education of such city or district for the purpose of maintaining such part-time or continuation schools or classes and the board of education of the city or district receiving such funds shall apply the same toward the maintenance of such schools or classes and in payment of the expenses incurred thereby. [Amended by L. 1919, ch. 531, in effect August 1, 1919.]

§ 602 Establishment of general industrial and unit trade and technical schools, and schools of agri