CHAPTER XXI SCHOOL CENSUS [Article 24] Bureau in New York City.- The Board of Education of New York City is required to establish a Bureau of Compulsory Education, School Census, and Child Welfare. Such board is also authorized to prescribe by-laws, rules, and regulations for the proper operation and administration of such bureau. The board of superintendents is required to nominate a director and assistant director of such bureau to the board of education, and such board has the power to appoint these officers. Attendance officers, enumerators, clerks and other employees necessary for the administration of the work of such bureau are chosen in the same manner. The term of office of the director and assistant director is six years each. No person is eligible to either of these positions who is not a graduate of an approved college or university, and who has also had five years' experience in teaching or in supervisory work since graduation. A person who holds a principal's license for any bureau of the city of New York obtained upon examination, and who has also had ten years' experience in teaching or supervisory work is also eligible. Under the direction of this bureau the attendance officers and enumerators appointed by the board are required to take a census of all the children between the ages of four and eighteen years of age residing within the boundaries of the city. This bureau is required to amend such census from day to day so that at all times there shall be kept on file in the bureau a complete, up-todate census of the names and residences of such children. The general direction and supervision of the school census. bureau is under the city superintendent of schools, and the bureau is so organized that the director of the bureau is charged with the administration of the compulsory attendance law and the assistant director of the bureau with the administration of the census law. Census Board in Buffalo and Rochester.- The mayor, the superintendent of schools and the police commissioner, or the officer performing the duties similar to those of a police commissioner, constitute a permanent census board in the cities of Buffalo and Rochester. Officers of Such Board. The mayor is the chairman of such board. The board also has the power to appoint a secretary and such clerks and other employees as may be necessary and to fix their salaries. Census Required.— The census board is required to prescribe regulations to make effective the census law and under such. regulations the police commissioners were required to cause a census to be taken in their respective cities during the month of October, 1909. The census boards are required to obtain through the police force the residences and employments of all persons between the ages of four and eighteen years and to report thereon from time to time to the school authorities of their respective cities. After the census of October, 1909, was taken it became the duty of the census board to cause the same to be amended from day to day. It is the duty of the police to report daily, precinct by precinct, changes of residence which occur among the children between the ages of four and eighteen. The police should likewise report daily the names and addresses of all children between such ages who move into the city. The census board should therefore always have on file in its office a complete list of the names, addresses, occupations and persons in parental relation, of all persons between the ages of four and eighteen. While the law makes it the duty of the police to make daily reports and to take the permanent census required under the law, the census board may employ such enumerators or other help as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the law. It should also be understood that while parents are required to report certain data to the police a failure on the part of parents to make such report does not relieve the police or the census board from obtaining this data. The burden of the enforcement of this law is placed primarily upon the census board, and also upon the police, and this board and the police must obtain all information necessary to keep the census properly revised from day to day. Parents Required to Report.-A person in parental relation to a child is required to report at the police station house of the precinct in which he resides the following: I. The name of each child, its residence, the name of the person in parental relation thereto and the name and location of the school such child is to attend at least two weeks before such child becomes of the compulsory school age. 2. The facts relating to the removal of a child of compulsory school age from one school to another, for any cause whatever, and of a child going to work in accordance with the provisions of the labor law. 3. The change of residence of a child from one police precinct to another and such other facts relating to such child as required by the two previous subdivisions. 4. The residence of a child between four and eighteen who moves into such city and such other facts relating thereto as the census board may require. Census in Cities of the Second and Third Class.— Under an amendment to the census law by the Legislature of 1917 the school authorities of cities of the second and third class are no longer` required to take a census of the children of the city every four years. This amendment to the Education Law provides that the board of education of each city of the second class and of the third class shall constitute a permanent census board. This board is required to take a census of all children between the ages of four and eighteen years of age in its city. This census must be amended from day to day so that there shall always be on file in the office of said board of education a complete, up-to-date census, including all the census information required of cities of the first class and such additional information as the board of education may require under its regulations. The board of education of these cities becomes a permanent census board and is required to establish a census bureau. The board must appoint such directors, clerks, enumerators, attendance officers, etc., as may be necessary to keep an up-to-date census as required under the law. School Census in School Districts. The trustee or board of trustees of every school district shall annually on the thirtieth day of August cause a census of all children between the ages of five and eighteen to be taken in duplicate in their respective school districts, and one copy thereof filed with the teacher on the first day of school and the other copy filed with the district superintendent on or before the fifteenth day of September. Such census shall include the information required from cities as provided in this article. (See L. 1919, ch. 100, amending § 652 of the Education Law.) Withhold Information or Giving False Information.-A parent, guardian, or other person having the control of a child between the ages of four and eighteen years who withholds or refuses to give information in relation to such child as required under the census law, or a parent, guardian or other person in custody of a child who gives false information in relation thereto is liable to a fine not to exceed twenty dollars and imprisonment not to exceed thirty days. Expenses of Census.- The expense involved in taking a census required under this law is a charge upon the city, town or school district for which it is taken. It is the duty of municipal authorities to appropriate or set apart sufficient funds for this work. The census board in a city should file annually with the proper municipal authorities an estimate of the amount required for such work. A board of education should include in its annual budget a sufficient amount for this purpose. REVIEW QUESTIONS How is the census board for New York City organized? Who are eligible to the office of director or assistant director? What are their terms of office? What powers has the bureau? State fully the powers and duties of the bureau for New York City. Who constitute a census board for Buffalo and for Rochester? Who is chairman of the census board? What other officers does such board have? How are such officers chosen? Who fixes their salaries? What regulations may such board prescribe? In what year was a complete census to be taken? What officer was charged with this duty? What information is the census board required to obtain? Through what officers is this information obtained? To whom must the census board make reports? Explain how the census of 1909 is to be amended. What is the duty of the police in this respect? What should the census office always contain? Must the census board rely solely upon the police to do the work required? If parents fail to perform their duty, what is the duty of the census board? To whom must parents make reports? State the four points upon which they must report. How is the board constituted? What are the powers and duties of such board? Who are required to take a census in school districts? How often? On what date? With whom are copies of census filed; when? What information must be obtained? What penalty is prescribed for refusing to give or withholding any information required, or for giving false information? Who pays the expenses incurred in taking this census? How are the funds obtained in a city? In a school district? CHAPTER XXII MEDICAL INSPECTION, VACCINATION, PHYSICAL TRAINING, MILITARY INSTRUCTION [Article 26] MEDICAL INSPECTION General. The Legislature of 1913 enacted a medical inspection law, which applies to each school district and city of the State, except cities of the first class. Under the terms of this act, the power to superintend and direct the medical inspection in public schools is the school authorities. The health authorities no longer possess jurisdiction in relation to this subject. The law is mandatory, and makes it the duty of boards of education and trustees to appoint necessary medical inspectors and nurses, and to see that this law is properly enforced. Medical Inspectors.- Persons appointed medical inspectors under this law must be physicians, licensed to practice in the State, and who have had at least two years such practice. A medical inspector for a district outside a city is not required to be a resident of such district. The nurses authorized under this law must be registered nurses, and licensed to practice as such. The law requires the board of education of each city to appoint at least one medical inspector, and such additional inspectors as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of the law. Such |