1 such truancy or habitual absence in each case, if known. All such cases of truancy so reported shall be brought to the notice of the proper truant officer by the county superintendent of public instruction or by the superintendent of the city by which he is employed. (Laws 1903, ch. 423, sec. 5.) 43 § 214. Annual School Census. [9420] In order that the provisions of this act may be more definitely enforced, it is hereby provided that the enumerators of school children, in taking their annual school census, shall ascertain and record the name, place44 and date of birth of every child enumerated, and the parent, guardian or persons having charge or control of such child shall subscribe and take oath or affirmation that such record is true. The enumerator is hereby empowered to administer such oath or affirmation; and any parent, guardian or person having charge or control of any child who shall refuse to take such oath or affirmation shall be adjudged guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than ten dollars. (Laws 1903, ch. 423, sec. 6.) § 215. Deaf, Mute and Blind Must be Educated. [9441] That every parent, guardian, company, corporation, association, person or persons within the state of Kansas having control or charge of any deaf, dumb or blind child or person between the ages of seven and twenty-one years, inclusive, shall be required to send such child or person to some suitable school where deaf and blind are taught and educated. The instruction given the deaf shall be conducted either orally or by sign method, or both, for a period of at least five months in each year; provided, that this will not apply to such child or person where skilled private instruction is given for the same length of time each year. It shall be the duty of the truant officer provided in section 2, Laws of 1903, to enforce the provisions of this act, the same as provided for the enforcement of chapter 423, Laws of 1903. (Laws 1905, ch. 384, sec. 1.) § 216. Penalty. [9442] Any parent, guardian, company, corporation, association, member of any company, corporation, or association, person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be adjudged to pay a fine in any sum not to exceed $100. (Laws 1905, ch. 384, sec. 2.) § 217. Education of Children in Asylums. [6848] Whenever it shall be necessary and practicable, poor children of the asylums who can not be bound out, or whom it may not be expedient to bind out, shall be educated thereat, or at the 43. In all districts under the supervision of the county superintendent the district clerk is the enumerator. 44. Address at the date of census. 6-Sch. Laws. schools of the district in which such asylums may be situated, or in some adjacent district, and the board of county commissioners of any such county may arrange with such school district or districts for the education of such children and allow a reasonable tuition fee therefor. (Laws 1905, ch. 385, sec. 1.) CHAPTER VII.-Consolidation. §218. Temporary consolidation of districts 219. Procedure in consolidation. 221. Transportation of pupils. 222. Compensation to parents for transportation. §223. Powers of district meetings of district board. 224. County superintendent to be notified. 226. Property of districts. 228. Duties and powers of district board. § 218. Temporary Consolidation of Districts by County Superintendent. [8934] The county superintendent of public instruction may, when any two or more adjoining school districts have less than five pupils each of school age, combine the pupils of such districts, and provide for a term of school, which shall be divided among the districts so combined as he shall deem most convenient, and to which the pupils of each shall be admitted; he shall prorate the expense between the districts in proportion to the number of pupils from each, and shall certify same to the county clerk on or before the 1st day of August of each year, and the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax against the property of said district sufficient to raise the amount shown by the said certificate; provided, that whenever the school population of such districts so combined or of any school district shall become less than five no term of school shall be held, but provision shall be made by the county superintendent for sending pupils to other schools, as now provided by law in the case of districts which vote to have no school, and in no case shall more than one school be held at the same time in any school district, consolidated or otherwise, unless there be a regular attendance of at least five bona fide pupils for each of the additional schools in said district. All contracts with teachers shall be made subject to the provisions of this act. (Laws 1901, ch. 307, sec. 11.) $219. Procedure in Consolidation. [8938] By order of the district board, or by a written petition of twenty-five per cent of the voters of any school district, the clerk of said school district shall post printed notices as required for schooldistrict meetings, calling a school-district meeting at the schoolhouse of said district for the purpose of voting upon a proposition to consolidate said school district with one or more school districts as stated in said notices. The vote in any district may be made conditional on a similar proposition carrying in part or all of the districts voting. In any school district voting on the proposition a majority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to carry the proposition in said district. The vote at such school-district meeting shall be by ballot, which shall read "For consolidation" or "Against consolidation." Upon such proposition being carried, the clerk of said school district shall thereupon, in writing, notify the county superintendent of such action. Upon receiving such notice, it shall be the duty of the county superintendent to designate a time and place for the meeting for the purpose of electing a school board, consisting of a director, clerk and treasurer, notice of which meeting shall be given by printed notices posted in five public places in the districts uniting. As soon as such officers are elected and have taken the oath of office, the county superintendent shall declare the old districts disorganized; provided, that said school board is authorized to maintain separately till the end of the term any schools that may be in session at the time of consolidation. (Laws 1911, ch. 275, sec. 1.) § 220. Consolidation with a District Containing a Graded School. [8939] Any school district may be annexed to a school district containing a graded school upon a proposition for such annexation receiving a majority of votes cast at an election called for that purpose as provided for in section 1 of this act, and upon said proposition receiving the approval of the district board of the school district containing said graded school. Upon the county superintendent receiving notification that such proposition has been carried at said election and approved by the school board of the school district containing the graded school, the county superintendent shall annex said district. Such annexation shall take place in accordance with section 7435 of the General Statutes of 1909, and after such district is formed it shall be governed by the provisions governing consolidated districts. A graded school for the purpose of this act shall be one in which two or more teachers are employed. (Laws 1911, ch. 275, sec. 2.) § 221. Transportation of Pupils. That section 8940 of the General Statutes of 1915 be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 8940. The district board of consolidated school districts shall provide for the comfortable transportation of the pupils of said district who live two or more miles from the schoolhouse by the usually traveled road, in a safe and inclosed conveyance or conveyances, or in lieu thereof said district board may make such allowance and payment to the parents, or other custodians of pupils who furnish their own transportation as to the district board may seem just and proper, not exceeding 25 cents per day for each pupil so transported, and shall establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section; provided, that said district board may establish regular routes for the transportation of such pupils. (Laws 1917, ch. 276, sec. 1.) In § 222. Compensation to Parents for Transportation. cases where it is impracticable to reach certain places by a laid-out route of travel, said school district board may fix a compensation for the carrying of pupils living in such out-of the-way places, to reach the regularly laid-out route and such compensation shall be paid to the parents of such pupils wheneven such special regulations shall be approved by the county school superintendent. (Laws 1917, ch. 276, sec. 2.) § 223. Powers of District Meetings and of District Board. [8941] The annual or special meetings of consolidated school districts shall have such general powers and duties as are proIvided by law for school-district meetings45. The duties and powers of the district board of consolidated districts shall include those provided by law for district boards. (Laws 1911, ch. 275, sec. 4.) § 224. County Superintendent to be Notified. [8943] Upon the organization of such union school districts, as hereinbefore provided, the clerk of the board thereof shall notify the county superintendent in writing that such action has been taken. (Laws 1901, ch. 305, sec. 3.) § 225. Record of Boundary. [8944] The boundary of the union district, when formed, shall include the territory of the districts so uniting, and the county superintendent shall, upon proper notice thereof, at once make a record of such boundary; provided, that by vote of the electors of any district uniting to form a union district part of the district may unite with one union district and part with another adjacent union district. (Laws 1901, ch. 305, sec. 4.) § 226. Property of Districts. [8945] Upon the organization of such union school district, all school property, except as hereinbefore provided, heretofore owned by the several districts so uniting, shall at once become the property of such union school district, and the board of directors of the said union school district are hereby authorized to dispose of any or all such property as the best interests of such district may require. (Laws 1901, ch. 305, sec. 5.) § 227. Name. [8946] Such union school district, when formed, shall be known as union school district No. -, county of state of Kansas, and be a body corporate, with power to sue and be sued. (Laws 1901, ch. 305, sec. 7.) § 228. Duties and Powers of District Board.46 [8947] The duties and powers of the board of directors heretofore mentioned shall be the same as those provided by law for schooldistrict boards. (Laws 1901, ch. 305, sec. 8.) 45. See chapter X of this book. 46. See chapter X of this book. |