R. L. 42, § 3. 1911, 537. to the following section, for the whole amount paid by it 1898, 496, § 3. for such school year for tuition under section six; if said 1902, 433. valuation exceeds five hundred thousand dollars but not 1918, 198, §§ 5, 8. one million dollars, the reimbursement shall be for three top. A. G. 427 fourths of said amount; and if said valuation exceeds one 75, 98. million dollars, the reimbursement shall be one half of said amount. 2 Op. A. G. to receive no ment. 1908, 427, § 1. SECTION 9. No town shall receive any reimbursement Certain towns for a school year under sections five and eight if its valua- reimbursetion for its fiscal year preceding said school year, divided 1902, 433. by the net average membership of its public schools as defined by section five of chapter seventy for the school year preceding the year for which reimbursement is claimed, exceeds the corresponding quotient for the commonwealth. 1911, 537. 1918, 198, 886, 8. bursement to for tuition of physically disabled pupils. 1918, 198, § 7. SECTION 10. If the school committee of a town of less State reimthan five hundred families or householders not maintain- small towns ing a public high school, offering four years of instruction, pays, with the approval of the department, for the instruction of a pupil who by reason of physical disability is unable to attend a high school in another town, the commonwealth shall reimburse the town therefor under the same conditions and to the same amount as for tuition in such a high school, and for transportation thereto, but not exceeding one hundred dollars a year in lieu of tuition plus one dollar and fifty cents per week of actual instruction in lieu of transportation. defined for purposes of state reim SECTION 11. For the purposes of the six preceding High school sections, a “high school" is defined as that part of the school system which furnishes instruction in addition to bursement. that offered in the first eight grades and other than voca- 1918, 198, § 1. tional instruction directly aided by the commonwealth. certain high cates. SECTION 12. No person shall be eligible to teach in a Teachers in high school on account of which reimbursement is made schools to by the commonwealth under section five who does not hold certifihold a high school teacher's certificate issued by the de- 1911, 375, § 1. partment as provided in section five of chapter sixtynine. SECTION 13. In every public high school having not Commercial Spanish in less than one hundred and fifty pupils and offering a com- high schools. 1918, 200. mercial course of study, commercial Spanish shall be taught upon the written request of the parents or guardians of not less than twenty pupils and the enrolment of not less than twenty properly qualified pupils, provided said request is made, and said enrolment is completed, before the preceding August first. SECTION 14. Two or more towns may vote to form a union high school district, subject to the approval of the department, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a union high school. The management and control of such school shall be vested in a committee, with all the powers of school committees, composed of one member elected by and from the school committee of each constituent town. The committee shall, with the approval of the department, determine the situation of the schoolhouse. The proportion payable by each town for the erection and maintenance of a permanent schoolhouse and for the support of the school, including the transportation of pupils to such school when necessary, unless otherwise agreed, shall be according to its proportion of the county tax. SECTION 15. Every town where a union high school is situated shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for the sums contributed to the support of such school to the same amount and under the same conditions as if said sums had been expended to maintain a local high school. Each other participating town shall so be reimbursed to the same amount and under the same conditions as if its contribution had been expended for the tuition of its pupils in another town. Union schools. P. S. 44, Teaching household arts. 1898, 496, § 4. R. L. 42, § 9. UNION SCHOOLS. SECTION 16. Two or more towns may severally vote to establish union schools for the accommodation of such contiguous portions of each as may be agreed upon. The management and control of such schools, the situation of the schoolhouses therefor, and the apportionment of the expenses of erecting such schoolhouses and of the support and maintenance of said schools, and of all expenditures incident to the same, shall be determined by the school committees of the participating towns. MANUAL TRAINING AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS. SECTION 17. Every town of twenty thousand inhabitants shall maintain the teaching of manual training and household arts as part of both its elementary and its high. school program of studies. 1919, 292, § 3. EVENING SCHOOLS. schools. P. S. 44, § 7. 1918, 257, 1919, 5. 1920, 2. SECTION 18. Any town may, and every town in which Evening there are issued during any year certificates authorizing 1870, 248, § 2. the employment of twenty or more persons who do not 1883, 174, 1. possess the educational qualifications enumerated in sec- 1895,496,315. tion one of chapter seventy-six, shall maintain for not 1914, 590. less than forty evenings during the following school year $179. an evening school or schools for the instruction of persons over fourteen years of age in orthography, reading, writing, the English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, industrial drawing, both free hand and mechanical, the history of the United States, physiology and hygiene and good behavior. Such other subjects may be taught as the school committee considers expedient. SECTION 19. Every city of fifty thousand inhabitants Evening high shall maintain annually an evening high school, in which 1886, 236, shall be taught such subjects as the school committee R. L. 42, § 12. considers expedient, if fifty or more residents, fourteen years or over, competent in the opinion of the committee to pursue high school studies, shall petition in writing for an evening high school and certify that they desire to attend. . schools. 1. 1898, 496, § 6. evening schools. instruction. SECTION 20. The school committee shall, two weeks Notices as to next before the opening of each term of the evening Fee for schools, post in three or more public places in the town 1887, 433, § 4. notice of the situation of said schools, the date of the 1911, 309. beginning of the term, the evenings of the week on which they will be in session, such regulations as to attendance as it deems proper, and the provisions of section ninetyfive of chapter one hundred and forty-nine. It may require from each student, not bound by law to attend, an advance payment not exceeding one dollar, which may, at its discretion, be paid into the town treasury to be credited to the school appropriation, or be returned wholly or in part at such time and under such conditions as the committee determines. CONTINUATION SCHOOLS. schools. SECTION 21. Every town which has accepted chapter Continuation three hundred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen 1913, 305, § 1. hundred and nineteen, and in which, in any year, two cls. 1, 3. hundred or more minors under sixteen are employed not Op. 168 1919, 311, (1920) Compulsory attendance at continuation schools. 1919, 311, § 1, cls. 2, 3. less than six hours per day by authority of employment certificates or home permits described in section one of chapter seventy-six, exclusive of minors employed only during vacations, shall, and any other town which has accepted said chapter, may, through its school committee, local board of trustees for vocational education, or both, establish at the beginning of the next school year and maintain continuation schools or courses of instruction for the education of such minors, and for such others as may be required to attend under section twenty-five. The said schools or courses shall be in session the same number of weeks in each year as the local high schools, and the sessions shall be between the hours of eight in the morning and five in the afternoon of any working days except Saturday. SECTION 22. Every minor described in the preceding section shall, subject to the laws relating to the public 1913, 805, § 1. schools, attend said schools or courses in the town of his employment for not less than four hours per week; but the attendance of minors who have been required to attend continuation schools, and are temporarily out of employment or business, shall be for not less than twenty hours per week, if said schools or courses are so long in session. Instruction in the regular schools may and upon application of the parent or guardian shall be accepted as equivalent to that required by this section and section twenty-five. Utilization of existing educational facilities. 1919, 311, § 1, cl. 4. State reimbursement for continuation schools. 1913, 805, §§ 2, 3. SECTION 23. In the establishment and conduct of said schools or courses, a town may take advantage of established educational agencies, and may utilize any suitable quarters approved by the department; but, when established, the said schools or courses shall be a part of the public school system of the town. SECTION 24. Towns maintaining such schools or courses as are approved by the department as to organization, control, situation, equipment, courses of study, 1919, 311, § 2. qualifications of teachers, methods of instruction, conditions of admission, employment of pupils and expenditures of money, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for one half the sum raised by local taxation and expended for their maintenance. Minors working elsewhere than in town of residence temporarily SECTION 25. Any minor under sixteen who has been regularly employed in a town other than that of his residence, and who is temporarily unemployed, may be re 1913, 805, § 4. quired, under conditions approved by the department, to unemployed. attend a continuation school or course in the town of his 1919, 311, residence. § 3, cl. 1. for continua SECTION 26. A town required by section twenty-one Penalty on town neglecting to establish and to maintain continuation schools or to raise funds courses which refuses or neglects to appropriate money tion schools. necessary therefor, shall forfeit from funds due it from 1919, 311, § 6. the commonwealth a sum equal to twice that estimated by the department as necessary properly to provide for the same. A sum equal to three fifths of such forfeiture shall be paid by the state treasurer to the school committee of the delinquent town, and the committee shall expend the same for such establishment and maintenance to the same extent as if it had been regularly appropriated by the town therefor. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 1893, 208. 1900, 166. R. L. 42, § 14. SECTION 27. The school committee may employ com- Free lectures. petent persons to deliver lectures on the natural sciences, history, and kindred subjects, and may provide cards or pamphlets giving the titles and authors of books of reference on the subject matter of said lectures contained in the local public libraries. schools. R. L. 42, § 15. SECTION 28. The school committee may establish and Vacation maintain schools to be kept open for the whole or any 1899, 246. part of the summer vacation; but attendance thereon shall not be compulsory or be considered as a part of the school attendance required by law. SECTION 29. In every public school having a member- Female ship of fifty pupils or more, one or more female assistants shall be employed unless the town votes otherwise. assistants. 1839, 56, § 1. G. S. 38, § 9. structors in C. L. 136, § 3. 1789, 19, § 4. 1826, 143, § 3. G. S. 38, § 10. SECTION 30. The president, professors and tutors of Duty of inthe university at Cambridge and of the several colleges, colleges, etc. all preceptors and teachers of academies and all other instructors of youth shall exert their best endeavors to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety and justice and a sacred regard for truth, love of their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and R. S. 23, 7. PS. 44, 15. 2 1142, 127. 12 Allen, |