Education Acts Compilation.

Attendance of eh.id V ren l in dren and Chatham islands, 1901, No. 54, sec 13

Truant schools. ibid, sec. is Admission to truant schools. ibid, sec. 16 Orier to send echofj* 0 trua " t ibid, sec. 17 Powers of head teacher. ibid, sec. is sending of children to an industrial ibidtec 19 Board may make regulations. ibid, sec. 20 compulsory and°dea < i'chiidren d ibid, sec. 21

Admission to truant schools. Ibid, sec. 16

Or-ler to send child to truant school. Ibid, sec. 17

Powers of head teacher. Ibid, sec. 18

Sending of children to an industrial school. Ibid, sec. 19

Board may make regulations. Ibid, sec. 20

Compulsory education of blind and deaf children. Ibid, sec. 21

become part of the School Fund or the Board Fund, as the case may be. 151. (1.) The Minister of Education may from time to time m a,ke regulations for the attendance at school of Maori or half-caste children, and of children in the Chatham Islands. 5 (2.) Subject to any such regulations, such children shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act. Truant-schools. 152. Any Education Board may, with the sanction previously obtained of the Minister of Education, establish truant-schools, or 10 may convert any public school into and establish it as a truantschool. 153. On the application of the parent the Board may admit an y child to a truant-school on the ground that his attendance at school ig i rreg ular. 15 154. In lieu of or in addition to the penalties prescribed in sections one hundred and forty-four and one hundred and forty-five of this Act, a Magistrate may order the parent or guardian to send the child to a truant-school, established under section one hundred and fifty-two hereof, for a period of not less than six months. 20 155. The head teacher of a,truant-school shall have the powers belong to a Truant Officer, and shall have the right to visit the homes of children on the roll of such school, and, if necessary, to inquire from the parent of any child the cause of any irregularity in the child's attendance at the truant-school. 25 156. Upon the evidence of the head teacher of a truant-school that any child has failed, after admission to the school, to attend regularly, a Stipendiary Magistrate may order such child to be sent to an industrial school, in the same way as if the child were brought before him under section sixteen of " The Industrial Schools Act, 30 1882," and the Magistrate may make an order for the payment of maintenance by the parent in the manner prescribed in the lastmentioned Act. 157. Every Education Board upon establishing a truant-school shall, with the sanction of the Minister, make regulations defining 35 the powers and duties of the head teacher thereof, and for such other purposes as may be necessary to secure the efficiency of the school. Education of Blind and Deaf Children. 158. (1.) It shall be the duty of the parent of any blind or deaf child between the ages of seven and sixteen to provide efficient and 40 suitable education for such child. (2.) If the parent of such child is unable to do so, he shall give notice to the Minister of his inability, and thereafter shall send the child to such institution for the education of blind or deaf children as the Minister may direct, and shall contribute to the cost of the 45 maintenance and education thereat of the child as may be agreed between such parent and the Minister. (3.) If no such agreement is made, then the Stipendiary Magistrate may, on application in that behalf, make an order directing the parent to pay the sum of ten shillings a week towards the 50

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