SECTION 2. Said section 6960 is hereby repealed; and Repeals, etc. this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its

To amend section 1 of act entitled "An act to compel children under fourteen years of age to attend school a certain length of time each year," of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, passed April 25, 1890.

forced:

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State Schools, and of Ohio, That section 1 of an act entitled "An act to compel attendance enchildren under fourteen years of age to attend school a certain length of time each year," of the Revised Statutes of Ohio, passed April 25, 1890, be amended so as to read as follows:

dren to be in

distriots.

In special, village and town

ship districts. Excuse from

such attend

ance.

Sec. 1. That all parents, guardians and other persons Branches in who have care of children, shall instruct them, or cause them which chil to be instructed, in reading, spelling, writing, English gram- structed. mar, geography and arithmetic, and every parent, guardian Attendance reor other persons having control and charge of any child be- quired in city tween the ages of eight and fourteen years, shall be required to send any such child or children to a public or private school for a period of not less than twenty weeks in city districts, in each school year, commencing September 1, ten weeks of which, at least, shall be consecutive, which shall commence within the first four weeks of the first term of the school year; and in special, village and township districts, not less than sixteen weeks in each school year, eight of which shall be consecutive, unless such child or children are excused from such attendance by the superintendent of the public, private or parochial schools in cities, or by authority of the board of education in village, special and township districts, when it shall have been shown to the satisfaction of said superintendent, or said board, that the physical or mental condition of such child or children has been such as to prevent his, her, or their attendance at school, or that said child or children are taught at home by some qualified person or persons in such branches as are usually taught in primary schools; and in case the said board or superintendent refuse to Appeal in case grant such excuse from attendance, the parent or guardian of of refusal to such child or children shall have the right to appeal from the decision of the board to the probate court of the county, on giving a bond, within ten days after such decision, to the approval of said court, to pay all costs made therein, and the decision of said court in the matter shall be final; provided, that all youth between eight and sixteen years of age, not

excuse.

Children re

quired to attend for full

term.