THE EDUCATION BILL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 421, 3 September 1877, Page 3

THE EDUCATION BILL.

[By Telegraph. J Wellington, September 3. The following is the amendment which Mr. Curtis proposes to make in the Education Bill : —Whenever any 25 or more householders in any educational district shall signify in writing to the Education Board of such district their desire to be constituted into a separate body for educational purposes, it shall be the duty of the Board to convene a meeting of such householders, for the election , of a School Committee in the manner provided in part 3 of this Act ; and it shall be lawful for the Board to grant the Committee so elected such aid in books, school apparatus, and money as the Board shall think expedient, or, at the option of the Committee, such aid may be granted in money only, inclusive of the value of such books and school apparatus as would otherwise be supplied by the Board : Provided always that every such Committee shall provide a schoolhouse or schoolhouses to the satisfaction of the Board, and shall appoint and pay the teacher or teachers of such school or schools —every such teacher having first obtained a certificate of competency, as provided, in section 44 of this Act. Provided also that all books used in any such schoolhouse be approved by the Board, ancl that in every respect wherein no special exception is made in this section, every such school shall be a public school under this Act, and subject to. the provisions which this Act makes for the conduct, management, and inspection of public schools, and that every such school shall be open to all children between the ages of five and fifteen years without fee or payment of any kind.