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Page 167 - ... 1. It shall not be required as a condition of any child being admitted into or continuing in the school, that he shall attend or abstain from attending any Sunday school, or any place of religious worship, or that he shall attend any religious observance or any instruction in religious subjects in the school or elsewhere...
Page 168 - The school shall be open at all times to the inspection of any of Her Majesty's Inspectors, so, however, that it shall be no part of the duties of such Inspector to inquire into any instruction in religious subjects given at such school, or to examine any scholar therein in religious knowledge, or in any religious subject or book. (4) The school shall be conducted in accordance with the conditions required to be fulfilled by an elementary school in order to obtain an annual parliamentary grant.
Page 168 - ... to be approved by the Education Department, and to be kept permanently and conspicuously affixed in every school-room ; and any scholar may be withdrawn by his parent from such observance or instruction without forfeiting any of the other benefits of the school: 3.
Page 171 - ... attend the school on any day exclusively set apart for religious observance by the religious body to which his parent belongs.
Page 167 - Every school provided by a school board shall be conducted under the control and management of such board in accordance with the following regulations: (1) The school shall be a public elementary school within the meaning of this Act : (2) No religious catechism or religious formulary which is distinctive of any particular denomination shall be taught in the school.
Page 173 - Provided that no such minute of the Education Department, not in force at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be deemed to be in force until it has lain for not less than one month on the table of both Houses of Parliament.
Page 175 - Calculation of Attendance. 23. Attendance at a morning or afternoon meeting may not be reckoned for any scholar who has been under instruction in secular subjects less than two hours...
Page 172 - and that "No parliamentary grant shall be made in aid of building, enlarging, improving, or fitting up any elementary school, except in pursuance of a memorial duly signed, and containing the information required by the Education Department for enabling them to decide on the application, and sent to the Education Department on or before the 31st day of December, 1870.
Page 172 - That the child is under efficient instruction in some other manner: (2.) That the child has been prevented from attending school by sickness or any unavoidable cause...
Page 173 - ... than seven shillings and sixpence per child of the number of children in average attendance at the public elementary schools provided by such school board, such school board shall be entitled, in addition to the...