S.I. No. 81/1926 - The School Attendance (Principal Teachers' Returns) Order, 1926.

THE SCHOOL ATTENDANCE (PRINCIPAL TEACHERS' RETURNS) ORDER, 1926.

WHEREAS by Section 23 of the School Attendance Act, 1926 (No. 17 of 1926), it is enacted that the Minister for Education may by order prescribe any matter or thing which is in that Act referred to as prescribed or to be prescribed:

AND WHEREAS the several matters intended to be prescribed by this Order are referred to in section 15 of the said Act as prescribed or to be prescribed:

NOW, I, JOHN MARCUS O'SULLIVAN, Minister for Education, n exercise of the powers conferred on me by the School Attendance Act, 1926 (No. 17 of 1926), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, do hereby order as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the School Attendance (Principal Teachers' Returns) Order, 1926.

2. In this Order, the expression ``the Act'' means the School Attendance Act, 1926 (No. 17 of 1926), and the expression ``the Minister'' means the Minister for Education.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923), applies to the interpretation of this Order in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

4. (1) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Act the prescribed particulars of every child to whom the Act applies and who is absent from the national or other suitable school at which such child is enrolled or attending shall be the following, namely:

(a) the name of such child, and

(b) the address of the parent of such child.

(2) For the purpose of sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Act the prescribed particulars of the absences of every child to whom the Act applies and who is absent from the national or other suitable school at which such child is enrolled or attending shall be the following, namely:

(a) the name of such child,

(b) the dates of the absences of such child, and

(3) For the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Act, the particulars mentioned in the foregoing sub-paragraph of this paragraph shall be made up for each period commencing on Monday and ending on the following Saturday during which or any part of which the school at which such child is enrolled or attending has been open for secular instruction, and such particulars shall be communicated to the appropriate enforcing authority on the Form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto by sending the same by post as soon as possible, and in any event not later than the Tuesday after the last day of the said period, to such enforcing authority at their or his official address.

5. (1) For the purposes of sub-section (2) of Section 15 of the Act, the prescribed particulars of the attendances at and absences from any national or other suitable school of all or any children to whom the Act applies attending such school shall be the following particulars, namely.

(a) the number of days on which such school has been open for secular instruction during the period specified in that behalf in the demand for such particulars, and

(b) the number of days during the said period on which such children or child respectively have or has attended, and

(2) The respective ages as stated in the school registers of all or any of the children attending a national or other suitable school and the particulars of the attendances at and absences from such school of all or any of those children who are children to whom the Act applies required to be supplied by the principal teacher of any such school pursuant to sub-section (2) of section 15 of the Act shall be supplied in the Form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto.

6. (1) For the purposes of sub-section (3) of section 15 of the Act, the prescribed portion of the period during which a child to whom the Act applies was attending a national or other suitable school shall be

(a) where such child was attending such school for a period of six months or more, the period of six months ending on the date on which such child ceased to attend such school, and

(b) where such child was attending such school for a period of less than six months, the whole period during which such child attended such school.

(2) Every certificate given by a principal teacher to a parent pursuant to sub-section (3) of section 15 of the Act shall be on the Form No. 3 in the Schedule hereto.

Given under my Seal of Office, this 20th day of December, 1926.

(Signed) J. M. O'SULLIVAN,

Minister for Education.

SCHEDULE.

FORM No. 1.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ACT, 1926 .

WEEKLY RETURNS BY PRINCIPAL TEACHER OF ABSENCES OF CHILDREN.

Name of School .......................................................

Post Town ............................................................

Return for week ending ................................................

Name of child.	Address of parent.	Dates of absences.	Alleged causes (if any) of absences.

.........................................................

Principal Teacher.

Date...................................

FORM No. 2.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ACT, 1926 .

RETURN BY PRINCIPAL TEACHER OF AGES, ATTENDANCES, AND ABSENCES OF CHILDREN MADE IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND BY ENFORCING AUTHORITY.

City/County ............................................................ .................... School ............................................

Roll No. (if a National School) ............................................................ ..........................................

School Attendance Area ............................................................ ...................................................

Period to which return relates ............................................................ ................................................

To .........................................................

............................................................ ..........

Enforcing Authority.

Name of child.	Address of child.	Age of child Yrs. Mths.	No. of days school was open.	No. of days child attended.	No. of days child was absent

............................................................ ..............

Principal Teacher.

Date ...................................

FORM No. 3.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ACT, 1926 .

CERTIFICATE OF PRINCIPAL TEACHER TO BE GIVEN ON DEMAND TO THE PARENT OF A CHILD ON THE REMOVAL OF THE CHILD FROM THE SCHOOL.

City/County ...........................................................

School ............................................................ ....

Roll No. (if a National School) ..........................................

I hereby certify that ........................................, residing at ................................................, was attending at the above-named School during the period commencing on the ............ day of........................, 19...., and ending on the............day of ........................, 19...., and that during the said period/six months ending on the said ............day of........................, 19...., the said ........................................attended the said School on.............. days and was absent from the said School on .............. days.

Immediately before his/her removal from the said School on the said........ day of...................., 19.., the said........................ was in the................ class.

........................................

Principal Teacher.

Dated....................................