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4109 – Teachers’ Record of Attendance.

§ 4109. Teachers’ record of attendance. An accurate record of attendance of all Indian children between six and sixteen years of age shall be kept by the teacher of every Indian school, showing each day, by the year, month, day of the month and day of the week, such attendance, and the number of hours […]

4110 – Attendance Officers.

§ 4110. Attendance officers. 1. The principal teacher of the Indian schools on each reservation shall supervise the enforcement of this article within said reservation and shall appoint, subject to the approval of the commissioner of education, and remove at pleasure such number of attendance officers as the commissioner of education shall deem necessary, whose […]

4101 – Duties of Commissioner Regarding Indian Children.

§ 4101. Duties of commissioner regarding Indian children. 1. The commissioner of education shall establish schools in such places and maintain such courses of instruction therein for the education of the Indian children of the state as he or she shall deem necessary. He or she shall have general supervision of such education and shall […]

4102 – Rights of Indians and of State Shall Be Guarded.

§ 4102. Rights of Indians and of state shall be guarded. Any contract which may be entered into with Indians for the use or occupancy of any land for school grounds, sites or buildings, shall provide proper protection for the title of the Indians to their lands, and shall reserve to the state the right […]

4103 – Indian Children Not Entitled to Free Tuition in Public Schools.

§ 4103. Indian children not entitled to free tuition in public schools. Indian children residing on a reservation are not entitled to free tuition in districts outside the reservation but may be received into the schools of such districts on the approval of the trustees thereof and the commissioner of education.

4104 – Employment of Teachers, Salaries, Et Cetera.

§ 4104. Employment of teachers, salaries, et cetera. 1. The commissioner of education shall employ all necessary teachers, attendance officers and other assistants and employees, and fix their salaries within the amount of the appropriations made therefor, as shall be necessary for the proper enforcement of the statutes relating to Indian education. 2. The personnel […]

4105 – Required Attendance Upon Instruction.

§ 4105. Required attendance upon instruction. 1. Every Indian child between six and sixteen years of age, in proper physical and mental condition to attend school, shall regularly attend upon instruction at a school in which at least the common school branches of reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, English grammar and geography are taught in English, […]

4106 – Duties of Persons in Parental Relation to Indian Children.

§ 4106. Duties of persons in parental relation to Indian children. Any person in parental relation to an Indian child between six and sixteen years of age in proper physical and mental condition to attend school, shall cause such child to attend upon instruction as provided in this article.

4107 – Penalty for Failure to Send Children to School.

§ 4107. Penalty for failure to send children to school. A violation of section forty-one hundred six shall be a misdemeanor, punishable for the first offense by a fine not exceeding five dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding ten days, and for each subsequent offense, by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or by imprisonment […]