school as shall be consistent with the provisions and purposes of this act, and not contrary to law. Such board may provide for the detention, maintenance and instruction of such children in such schools; and the county superintendent of schools, or such board, or the city superintendent of schools in any city, or city and county, or board of trustees, may, after reasonable notice to any such child, and an opportunity for the child to be heard, and with the consent of the parent, guardian or other person having control or charge of such child, order such child to attend such school, or to be detained and maintained therein for such period and under such rules and regulations as such board may prescribe, not exceeding the remainder of the school year. If such parent, guardian, or person having control or charge of such child shall not consent to such order, such child may be proceeded against under this act. If any child in any city, or city and county or school district in which a parental school shall be established, shall be an habitual truant, or be irregular in attendance at school, within the meaning of these terms, as defined in this act, or shall be insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, it shall be the duty of the attendance officer, or of the secretary of the board of education or clerk of the board of trustees if there be no attendance officer, to make and file a complaint against such child, in the proper court, charging the fact, and to see that such charge is prosecuted by the proper authority; and if the court, upon the hearing of such complaint, shall find that such charge is sustained, the court shall render judgment that such child be committed to, and be detained and maintained in, a parental school in such city, or city and county, or school district for a term not to exceed the remainder of the current school year; provided, that, if any child in any district of a county where there is not a parental school shall be an habitual truant, or be irregular in attendance at school, within the meaning of those terms as defined in this act, or shall be insubordinate or disorderly during attendance at school, it shall be the duty of the county superintendent of schools to make and file a complaint against such child, in the superior court of such county, charging the facts; and if the court, upon the hearing of said complaint, shall find that such charge is sustained by the evidence, the court shall render judgment that such child shall be detained and maintained in a parental school, if there be one in such county, during the remainder of the school term, and if there be no parental school in such county, the court shall render judgment that the parent, guardian or person having the control or charge of such child shall deliver such child at the beginning of each school day for the remainder of the school term, at the school from which such child is then a truant; provided, that if the parent, guardian, or other person having control or charge of such child shall, within three days after the rendition of such judgment, execute a good and sufficient bond to the board of education of the city, or city and county, or board of trustees of the district, with sufficient sureties, in the sum of two hundred dollars, conditioned that such child will, during the remainder of such current school year, regularly attend some public or private school in such city, or city and county, or school district and not be insubordinate or disorderly during such attendance, such bond to be approved by the judge of said court, and be

filed with the secretary of the board of education or clerk of the board of trustees, then such court shall make an order suspending the execution of such judgment so long as the condition of such bond shall be complied with. If the condition of such bond be violated, such court, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the fact in any action brought therefor shall make an order declaring such bond forfeited and directing such judgment to be thenceforth enforced. Such board of education or board of trustees may, at any time within one year after any such bond shall be declared forfeited, have execution issued against any or all of the parties to such bond, to collect the amount thereof; and all moneys paid or collected on such bond shall be paid over to the parental school fund of such city, or city and county, or school district. No fees shall be charged or received by any court or officer in any proceeding under this section. The confinement of any child in a parental school shall be conducted with a view to the improvement of the child and to its restoration, as soon as practicable, to the school which he would, if not so confined, be required to attend. The city superintendent of schools, or, if there be no city superintendent, the board of education of any city, or city and county, or county superintendent of schools, shall have authority, in their discretion, to parole at any time any child committed to, or ordered to attend, a parental school, except when such commitment shall be by judgment or order of a court; and when such commitment of any child shall be made by judgment or order of a court, such court may, on the recommendation of the city superintendent of schools, of the board of education or county superintendent of schools, make an order paroling such child, upon such terms and conditions as shall be specified in the order. The expense incurred by any city, or city and county, or school district in purchasing or renting a school site, erecting or renting a building and equipping the same, for the maintenance of a parental school, shall be paid out of funds other than those collected for the maintenance of schools. The salaries of teachers and the expense for all school supplies in a parental school shall be paid out of the same funds from which similar salaries and expense are paid for primary and grammar schools, but all other expense incurred in the maintenance of such parental schools shall be paid out of the parental school fund. [Amended March 4, 1907.]

Method of procedure for establishing parental schools.

SEC. 7. Whenever any board of education shall determine that it is necessary or expedient for the city or city and county to establish and maintain a parental school, said board shall furnish to the city council, or other governing body of such city, or city and county, all necessary and required information and statistics, and if, after consideration, such city council or other governing body grants its consent for the establishment of such parental school, then the board of education shall furnish to the authorities whose duty it is to levy taxes in such city, or city and county, thirty days before the time specified by law for fixing the annual tax rate, an estimate of the cost of purchasing or renting a suitable site, and also an estimate of the cost of renting or erecting a suitable building and equip

ping the same for occupancy as a parental school, and the cost to the city or city and county, other than for salaries of teachers and for school supplies, of conducting the school for the remainder of the current school year. When, pursuant to such consent by such governing body, such estimates shall have been so made and furnished by the board of education of any city, or city and county, it is hereby made the duty of the authorities whose duty it shall be to levy taxes in such city, or city and county, at the time of levying the taxes, to levy a special tax upon all taxable property of said city, or city and county, sufficient in its judgment to provide the facilities requested by the board of education, and for which such estimates shall have been so furnished. It shall be the duty of the board of education, yearly, thereafter, to present to the authorities of the city, or city and county, whose duty it is to levy taxes, on or before the first Monday in July, an estimate of the moneys required for conducting the parental school for the school year, other than for the salaries of teachers and for school supplies. When such estimate shall have been so presented, it shall be the duty of the said authorities to levy a special tax upon the taxable property of said city, or city and county, sufficient to maintain such school for the year, exclusive of salaries of teachers and expense of school supplies. All taxes in this act provided for shall be computed, entered upon the tax roll and collected, in the same manner as other taxes are computed, entered and collected, and when collected shall be placed in a separate fund, to be known as the "parental school fund," and shall be paid out on the order of the board of education for the purposes set forth in this act; provided, that all moneys so collected for the purchase of sites or buildings, or the erection or equipment of buildings for parental school purposes, shall be placed in a separate fund, to be known as the "parental school building fund," and shall be used solely for the purpose or purposes for which collected, except that after such purpose or purposes shall have been fully accomplished, the residue of such fund, if any, may be transferred to said parental school fund.

Any district may establish.

SEC. 7. The board of trustees of any school district wherein a parental school may be established under the provisions of this act, and whenever such board deems it proper, may, for the purpose of raising money for the establishment and maintenance of a parental school for said district, proceed under the provisions of article XIX, chapter III, title III, of part III, of the Political Code of this state, to raise moneys for such purpose, and the moneys so raised shall be paid into the county treasury, and shall constitute a "parental school fund," for such district. The moneys of such fund shall be used for no other purpose than herein indicated. Money shall be drawn from said fund by the trustees of the district in the same manner as money is drawn from other school funds. [Enacted March 4, 1907.]

Joint parental schools.

SEC. 8. Two or more school districts or cities may unite in the following manner, to form a joint district for the maintenance of a joint parental

school. When any board of education or board of school trustees has secured, in the manner as set forth in section 7 of this act, the consent of the legislative body of the city or school district, in which said board of education or board of school trustees holds office, for the union of two or more districts to form a joint parental school district, said board of education or board of trustees shall transmit such information to the board of supervisors of the county of which said city or school district or districts forms a part, setting forth at the same time the cities or districts with which said city or district seeks to unite for the maintenance of a joint parental school. When such information has been received by the board of supervisors from all the cities or school districts seeking to be united, it is hereby made the duty of the board of supervisors, by resolution, to declare such cities or school districts united for the maintenance of a joint parental school, to be known as the joint parental school district of (give the names of the school districts uniting). When the districts have been so united, the boards of education or boards of trustees of the cities or school districts so uniting shall appoint a board of trustees for the joint parental school district, to consist of five members, (unless the number of cities or school districts uniting exceeds five), who shall be appointed from the membership of the board of the several districts or cities uniting, by the respective boards in approximate proportion to the census children between five and seventeen years of age, in the districts uniting; provided, however, that each district shall be represented by at least one member on the board of trustees of the joint parental school district. The members so appointed, to serve for the remainder of the term of office for which they were elected on their respective boards of education or boards of trustees, and when vacancies occur on said board of trustees of joint parental school districts, they shall be filled by the board making the original appointment. The superintendent of schools of each of the cities or school districts uniting, shall be ex officio members of the board of trustees of the joint parental school district, without the right to vote. In the management of a parental school within a school district, city, or city and county, the right to transport pupils to and from school at public expense, when, in the judgment of the board of education, or board of school trustees, the interest of the pupil demands it, is hereby conferred upon such boards. All the powers and duties by any section of this act conferred or imposed upon the boards of school trustees or boards of education of any city, or city and county, in the management of, and the securing of, funds for a parental school within a city or school district, are hereby conferred upon and imposed upon the board of trustees of any joint parental school district in the management of and the securing of funds for the support of a joint parental school; provided, however, that in estimating the expense of maintenance of a joint parental school the amount of money needed for the payment of teachers' salaries and for the furnishing of school supplies, shall be included in the estimate of expenses; and provided, further, that the estimates shall be transmitted to the board of supervisors of the county of which the joint parental school district forms a part. When such estimates shall have been so transmitted, it is hereby made the duty of the board of supervisors to

levy a special tax upon the taxable property within the boundaries of the joint parental school district, sufficient to provide the facilities requested by the board of trustees of the joint parental school district, and for which such estimates shall have been furnished, and yearly thereafter when the estimates of the total expense of the maintenance of the joint parental school and increased facilities shall have been furnished the board of supervisors, it shall be the duty of said board to levy a special tax sufficient to maintain the school for the year. All taxes in this act provided shall be computed and entered upon the tax roll and collected in the manner prescribed for the collection of taxes in section 7 of this act; provided, that all moneys so collected shall be collected by the county tax collector and apportioned to the credit of the joint parental school district, and placed in the fund for which they were specially collected. If for sites or buildings, to be placed in a fund known as the joint parental school building fund, to be used exclusively for the purposes for which they were collected, the same as set forth in section 7 of this act. The board of trustees of joint parental school districts shall organize, by the election of one of their number as chairman, and by the election of a secretary who shall be the city superintendent of schools, or the secretary of a board of education or the clerk of one of the boards of education or boards of trustees of the cities, or school districts united, and such secretary shall serve without additional salary. All moneys in a joint parental school fund shall be paid out on the order of the board of trustees of the joint parental school district for the purposes herein set forth, and in the same manner that funds are paid from the ordinary school funds of a school district.

Fines paid to parental school fund.

SEC. 9. All fines paid as penalties for the violation of any of the provisions of this act shall, when collected or received, be paid over by the justice or officer receiving the same to the treasurer of the city, or city and county, in which the offense was committed, to be placed to the credit of the parental school fund of such city, or city and county, if there be such a fund, otherwise to the credit of the general school fund of such city, or city and county, or to the county treasurer, to be placed to the credit of the school fund of the school district in which the offense was committed.

Deaf or blind children must be sent to school.

SEC. 10. Any parent or guardian of any deaf, dumb, or blind child, legally entitled to admission to said institution, shall send such child to said institution until such child shall have been therein for five years, or shall have reached the age of majority, unless such child shall be excused from such attendance by the board of education or board of trustees of the city, city and county, or school district in which such child resides, for the reason that the child's bodily or mental condition is such as to prevent or render inadvisable attendance at said institution, or for the reason that such child is receiving proper instruction at home or in some public or private school. Any parent or guardian failing to comply with the require