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Show INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED CONCERNING TAKING OF SCHOOL CENSUS Instructions regarding the Inking of the annual school census, which begins today are contained In a let-tor let-tor sent out from the stnto school of. floj to district superintendents and boards ot education. I Tho letter reads In part: I "Tho annual school cenBUs Is to bo taken between Oct. lli nnd 31. The census this year Is of special Importance, Import-ance, not only becuuso of Its being the first taken slnco tho chango of tlmo from July to October, but nlso because It Is tho first enumeration upon which tho cnlnrged per capltn appropriation from tho stnto school fund Is to bo mndo. Special care should bo exercised In nvcry district to Insum nn nccurnto enumeration. Where Knnmeratcd "Residence Is the determining factor fac-tor In deciding who should nnd who should not be Included In tho enumeration. enumer-ation. The attorney general, In a recont opinion given on this subject, says: 'It Is my opinion that chlldron who rosldo In ono s hool district nnd nttend schol In nnothor nro to bo onu. mornted In tho district where they reside re-side nnd not where they attend school or whore they temporarily resido for tho purpose ot attending school, tho place of permanent resldenco being tho determining fnctor. "Tho report will Include tho fol. lowing: "Totul enrollment by achooln, Including In-cluding part.tlmo schools. "Tho number enrolled who nro under un-der school ngo, those enrolled over, school' nge, tlioso enrolled who rcsldo outside your district, and those enrolled en-rolled who for nny other reason nro not Included In your 1921 school ccn. 1IB. "The number of school ngo known to bo attending other schools thnn tlioso maintained by your board. "Tho numbor of school ago legally excused from attendance. "The number of school ngo not nc-countcd nc-countcd for. "During -any school yenr a person Is of 'school ngo' who on Oct. 31 of thnt school yenr has reached tho ago of (1 years and has not reached the ngo of 18 years. To Aiold Duplication "It Is clearly the Intontlon or the lnw that no child shall be enumerated In more than ono district. Your enu. memtora should mako n special report re-port to you of any cases In which there may ba coiiiubIoii or duplication In listing. All of your census data should bo kept available for assistance In nny special auditing or Invcstlgu. tlon of your census which tho state department of education may find necessary. ne-cessary. "Every district In tho Btnto is In need of n census which will show tho number of aliens within tho district between 1C nnd 35 yenre of nge. It Is thought that such a census could bo secured at a minimum cxpondlturo ot time and effort by tho Bchool census enumerators. Accordingly, thoro Is sent under separate cover a card call. Ing for tho namo, address, ago and nationality of such aliens.' If you feel thnt this Information may bo secured by your enumerators, tho problem of alien registration will bo very lnrgoly solved." |