Elementary Education Act, 1876

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Conditions of contribution to day industrial schools.

17. [¹] The conditions of a parliamentary contribution to a certified day industrial school, to be recommended by the Secretary of State, shall provide for the examination of the children according to the standards of proficiency for the time being in force for the purposes of a parliamentary grant to public elementary schools; but may vary the amounts of the contributions to be made in respect of such standards respectively.

Any conditions recommended by a Secretary of State for the purposes of contributions to a day industrial school shall be laid before Parliament in the same manner as Minutes of the Education Department relating to the annual parliamentary grant.

Parliamentary Grant.

[S. 18 rep. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 56. s. 11.]

[¹ Nothing in this section is to prevent a school board from admitting scholars without requiring any fee. 54 & 55 Vict. c. 56. s. 8.]