School officials in states where
textile mills and other industrial
communities abound say they an
ticipate no difficulty in caring
for those additional children who
will enter or return to school this
year because, under provisions of
the NRA, they will not be allowed
to work.
School Attendance Compulsory
State laws make it compulsory
that all children attend school un
til they have reached the age of.
14, and those between the ages"
of 14 and 16 are not allowed to
work except by permit, issued upon
approval of local school superin
tendents.
A check of records of the Geor
gia department of industrial re- ■
latiohs, shows that between Jan
uary 1, 1933, and July 1, 1933,
when the textile code became ef
fective, only 502 permits to work
were issued to children between
the ages of 14 and 16. These arc
scattered over more than a dozen
communities and will be absorbed
by their respective schools with
out increasing the burden of at
tendance.
North Carolina authorities report
that only 950 children in that
state were affected by the code
and that no problem in caring for
them is anticipated. Ample school
facilities are provided in all indus
trial communities and co-opera
tion of employers with school au
thorities in enforcement of the
compulsory attendance law has re
duced child labor to a low figure.
Nc Letdown Seen
While elementary and high
school revenues in the several
states will be somewhat lower this
year than last, educational offi
cers say they do not Apect a les
sening of school efficiency as a
result of the code.
In Tennessee, where it is esti
mated 2,000 children will be thrown
out of work under the codes, a de
cline of 25 per cent in school reve
nues Is anticipated.
