§ MR. SALTasked the Vice President of the Committee of Council, Whether, inasmuch as Section 10 of the Education Act, 1876 provides that the payment of school fees may be made by the Guardians by reason of the poverty of the parents, and also provides that payment shall not be made on condition of the child attending any public elementary school other than such as may be selected by the parent, it is legal for the Guardians of the Poor to order a parent, when making application for payment of school fees, to send the children to a Board School, the parent not desiring to do so?
§ MR. MUNDELLAI think there can be no doubt that the choice of the public elementary school at which the child attends rests with the parent; and it is, therefore, not legal for the Guardians to order the attendance of the child at a school objected to by the parent.