IDAHO

Authorization.-The State laws require a school census.

Frequency. The law requires an annual enumeration of children. of school age.

Time. The law prescribes that in school districts the enumeration shall be made between the first Tuesday and the fourth Tuesday of September. In unorganized districts the enumeration is to be made during the month of July. The census is to be completed and filed by the first Tuesday in October.

The law provides, however, that districts maintaining a census officer and continuous enumeration of school personnel as defined in the law shall be permitted to certify information required to the county superintendent from official records.

Age-span.-School age is defined by law as between 6 and 21 years of age which is the age-span covered by the census.

Enumerating agency.-The clerk of the board of trustees of a school is required by law to enumerate the children of school age in his district. For this purpose he is authorized by law to employ assistants if necessary. In "unorganized" school districts the law requires the county superintendent to "procure" an enumeration of the children of school age residing in such unorganized district.

Regulation and supervision of enumeration. The law prescribes. specific instructions for the enumeration of children and requires that the enumerator make his report under oath. The law prescribes that "Failure to make such complete census and report, or either, shall constitute a misdemeanor," punishable by fine.

The law also prescribes that enumerators "make a special note of all children between 6 and 21 years of age who are wholly or partially deaf or mentally defective, in any case to the extent that said children cannot be properly taught in the public school." The law further makes it the "duty of the census marshal of each school district in the State of Idaho, when he shall enumerate the children of school age in his district, to carefully ascertain what children in that district are deaf and blind" and to record information as to names of parents and age and sex of child, and to report the same to the county superintendent. That official is legally obligated to report such information immediately to the State superintendent of public instruction.

County superintendents having unorganized districts within their counties are authorized by law to procure the enumeration of children in such districts by mailing or delivering blanks to parents which they are to fill in and return. The county superintendents are authorized to make "further investigation and enumeration as may be necessary to a complete school census of such unorganized district.”

Appointment of enumerators.-The clerks of the boards of trustees of school districts and the county superintendents having unorganized districts wthin their counties are by law ex-officio enumerators. The law authorizes the clerks to employ assistant enumerators if necessary. The clerks by law are allowed 5 cents for each child enumerated to be taken out of district funds.

Forms.-The blank forms are printed commercially and are furnished the enumerators by county superintendents in accordance with legal requirements. The forms are prepared by the State board of education. Items on which data are recorded are detailed in the law. Reporting. The enumerators make full reports in duplicate to county superintendents within 15 days after the completion of the census. A copy is also furnished the district school trustees. The law requires that the census be completed and filed by the first Tuesday in October. The county superintendents send reports to the State superintendent of public instruction

Use of census data.-Census data are used in making the biennial report of the State board of education. Local school officers check enrollments against census lists which are furnished them by the Iclerk of the board of school trustees.

ILLINOIS

Authorization.-The legal authorization for the school census, which is required by the Superintenednt of Public Instruction, is found in the general power vested in that official "To designate the particular statistics relating to public schools which school officers are required to report to the county superintendent of schools," in the provision. that "The county superintendent of schools shall present to the superintendent of public instruction such information relating to schools in his county as the superintendent of public instruction may require," in the provision that local school officials report in the year preceding each session of the general assembly, "or annually, if required to do so by the superintendent of public instruction, statistics and other information relating to schools, and the enumeration of persons as required of trustees of schools and directors," and in the provision. that local boards provide a list of names and addresses of children and their parents in their districts.

Frequency. The school census is taken annually.

Time. The State superintendent of public instruction of Illinois prepares and furnishes to each district the form "Report of Directors or Boards of Education for Census and Other Items" which directs that "The school census is to be taken near the middle of June or before the first of July" and is "To be filed July 1st," with the treasurer of the township.

Age-span. The law prescribes the school-age group as over the age of 6 and under 21.

Regulation and supervision of enumeration.-The law places the responsibility for the census upon the local school boards. The law forbids the payment of any common-school fund to any local official who fails to discharge his responsibility for reporting statistics required by the State superintendent of public instruction.

Forms.-The State superintendent of public instruction prepares, prints, and distributes the form (Report of Directors or Boards of Education for Census and Other Items) upon which census data and other information he requires are recorded by school districts and reported to the State office. The State superintendent of public instruction requires that children of census age be listed as (1) under 21 years of age, by sex; and (2) between 6 and 21 years of age, by sex. He also requires the enumeration of all persons between the ages of 12 and 21 who are unable to read and write, to be listed by sex.

Reporting. The census data are filed with the township treasurer. The clerks of boards of directors and secretaries of boards of education supply lists of enumerated children which are made available to superintendents and teachers. The county superintendent receives census reports for all schools in his county and makes a county report on the census to the State superintendent of public instruction.

Use of census data.-Teachers use the census lists for checking against enrollments. The census report to the State superintendent's office is used in the study of educational problems in which data on persons of school age, by the age groups listed, and of illiterates of the age group included, are significant.

INDIANA

The State of Indiana does not take a school census.

IOWA

Authorization.-A school census is required by law.

Frequency. The law prescribes a biennial census to be taken in each of the even-numbered years. The annual individual school report, prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction, made to the county superintendent, lists the number of persons of school age by sex. The summary of these data goes to the superintendent of public instruction.

Time. The time of the enumeration is set by law as between the first and fifteenth day of June for certain rural districts and between the first of June and the first day of July for other school districts. The enumeration data are to be taken as of June 1.

Age-span. The law requires the enumeration of all children between 5 and 21 years of age. A separate account is to be kept of children 7 to 16 years of age. The law also prescribes that persons with certain

physical handicaps be listed. The law also requires that an assessor list the names, and certain required information, of all blind and deaf persons.

Enumerating agency.-The census enumeration as required by law is the responsibility of the local school system and is made by the secretary of the board or by "each subdirector . . . in his subdistrict."

Regulation and supervision of enumeration.-The responsibility for the work of enumeration rests on the legally designated official. The law is specific as to the duties he is to perform.

Appointment of enumerators.-The law designates that the secretaries of school boards and the subdirectors shall make the census lists required by law. The larger districts usually employ a census taker.

Forms. The law prescribes definite items on which information is listed for the school census and provides that blanks prepared for the purpose by the superintendent of public instruction shall be used. The assessor in his listing of blind and deaf persons makes his records "on suitable blanks furnished for that purpose by the secretary of the State board of education to the county auditor." The law prescribes items on which data are to be recorded. Forms are purchased by local school boards from school supply houses.

Reporting. The enumeration made by a subdirector is reported by him to the secretary of the school township, who is required by law to make a "full record thereof." The school secretary files with the county superintendent a report on the school census. The county superintendent receives census reports from all schools in his county and the law prescribes that he, "annually, on the last Tuesday in August, file with the county auditor a statement of the number of persons of school age in each school township and independent district in the county." The county superintendent also reports school census data to the State superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction is required by law to "report to the State comptroller on the first day of January of each year the number of persons of school age in each county."

Use of census data.-Census data are used by the local schools in checking enrollments for school attendance purposes, by the county auditor in distributing school funds to the local school corporations, by the superintendent of public instruction in connection with reports on enrollments and his report to the State comptroller, and by the State comptroller in the distribution of funds to the counties.

KANSAS

Authorization.-A school census is required by law.

Frequency. The law provides that the school census be taken annually.

Time. The census is taken as of June 30.

Age-span. The law requires the enumeration of all children over the age of 5 and under the age of 21. The law also provides that the board of education and the attendance officers in every school district of the State shall ascertain the number of children, 3 or more years retarded in school progress, in attendance upon its public schools. The census enumerators are required by law also to "make a record of all such children as are deaf or blind or crippled or recognized to be feebleminded, hard of hearing, or markedly defective in sight."

Enumerating agency. The enumeration of children of school age is the responsibility of the clerk of the district school board. In a city of the first or second class--a city organized as a separate school district-the board may appoint an enumerator.

Regulation and supervision of enumeration. The work of the enumerators is regulated largely by the legal prescriptions of their duties. The supervision of their work is limited to that which is inherent in the legal authorization for providing local persons to make the enumeration and to the duties prescribed by law.

Appointment of enumerators.-By law the clerk of the local school district has the responsibility for the school enumeration. In a city constituting a separate school district, the local board may appoint someone to take the school enumeration.

Forms.-The State department of education furnishes the forms on which the school enumeration is made, except that cities prescribe and furnish their own forms. Some fundamental census items are prescribed by law, but local school officials may require additional ones. Reporting. The census items for each school administrative unit are reported to the county superintendent and a summary report is made by that official to the State superintendent. Superintendents are required by law to send a certified copy of the enumeration of defective children to the State board of administration.

Use of census data.-Census data are used by the local schools as a check for enrollments. Data, collected in connection with the school enumeration, on children with physical defects, are used for discovering and for enrolling such children in special institutions. Census data are used by the State department to list the children of school age by counties and by sex and race, and to compare enrollments and average daily attendance with census figures for certain types of school districts. Census data are also used as the basis for the distribution of State school funds.

KENTUCKY

Authorization.-A school census is required by law.

Frequency. The law requires that each board of education maintain