Report of the Department of Education of the City of New York to the Mayor of the City of New York In Regard to a Statement Dated December 19, 1900, Published and Circulated Through the Medium of the Board of Directors of the Merchants' Association of Ne

Excerpt from Report of the Department of Education of the City of New York to the Mayor of the City of New York: In Regard to a Statement Dated December 19, 1900, Published and Circulated Through the Medium of the Board of Directors of the Merchants' Association of New York
The foregoing statement is almost wholly hypothetical. There is however, a percentage of truth injected, sufficient to give color to the statement.
Attendance is statutorily defined, and is the basis upon which the General School Fund is apportioned to the several boroughs.
The Special School Fund is not within the purview of the statute relating to attendance of scholars. The Special School Fund contains such items as are the subject of peculiar criticism in the report, viz. General repairs, supplies, fuel, light, rents, etc., etc.
The statute referred to is Section 1065 of the Greater New York Charter, which is as follows.
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