149 Ga. 596 | Ga. | 1919
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
The record discloses that the uniform course of instruction as required by the State board of education ivas covered in the first seven grades of the Tallapoosa public schools. It also appears that the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades constituted the high school. It is alleged in the answer of the respondents thut the plaintiff’s daughter desired to enter the eighth grade of the public school, but no evidence was offered in support of this allegation. So far as the record discloses, the defendants’ answer was not offered as evidence or considered as such by the court. Whether, therefore, the board of education could lawfully require the payment of a matriculation fee by a child within the school age who desired to enter the high-school branch of the schools in question is not involved, and no decision is made upon that, question. See article 8, sec. 5, par. 1, of the constitution (Civil Code, § 6580).
Judgment affirmed.