The county board of education and the board of trustees for each school district shall see that in every school under their care there shall be taught, as far as practicable, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar and instruction in phonics, the elements of agriculture, the history of the United States and of this State, the principles of the Constitutions of the United States and of this State, morals and good behavior, algebra, physiology and hygiene (especially as to the effects of alcoholic liquors and narcotics upon the human system), English literature, and such other branches as the state board may from time to time direct.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-411; 1952 Code Section 21-411; 1942 Code Section 5321; 1932 Code Section 5338; Civ. C. '22 Section 2589; Civ. C. '12 Section 1731; Civ. C. '02 Section 1201; 1896 (22) 161; 1942 (42) 1453; 1998 Act No. 400, Section 11.