Elementary Education Act 1870

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Elementary_Education_Act_1870
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Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:allows school boards to build and manage schools
school boards to compel attendance
school boards to levy local taxes
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Forster's_Education_Act
gptkbp:citation gptkb:33_&_34_Vict._c._75
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:created school boards
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elementary Education Act 1870
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:William_Forster
gptkbp:longTitle gptkb:An_Act_to_provide_for_public_Elementary_Education_in_England_and_Wales
gptkbp:purpose to make elementary education available to all children
to establish elementary schools
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 9 August 1870
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Elementary_Education_Act_1891
gptkb:Elementary_Education_Act_1880
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Education_Act_1944
gptkbp:significance first attempt to provide universal elementary education in England and Wales
gptkbp:territory England and Wales
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:England_(19th_century)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6