It is only fair to the French to note that they have, since the law called Debré in 1959 allowed the Catholic schools to operate freely with teachers paid by the state provided they, * use qualified teachers, * have a contract with the government submitting to inspection of their buildings etc., * submit to government study programs, * regular accepted hours etc. (SR.) ***** [Footnote 6301: Ordinance of Oct. 4, 1814.] [Footnote 6302: Liard, "L'Enseignement supérieur pendant la Restauration." (Rev. des deux Mondes, number for Feb.15, 1892.) Decree of April 8, 1814.] [Footnote 6303: Ordinance of April 17, 1815 (to suppress the university pay and separate the sole University into seventeen regional universities.) This ordinance, dating from the last days of the first Restoration, is repealed the first days of the second Restoration, Aug. 15, 1815.] [Footnote 6304: "The Modern Régime," p.316. (Laff. II 581-582.)] [Footnote 6305: Basset, censor of studies in the Charlemagne college, "Coup d'oeil général sur l'Éducation et l'Instruction publique en France" (1816), p. 21. (State of the University in 1815.)] [Footnote 6306: Today, in year 2000, the educational machinery in France employs more than 1 million teachers and, as all children are in school from the age of 3 to at least 16 years of age, there are more than 12 million children and students under the tutelage of the state. (SR.)] [Footnote 6307: Political party terms.] [Footnote 6308: Ordinance of Feb.21, 1821, article 13, and Report by M. de Corbières: "The youth clamour for a religious and moral direction.. .. The religious direction belongs by right to the highest pastors: it is proper to ask from them for these establishments (the university colleges) for constant supervision and to legally call on them to suggest all measures that they may deem necessary."] [Footnote 6309: Liard, "L'Enseignement supérieur," 840 (Speech by Benjamin Constant in the Chamber of Députés, May 18th, 1827).] [Footnote 6310: Ordinances of Novem. 21, 1822, article I, and Feb. 2, 1823, article II.] [Footnote 6311: Ordinances of Sep. 6, 1822, and of Feb. 21st, 1821, title VI, with report by M. de Corbières.]