sentences:  Chamberlain campaigned against the Act, and especially Clause 25, which gave school boards of England and Wales the power to pay the fees of poor children at voluntary schools, theoretically allowing them to fund church schools.The Education League stood in several by-elections against Liberal candidates who refused to support the repeal of Clause 25.In 1873 a Liberal majority was elected to the Birmingham School Board, with Chamberlain as chairman.