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*1 Honorable T. If. Trlmblt, Flret ~salntdnt
State SuperlntwnIcnt or Public frutruction
Au8 t In, Texm
Dar sirt
oprnion o-5794’ Rot Would it be obligatory
for the Lubboak Xtadrpeadsnt School Di#trlot, O~rrting 8ehool bum8 for whit. children to 8180 tran8port aegro ehi ldnnt ok a0lma1oq.p
Poooat48tolarid)h~ quotodlrttertrw)Ir. A.C.Jadmm,Wuuwr BWnagoP of Iubboek Indeg+rk&nt Sohool Dlatrlet, whloh lett8r mat& u follwBt
've have a quatioa in thi8 dlstriat th8t ha8 8riaen thet I would like for you to furrlirnh me with M qrlnloar irea the Attorttq Ouwtr8l ngmdtrtg it, if youlwe a reo8nt opinion that uoul4 ruff%e. Thofaot8a.twthe8ot
"A. The Lubbeek Independent Sahool Dlatrlot u~l*btg appPoxipto1~ kn die* 8quare oporata mo&ool bu8r.m for the whit+ ohildrea llvin# throo mllos c ROPO -the mheola.
"c. u* hnve no fw111t1ea for tPatmportat1an of m ohll4roa.
*What remld like to know [16] whether the l rtablirhd 8 pollcr~ of tX'U-P@-ing SvaPd, h8vl theuhlt*ahl4nn,~ ltobl~tQ@yan -*part 2 totx'anopaa'ttho aergo ohll4ron.
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~mmomb1. T. II. Trlmblo m P
md 611 colomU ohildrut ln tJ# dratrlct &we be6n 6tkndln~ theac achmla.
‘It re as-e gbllgated t9 ::runaport colored cnl,l-Ix-en can they be transported alone ufth the vhltc children or whether ltpamtc traJuIportat1orl wrruld tutc t-3 be provided?
‘finy lnfcmration that you say be able to g:ve me relative. t3 t>ls will be appreciated.”
Replying to the foregoing letter, we call your to Artlale VII. s~tlon attention 7 of the Conatltutim or 2900 Revlaed Statutea, rhlcll are OS followat Texas and to ~rtlalt
*sec.’ 7. Sepurtcr school8 ah611 be prwidcd tar the white and colored ctalldz-e~,~and lapertlal prOri8ion 8hall be made for both.
yAPtlole 2s)oo. All rv6llablo public school fuw36 oi thla SMte 8h6ll k 8pproprl&ted ln e8ch aouaty for the edwatiw alllce ef white end oobrd ahll&8a, u&d lqmrtlal povi*iam ah&l1 be maw far bath Pnooa. no uhlte ehildlwn 8kll 6tt6M rchado wppox%d for 801~1-64 ahil&r6a, aor 6h611 oolinwd ehildrrntt~nd 6bho6186upportd far uhito ohildma. Th6 t6rn 'odor& x-608' md 'aolomd ahlldrm,* 66 ~~'npclt&~~~~ of mlttd ~- .
Xt ~111 be obaeved that both the Cometltutlon emd t& 8tatuto cited ebwe require the “imp8rtU pre~l81om l hallbmde forboth~rme8. SInea tfu Uxbbatk a&hod dirtrlet has made prorlmlaa folr tram~lttg whlto ohildroa uholir+ront?nnthmmll~ fiathe l uhoela, it follow thattair Ifam aotboen ~lrlprovlDlmunlew 8 l lmllar plwi8lal ir a&e for e&?mpwtlmg th aolerod ehildna UbOllVOran:~~~Il8Sicr~tbOir.MhOOl.
ram thonfoa'wt~toolernd ehllQraar0 oat1tled to ttm w fikallitloa roP tmJt&portation to aad fmm Mhoa aa m ublto Obildma.
Hbthe~atah Aqertbl faelltlea is tacayof bui tmmpwtatsonuosieodblbyirnaichiall~~bunoo~ tbetuermwa,arbypaarib~Pm=th8u8eofthesembuaby ttm oRlldron of both rem,
la a atter not gowmod by my law. It16 6mxtter tokdekmlndbyth61ec61 8tafUtg oohml alt~tla.