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*1 OFFICE OF T’HE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Honozwble Henry c. l$jLe
county Attorney HWO county
8ut nertt08, Texa.8
Dmr Jar. Kylet
*n 0pinlon or thir ha a been reaeived dewmment on th e l from vhfah ve qu ra a&o the Tmteeea Sohool Dirtriot l uqtetarion r o r rtudent in th e qwitht IO 60 r0ii0w4t xe the rule or the Board or Trustees 0r the Independent sohool Diatriot sunpending ioF the San litwaos current sohool year a student vho PprrIea rsaaoxmble and valid?
In your letter pu olts the8 spplicable Texnr statute8 and also a nwabar of mm@ deoided by the @ourt@ at this state mwtaining vartoua rular e~tdalirhad by rehool b0tird8 r0r ths g0vOnrannt or the rah00l and r0r th0 dit5Oiplitw
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0r th6 student body. Th6 en06 0r w0Lm8 et al v. Tmatema, 737, referred to in your 16tteP clearly holds et al, 1?2 90. authOritlea auuh E6 the that A rule aatebliahed br e&O31 tie in qwation ia WP4PaOmblS and lnvslld. The oplnSon la by ths suprem Court of #iaalealppi It la per- mad vNh l ua aive, It la, of course, not blndln,g in this state.
Our courts hold th8t aohool autimrltlea have a brud 4iooretiort io promulgating nalm ror the goveaa- Httit Or 5UhOOlO Md dlSC$pUJM Or 8tUdOBt5, aI%d it la g0~r- srallj,hold that t& ~lailw and upedleney of a rule eatab- lLa&d +y achaol bonrde ior tha oond\rot of the aahool la entirely wlthln the jumnt and dLacretlon of au& boarda and v1l.l rmt be cpatuvbod by the court8 unl6aa it clearly appear5 th8t th6 pule la rrbltrary and ttttrassonabl6.
St vi11 be Obaermd th8t U&P Artlaln 2904, R. C. S., that th6 authority 0r th0 raboo~.bcmrd to suspend a l tudttnt rr0t5 the privilegse 0r the roheol fpr the aumea l ahoolycr la llaltedto lneorz4.giblh eonduct on the part ‘ar the student.
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xt i5 thought th0t th6 0plni0tt 0r the tt0tm In the aa*e 0raaeob, IIaplu,l8 eOundafid cthosa$d control our anaver to your qwation. TherOrom,. VQ thak that pw quartian ahourd be, and It Is, sarrsmd la the negative.
r&r5 V6ry mtly ATTQRREY (3mIEluL GP rExA F-- d4-r’ * B. 2. Price BY Ra6s6tant EPP”BT AEPROBEDDEC 3, 1942