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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Eonor&gr xortlmer Brown A
Zxeoutlre Seere ta,7 Twoher E?drenont mar4
Awtla, Tan*
Dear 8irr
UJ~ no.slved your
fro5 the letter written by SW. Jam68 9. tad i;avttabcr 30, 1040, a~ fd.lO~(lr "'i'he 3tate~ Board for Vooatlo~l tiuoa- tion, fn cooperation with loal ~ohool boarda,
her beea oondu6tlng 6GlIbl'geAOy traialll$ promale
in aoopentioa dth .the u. is8 offioo or Waaa-
tion to aeet the awl* for aatlonrrl doieaae
P-8=-. z%a80 ~rogmuaa 6re 6upportsd enttre- 4 by Federal fW ;proprllrtsb br W&W688
tar ah18 #mpor* alo local or stat6 m6n.y i*
,awb
674 Honorable Xortlaer Browa, :jage 8
*We are now undertnkllyi nn ex~naafon of this trninfnd ~rO6E+ifl oofgorlaltg wi* tha
SUp~kEb6A~ry .A;ct, Md Mw plaKIs as set UQ
by the Otilce of Wuoatfon. Under this ox-
pnnded progem, training ~111 be offered van-
der the maprvlaioa of the Homemakiq Dlvi-
aion, .aqrloulture Division, and Trade and
In&atria1 Divl.aion t&rough looal aohool
boarda over tha s&e Stnte. Thara an
three plans for oonduetlng progrnrna under
the WAdSUS AobS. ktta6hed is ti -informa-
tive ohoular derorlbing theae three plans.
hero attaohod are oopler of questions and
~imera as isauad by the u. 3. orria8 or to the Hatlozial DUenae
Vluoatlon pertalnlng
Program.
The problem that is confronting us 1s whathsr or zot these tatlohara oome within
the soap of the state Waohor- ~etfrenent
Aat are eligible pnrtioipate bherein.
In oonalderlag this questlon, I should like
to present the following faota for your in-
tOl!MtiOII¶
-1. In the majority of oaaea, teaohera will be employed by looal school boards with
the oonsant approval or tha Stats Board
for Yooatio~ Sduoation.
u& The loon1 aohool board will enter into a oontrsct with the State‘Doard for
Booatlonal Bduoatlon for the payment of
ionda to oovar the aotual ooat of tha In-
*truotional program* The86 funds till bo
paid upoq reaaigt of sworn atfidaritr throueb laouance of a warrant drawn at the raquoat the ;;tate Board for vooationel xduoation by
the Stata Treaiaumr af Texas 3n a apeoial ao-
oount set up by the u. 5. orfioe of 3duoatlon
for thla gurpoaa. ‘Phts w&rant 1s lawed to school degoaltory in the usual manner
but must be kagt by the depository iA a 0eOcrc
ate aooouat. "3. ~11 teaohera are hired on an emar AOY
baris wlth the aatloipated amloyment peri r be-
tag for eight wseka or mre, an.4 not longer than
_- 675 honorable Uortlmr ?rovm, Fage 3
uatll June 30, 194..
“4. Teachers my be hired by the Stat& for Vooatlonal zauostisn on a 3tatc B00a wide Itinerate basis pald aularlea out
of apeolal runas ae?oaItaa with tho
Treasurer Sor such purpose8~
-5. ?!enchora are hired both on a part- time and full-tfnu basis. In ocmaldering
the guestion of teaohsr retlremmt, 0.4
full-tlms teaohara aen be.aoasIdored. Ho
queatloa has arisen Insofar as part-tlas
teaahars are oonoarned, axoapt as stated
below.
*a. Regulerly emplsysd aohool teaahors my teach a llmi ted auabtr of hnura In the
IfiT ;rogram 88 set up under Flen 5, and rb-
oelre thereror additional salary for this
partdIms work that Is done outside ex-
aluaira of their regular teaohing dutlaa.
In no ease oan any teaoher teaah more than
a total of 40 hours olaa. work per week.
Wp present time, all taaohsrs hired on this program hsve beea emgloye4 on
a tsmgorary thres months besfa, whlah ellm-
Imitea then fros pirtIolpatlon. Und6r thq
new regulations offeotIva as of thla dete,
taaohsra may work until June m,, 1941.” Seotion IS mbaeotion 8 of the Toaoher ZZetiremsnt I, Auua!"". 45th Lag., 19a9, ch. 490, Pam 1198) reads as roi-
.(2k *TublIa Sohool* ahsll mean any educational organizatfon su?portoa wholly
or partly by the statn under tha authority
ana aupervIaIon of a legally oonatitutea
board or agenoy havIry authority and re- aponaIbIllty for any fUAOtiOA yblfo i
eduoat1on.w ;iJ,
seetlon 1, subsootion 9 0r the da hot r6aas u followa: ‘\
6’76 Honorable ldortinrer drown, Tago 4
“(31 *Twoher’ shall 9eim a person eaploysd on a full-tiao, refgLbr-aala
baair by board8 of ooamon 8ohool dlstr at8, 9:
board8 ot independent aohaol districts, ooun- sohcal board*, Eetfremnt Board of Trus-
ty teae, State Board 31 xduelrtlon and >tato De-
;artaeat of Bduoatlon, board8 of rqpnta of
oollegea and uniruraities, ard any other
legal1 oonetituted board or agenoy of an duoat I onal lnatitution or orGanlzation sup-
- ported wholly or part& by the Jtats. In
all uasea of doubt, Retlrment Boarhor
Truetees, hereinafter defined. ahall dater-
mlna whether a person is a teacher aa dailmd
In tills Act. A teuohor shall man a prson
renaerrng rsnloe organized mu3lio etduaa-
tion in profeomloml business admiciotra- tion and aupsrrislon aad lnstruotion In
publio aohoolm aa delined In subasotlon (2) (UrdsrsoorlnG owe).
of this sootkm.* Ssotion 1. 3ubeeOtZon 3 of said hot reads as fol- lows; W+oyer* ahall ~080. t&s State +)
of TOXU and any or ita dralgnated agent@ or
agencies with reaponribilfty authority
for publfo eduoatlon, suoh as the a~amolt and
lndependeat eohool boards, the boards of
regentr of et&a colleges nnd unirorsitles,
the oountp eohool boarda, or any other a+pnoy
or and within the by whloh a psrson cay
be ~eagloyed for service in :;ublio eduoation.*
or we understand the faots, t&e teachers in ques- tion are hired by the looal aahaol board. The board deter- mines and passer upon the qualifications of said teaoherm.
These teaohers are under the aontrol and 8ugervlalon of the looal oohool Xoard and Iask to the board for their salaries. ahor that the
‘:..e cm of the o_rlnion that mob tnats clmrly looal sohool board is the employer of ths tonohsrs in ;ue6- t3.m within the meaning of 3eotion 1, 3ubseotfon 5 of the Teacher ?etlrement Act.
Yhether or not the pmrsons in opestian are oowred by the Teaoher Rebirement.2ot depend8 upon whether they are ~teacherP as that tam is deilned 15 Setfor, 1, Sui.5eOtiO5 *5 Honorable Yortlnrer ~rowa, Rage 5
3 OS the AOt. This soothn provides that *@Teaoher* daall yyaqaM?eroon omplorod on a full-thus, regular aalar baa18
(%Rhasia ours), lG7aZreroal fikX-Efi?oY ployoXa In quo&Ian may teach up to forty ($1 hours ger WOOk. Couraoa say be oiiered at any tIao duutiag tho twenty- day. The loagth or daily oehod- Soar (24) hwra ia not Shod, but depend8 upon the ulo and training period need8 oS the jobs Sor whIoh traIaIag is given. X0 are In- Somod that the ontlre 2rograa is 8amwhat tom;;orary la nature and *ill sxglro Sun0 30, 1941, ualoaa othoruS.30 ox- totied.
Suboootlon S of Soo,tIon 1 OS oaid Aot rrorldoa Surthor that *A teaoher shall mean 5 ;Mraon rendering EON- ioo to organlzed pub110 bduoetlan + * in pub110 sohoola.* (Bmphaair ours). It nay be that In aortain al6uatlono tibia pert of Subaootion 3 would eroludo aoao OS the pereons in iron the rrorfaton OS the ,iot. quoatlon
Subaeotlon 3 of Seotloa 1, after deSInIng the ward •toaohor,~ provIdo8 Surthor that 'Ia all oaaeo OS dxxbt, the Rotlroaoat Board of Trurteoa l l * shall doter- mIn0 whether a poreon Ia-a.toaohor 08 deilnod In thla hot.* ~8 aro OS the oRlnIon that It la doubtSu1 whether thoao ~eraona~ongagod in the Ratloaal DoSon& TraIaIae Pragraa, oonduotod ruder. the aupmvloion oS the Board For Vo- oational ZduoatIon, are *teaohora* ulthfn the arsanIag OS the Teaoher Rotlreaont hot. It sollowa that this la a aat- Sor the RotIroment Board OS Trustee8 to droldo. wr tar ttia reason wo do not aaiwer your seoond question.
Yours very truly A’iTCRRHT GSERAL OF TEUS ClOnIl R. Leda Aori atsnt L3rRS