Case Information
*1 . .
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Eoaornblr Wad&w &no Eoaornblr Wad&w &no cater, Texao cater, Texao Dlrtrlot Dlrtrlot Attornr~ Attornr~
30 hate r0r rap1
mQurotiJlg 8ho oplnioil or
Question. Your r-8
8tnt.d
an Coator rntfmt er on* l djo3.nbq Gammon tha8 I get your 0 transfers to the Csn- iot Deoause h&h water 08~ his how, 8o the ohool Distclot la whioh ob dlstriot the pupil a add thr centsr In&Qen- I for nine mntbo. The rs pay ttit1on ro% th6 Oonter Who01 run8 but thr sohool yaw.
fionorabls &mAlow Lane, Pagd 2
*Under thia faot situation is the Canter tide- pndant Sahool Dletrlor alrth3xized to ciargs tuition in exoeao of the zoath in the event suoh math tui- tlon ir not sufflolszt to briag t.% ~~~11~s annoy allotted an6 tm.rrfsrtaC uaith it sup to the butge8 re- quirem~at rot eaoh ?upll of the Center 3ohool?*
Frau the raots stated aDove, we essxe that th8 tram+ r0r of the saholastlo in ;uaotion use otfeoted by vlrtuo or the pro~ieions of Artioles 36954099, %vleed Civil S!atut@s, 192S, and ;hat m question of tr&n&Zor of a sotolastlo for high sohool pUQO56S (rhardn the C#fitAlg diStSht dOe* i+Ot~ffOtdtb 84UiB opgottuaitles as the roos:vlng dirtriot) lo Involved. Se also asaume both tb oandtig an& teos:viq sohooi,cil~triots are looatad Fn the sagl) oounty.
Q1 thS ba~iir Of theMI r4IOttJ YOIU pU6StiW IS WMthw the reoe,lring tnatrpndent sohool Uatrlot pray oharga.tuition to the no.?-rf.Wdent soholatstlo based on the pro rata oout of main- taining the lnde9endent aohool Clatrlot lsrro the portion OS sohool hnd8 of tha oo&xa eohool &i&riot the trandernd trrdegeadsnt sclmol Aiatrlot; or, on t&a oontrary; may in- dependent rwhool diatrlot oharge tuition oalg for one raonth (the porlod auoh independent aohool Cistrlot~6 Wrm uo~adt the ocG&oa oahool dlatrlot's)T
Artfolo 2696 in the aerlssd Clvl2 Statutes, 192%. as az%Gad, Aots 1935, 44tb LegislAture, Ctinptar 201, 3oa. 1, p.
4.38, raa4.a an followsr
"Any ohild law~lly enrolled in any dlstriot or lndosndent distriot, i8a~ by ordw of thcr oountl suparictentant, be traaafJrrad to tho fuwolki#at oi any ot4er diatriot or independent distriot in tho samo oountp upon a rrittsn apglloatl~a~0r tha prent or giardlan or porron having lawful ooa~301 of suah ohlld, filed ulth the oounty superintendent; 2rorided that any Cl&riot or indepecde~t distriot Ming dis- aotlsfleb with any tramtar oade by thb ouunty super- may tagpal fkom such aotion the oounty intcndent board of truatses of said crountl who ahall have the right to aimul and oanoel the transfer allowed by oountg auporintfm?ent.
*Tha,applloaut a&all state i.a said agplicatlon t:i.%t it is his boaa fide intsutlon to cent said otlild to t!ie sohool ts w;=toh the **nmter ia asked.
860 "u&WI the CelTtiiititlOA Of th4 trMSfC4r Of tA.lty cfiild, loom one diotriat to mother distriot, by the oounty su~orintendant of tba aounty Ia whloh the okild reaidss at the tlma or tha trantiar,.the state of Eduoatfon sballauthorize the itate Departcisat Treasurer to pay 0~4~2 dlraaatlyths par oaplta appcrr- tlonment, in indepxident districts or five hundrsd (500) or mor4 sosolastlc population, to the distriat to nhioh ruoh ohlld 1s tranafierr4d1 aab in a:1 ottror dlrtrlots, ?& oouaty auprintsnCe~t:ts, to be paid by h&n to the masp4OtlV6 di&rlots to whloh such children aXa tracsf6W3d~ provided, A0 trar~ref shall be mada after august 1st."
In Sloaoub vs. Camsroa Indapssodeat So&o1 Dlstrlot, lla Tax. 268, 288 Z3.W. 1064, oertain scholastics were dw tracarerrsd iron &her school dietriata or tks county to the Gaaieron fodepndent School Distrlot. TU Sear6 or school trustsoa of the C4a4ron Independent School Dlstrlot entered an order rowiriq t2446 pupils to pay tuition at thi rat4 0r for high sot;001 atubmts and $32.00 $50.00 g&r year ror stu- dent8 ln grades below the hi@ soho&, less tranofar money r6oOlV80. The hrthez of thsse pugi r4iu4d t.0 Ny the tul- tion and instltu-,ed an a6tlcu.t tc restrain the school board from attempts to oolleat the amounts allaged to bc due. The ouurt hold that t.&ba lndspandant school Clstrlot could aharge tuition non-rbsideat aaholastlar under Artlole 2760 or the Revis4d Oivfl Statutes, 19111 (which article le almost lc%ntio& rith titlole 2696, Vern3a s Annotated Civil Statutes) ynd in the ooiurse 0r it5 opinim said;
*It is our vleu tat the Legislature, la an- aoting this artiole, did not intend riquira any indapendent sohool dlstriot in this state to 4&n- oate a saholsatio irae oi o.hsrge any longer thaa the rith suoh scholastla, would pap fxnds tramhwrcd such pupil*8 proportionat part 0r the axpans 0r ogeratlng sohoola or such district. In other rords; aa Lena; as the stats apportisnzmtwil.1 opar- ate the mhool4 OS 4n ind4p6nit4nb district, the transrsr ppfl, whose stfrt4 apportionment is ie not reciuiretd to pay tultlon. But, trawtsrred, when th4 aohoole oi an indepsndent dlstrlot must OOA- their term r1t.h a::ndy raised by local tar44 tlnue suoh diistriot, then the upon proprty levied within transrer puyil, a nonresident 0r suoh distrlot, mat py a reasonable tultlon.*
.861 Honorable Xardlow Lane, Faso
Por aa808 la aoaord soo Huok vs. Fublio ?rreo Schools 0r the aity or hiath, (c. 2. A. 1927) 290 s.3. 1llay YufbO v's, Dietriot Sohool Dlotrlot, (0. C. A. 1931) 98 S.3. (2d) Ugmay Thas4 oas4o wara under Artial4 2696 or the aovissd Civil Stakes of 1925. see also the eaos or Lore v8. City 0r Dallas, 40 S&t. (2d) 20, dooldod by tbrr Sqwiao Court of ttils Stats on Uay 16, 1931, whoroln the oourt pointed outs
azor more thaa arty ymra statutes hare beem in 4rf44t prmlttltq tmOrOr0 iron ena rohool dls- trlot to another, aad 8mo ooaslaoratlen mu8t be giVSn t0 the OOAStXWtiOA Or i&O COA8titUtiolr WhiOh of these 8htute8 lmDllo4. Sin40 tho ths raaotccent Conatltutiaq dose not g#rmlt taxation oi the p+o~lo of a aohool dbtrlot r0r tho support'of that diatriot, oroopt upon a vote 0r tho 40914 0r distrlat, it is not dobatablo that t go Loglsl.ature oomot oonrpel 058 district to uoo its fund* axi4 properties for the otuoatlon oi ooh4la8tlo8 from another district, wlthmt fust ooapensetion. Eon- over, in view oi fho long ogorztlon of tkts tran6.f4r 8tatutos w b4lfave that whore a 8ohool dlttrlot has radltios and teaoharo la bfoooa of those nooos- sary ror it8 own aoholastioa, the 8tatO ha8 the powor to ro.;uir0 it 4.04opttr0a0ror0 iraol anathsr di87 but only upon tho pyE4At of tea8snablo ocm- triot, pomation th4r4roro. . .* in the Sloaomb oase, supra, *For ysaro and As 8tatod year8 the State DoparWnt of XduoAlja cinder the advfoe of
the Attorneys Genaral of thir StAt6, has ruled that thin t&i- Of this SOGI BiOnAbf. tiOA may bs ohargsd*. fn 8UpMt it&port of the Atttrlmey Oenoral, SSlS-1920, page 499, Vol. 383, Latter O~lnlon p. 522, Vol. 367, Letter Opl~i~n, Page 36,. Opfnion to Wry B. Camp, dated Juno 18, 1937, Vol. 376 Letter OQ~A~OA.
Consecuently, it my be seen under thb author- ity OS .%rtlolo 2636, Yloaoinb vs . Cameron Independant School Oistrlat, aad Lava vs. City of iiallae, a ro8eivlng independent sohcml dlotrlot not only has the right, but lb is its dut to o&loot a reasonable tuition fmn non-rosldont rohoh4 F9 08 s~ifrlolent to ooi?qensat4 tha rooolving dlotrlat for th8 rrbuea- tion 0r tranrrerred aohola@tlo, uhaa transfer ftuxda rooeived ara not aufllolant+
The rarzai.aing question of what oonstltutos nrdaoon- able viltion" was also anower4d by Chief J*ustiao Curotcm ia t&4 Love Gas0 aherrin he said:
Xonomble ;%~USW Lane, Pats 5
=. . . lor sann reason a sohccl dirtriot oamot be oaa~ellcd render a saroloe to a 11011- 80h0148tio r0r less than 4 reasc5able tul- resiesnt tian fee. 3aoh &a atteqt on the part of the b36iSl4tiU6 to thus 005ileC4tCi $hr property of its taxoamrs would not ba a lssfiitLB%te us4 oi aoh a It is tharefom *&a 0plnLir of this Departssnt and yw are reopuotf~lly advised that 4 maeivi~ ri+assnzble fmmit cibtrict may ohargo 0. [40] tuitlor to a non- Independent sob01 resiiert soholastio transfsrred ta suoh dlstrlot frron a oomcm aohcol Cistriot; that in detsr&i~ a masunablo t..ltion or oospxmatloa for the eduontion of the sotiolastio in question, into tha coot of the 50h0=31 syc;tem OT the LW olezant enterlag expu~?& of lts malntenanar should be exoluded; and iiaally t&t we are in gcaseselcm of nc i4oL.o i&Laz wculd lndloats pro rated oost OS fdntainizg tha Cwmron hds3adent soho Dlstrlat, less transrar mney reoaived rsuld be umesmnable oompensatloa or unr~sonab;Le tultlon 44 to the soholaaatl0 in g~6stliua. Ldesd, Lt waild semi that this sannar of detemln- lug tdtlon for the saholastlo is a dellbmkta atteqt to follow t&a diraotiins OS the LQTS 04~4.
COMMIITLC