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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
ZIonorabb J. ?. EOlUbeO
COllAf AudItor
Lavaua countq Hallettrville, 4exa8
Dear Bir; oplnionHo.o-7488
tr and asvera quertianr require ansvar and Ion8 t&t n are a8 follov8: Are vhlte and colorad acholastlcr com- eliglblllt~ ol a school dlatrict for State aid under Senate Bill 1671
In connection vith your first question, Article I, Sec. 1, Act8 1945, 49th Legislature, BegulaP SessioJ3, S. 8. 167, *2 Hon. J. F. solubea - Page P
is the provlslon of tha so-called school aid law vhlch oontzvlm and regulate6 State ald to school dlatrlctr l.n Texas. It fixer 6s the baa16 for the distribution of Stste aid to school dls- trlots the sohol.astlc population. Stated in another vay, vhether a school dirtriot la ellgibLe for aid under 8. 0. 157 depends upon vhether under ths facts concernl~ the dlstFlct, it falls within one of the aavsl*11 cb3use6 Provldod in Article I , Sec. L, Senate Bill 167.
Under said Section 1 of Article I, school districts vllich sre eligible for Stete aid under Senste Bill 157, provided t&y corsply with other provlslon6 of the Act, may be destgluted for clarity, categorically as r0110w6i
"State rid under the prorlslona of this Act sball be distributed ln such a way as to nsalttz after transfers out,* -
b "Consolidated boa/or ruw1 high school
dlstr o 6 vhloh have an avenrgo not &on than ?Of) eoholastics of each or1 inal dlst~lct coin- posing the oonsolld6ted and 7 or rural high school district units'
(a) "Provided that tha msxlplwr llaitatlon as to 6ohola6tlc populstlon for ellglbllltJ hsreln shall not apply for any type of aid to any achool dlstrlat vhloh ia nlns mile8 or lp~rs in length nor contains 48 s&are lpilss oi territory or more provided there la not loos~ted la such district an incorporated olfy or tom l-mving 6 popul6ttion of mom th!Ln 3600 inhsbitaots, according to the lart Fedarnl Ceneus) (d) 'Provided further thst the r~axl4u2n llmitstlon at to the scholastic populatian for e~lglbillty, herein set forth, shall not epply to any school district which he6 4% of its area submerged."
(a) "Dl8triCta ?%9in~f~1i1Q a sCh001 Rt hcme end heving leas then en everage of one *3 Hon. J. ?. HOlUbe - ?age 3
enumerated 6oholartlo per aware ml16 are
exempt from said mlnlmm soholastlo nqulre- and rre ellplblr for aid for onl7 one mnt teaoher unl666 6 geographloal barrier ne- 0666it6t66 th6 O~?diOll Of to0 66hOO16 fOP in Stid dirtriot. . th8 SUm glad@ . .@
"Xi ths an shovbudgeta all other stricter bavlag less than .xdMd’ "if 8ohOl8rti@ re&nmeat rhall ba elf-
aiAfEU Sad tnntportatlon aid glble for onl7 tuition to the nearest acorsalted sohool on snurseratexl cmholastlo~ vhoss grader ar8 not taught in said tllstPlot." 6t?hool distrlot Under the hats sub6Lttted, t& sot l llglble for state aid undsr olauser
in question (d), inuluslve. It 16 equally &ear, in llbtsd hemin as 65lbQitt6d, t&It the Said distriot would the light Of th8 be eligible iOr the titloa 6x&I transportation ala provided under 6UbdiVfSiOn (f) herelal, pmvlded the district does not malntalna6ohoolathou. t.0 b6 @Q~StdW6d Vb6tb6Pth6 6OhOOl %hWO PWKliPr
d~attilct ln quertlon 18 eligible for teaehar aid under that part ef Artiole I, See. 1, S. b. 167 quotad and derlgnnted as crlausa 4) la this opinion. under the raots submUted, the 6chool iSt2'fOt in qmrtim 16 13.6 6qUalv rt1.6 in ar.a, ha*- W hit0 l ChOl~Sti~8 8nd 10 6OlOPOd MtW&66ti66, Thu8, li it 84 th8 eontexiplatlon 0r Senate Ml1 167, that the white vithfa Uid OO&rctd 80h0~86tf06 be OOrpbiaed ti W3lfJtiatiog'the S~holSS- tie populatiea of tha -diStPi& ior tha purpose or determining the sllglblllt~ Of th6 bLStP%Ot CO? 8t8tS 6id, it iO~Ol?S that the dintriot 'in queetlon would mot fall vlthin tha provlsleam of alause (a) as designated ha~ein, ml, thdnrore, vould not be eligible tharsunder for state aid.
It 18 the eon6ld6rad oplalon of thin DeparQsent that Article I, bea. 1, Senate Bill 167, oon~ates in that the dstermlnatlon 'the 8OholSsti~ pOpUlS%iori of a district Sor pUl90686 Of Said Act, th6 &Oh001 dietAut ateking State aid hereunder shall use the "orlgiml enuaer6ted s&0- lastica vithin the grade cl88slfled to be taught reaalnlng in the dlstrlct after transfers out* aa provided ln Sec. 1 of Art. If t&t the Aot doe8 not OenteiQlate the regregatlon of vhits *4 .
Ban. J. 1. Holubou - mua 4
amI crolored rcholartle l lNRentlO~ to 4eteraUa the acholratie gopuhtlon oi the dlrtrlot. Artlslr 2902, V, A. C. 8., provldsa that, .~ll
children, vlthout regard to coloC, over rix yasm of age and under 18 yoara or age at the beg N of any acholaatic year, ahall be lnch4ed in the aobohatlo aenaue,’
Bill 167,
TPW, titicl. III, Sea. I. of Senate
dealing vith Te.SebP-fU9il QUOt8 ~a&e~ iSalas7 Aid doe8 wqtin aa 8 baa18 far tbmt purpose the aaparatlon of vhlt8 ard aoloawl, bat Lt la ObvlOUO that thla gartloular queatlon require8 a aaparrto l mmemtlon betaurr undro Terra aegre- 'gatlon lmra, tea43hera will be required r0p reparsti rchools~ fwtibelslon, it fa rpplicubla to those districts aalr vhich unbar sscttlan 1, ~rtlola x, of 8mate all 167, oaa qualify for 8tab al&
rtatuter F&at totha l M1.r inPaM awe SpedfliMl fo%lovod the crolu tutiimal protlaloa, Art. ?I r
'Vnf, 8cra. 7 cmmtitutlon of Texea, fen th0 regregatien of
vhlte a5.l ooiored rcholaatfor. In eaoh case, however, where aegregatlon vaa dealred, a apeelfic protfalan for aegmgation ia alrePly at&u%. Ue flad no awh se gre gation l peaiflaally sada orauahanlntcmdwatof l ~re@tionmnda wtha Eyk- lattm In 8eetion 1, Art. I, Seaate Bill 167, vhlah aeta out the quallflaatioaa OS thoar aobool diatricta vblah~ ahall be #liglbLe ior nsddrd Stat0 8% tmler tha faotr aubmlttwl, th m l shcml Uattirltt
in question ia 13.6 aquas ml108 In area. Coast &ectlon 1, wt. I, Senate Bill 167, aB Ye do, the 88ld rat100 diatrlat -f haa 18 snmmtea acholaitlca. This dlatPlct, therefore, provlalon of Artlole aanaot qualify for Stats aid under that I, 880. 1, Listed aa eleuse (e) haroia, because It doer not have *1saa than an average on. snulaerrts4 achQl~atlo par square ails.'
fn the 1Qht of the abora atatute and 6lacuasion, it la the opinion of thia depm+Btnt that 8na~ex’a to JOUP *5 c 266
l * SOa. J. Y. lfoluko - ?rgr
question8 68 peatsted herein thoul4 be, and LFDJ, annrared both in the ne@iVe.
yours very truly