Case Information
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OFFICE~OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
zmlorable L. A. uoods
state 8uperlntsQdent of Pubrio IxutruatioQ
Au&in, Ipexas
opinion Ho. o4665 m¶ll
entire naholestlo
r Aa?tiole VIXI, ta Is41, 17th sub soholaatlos oiar as the pap * section a of t trawportatian rttend a p-ad8 ZQ an- the rocelving airrtriot.
*'Ehe diatriet orS&nally hl 87 enume&atcd real.- dent agholeotlos ln ell,gritdes. There were 2 trams- iera out; nasa04~ Edwar Wilson and Ns brottiw, *2 I
Jams5 xl&on, who w6re transferred out w parent applloation prior to Awu8t 1, 1ft41, a8 provldod fin Artiulq 2696, Aata 0S the 44th Loglrlatux-3, chapter 201, s4JetloY.l 1, pa&e 888. fhu.8 you rill not8 that the88 puplila wara not a part of ahe 8OhOla8tio arumbarPtimtbst~8trulufs~dby oontraat on September 3.0, 1941, a8 provided by ArtloU 8, Sootion lof Eause Bill 884 for the reason that the pamnk OS these 2 dail&sa, aot- OS Artlole 8686, oxemiied lng under. author1 $heis right OS aho 08 by tzazwSerrin8 to Salado 7
Sor the apparent reanon that the 18th made would t at Shmklin awae that di8trict notbsta roul~be e &ble $'ar only one teaaiwrr %
"A r8ttWMW5 to Artiale 6 of 80680 Bill 284 will lYmeal that1
fl’ & cauatp sugerineenldent
alnl county S&o01 Boar& OS the 86V5T4 eoutttier %nao thr Qaamlttee had aonoldered the ad- viaability of th8 POUti OVW 8hiah this ahilQ W88 tranlpOX+5d 8Xid appzlmti t&DE, th. QW38tion Of the f808t eQoIACUIioa1 hr8 been rattfedw X h*rcb &olu OVW th4J80 POUtHS8 @OZ’SO~4 urd find );hat.: tho route going to Salado oam by pupti~ I . . . .> . . hou80. Onthoot?mrBanCL,hrdhebesntra&‘@ to E&ton, tW Beltcm 8ahool bw would have m g0 6 Ei3.108 OUt Of t+O w trio* drilgrl OO yOU*ii~ MO the law hae boa +winpLlrd with in ap~rovlng- nuah a i3rDulnportatlon set-u&
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Honorable L. A. Bloods, p8ge #S
shanklln Dlstriot on September 10 when the contraat wa8 made, he wa8 not l4.udea in the oontraot to traslsfar the remaining 8cholaetla8 OS the dlotriat to Belton. I rgrea with you that ohlldren not transferred an provided in Artlole 2696 ami who IUW ineluded in a aoneraot are obligated to go to the r5eelvlng rohoo1 or pay their om trsnsportation, and that 18 what I ie8i 70~ intsaded to hold. Al80 1et m8 point C; out that Artlol& 8696 will paxsilt a pupil to be tranoterrsd only once eaah y8crr.'
in rler of the above quoted mtter you ask the opinion of this department on the follo~lng queetlont
51. sirme Bdmrd Iillson~s grade was not tau&t in the dlatrlot in whloh he lived and. in which hi8 paPfNit8 had legal DX8id6Sioe, 8ince the bus route over whiah he was transported to Salado was appwmd by the Department of 15duoatlon and the Joint LegLlative AdvlLsory Cammittes, sin08 he was'not included in the oontraot ts transfer the Ofnnalnlng sohola8tloa to Belton for the rea8on that he *a5 not on the 8-n oe~w roll at the time, rinoe he was transported r8ore than %& ti188 t0 tai l'tMOiVf~ 8dlOO1, snd 8iaM th6 di8- triot t&owed an approved budgetary ne8d ror tram- portation, WOULD KOT TEDS SEiARXLIW DISTRIOT BEi ELI- GIBLE FOR PRARSPORTAT~OR AID OH HIM TO TRANSPQRT RIM TO SAUD0 AR ORIGXXALLY APPIiOVEDD1’
Ke de8m It unneo*aaary to quote at length the'appll- cable provl8iona of the rural aid bll&r Suah provl8lon5 am quoted in Opinion Ho. O-4888. For the purpoae8 of this opinion it will be 8uffioisnt to say tbsb Se&ion 8 of A&$&l8 V pro- hlbit8 the gmnting of t-8 aPtat%on aid for pupils who attend a grade in mother sohool dg ah gMIde is taught in suah pupil*8 hamrr di8triot, and that und52 Smtlon 1 OS Artlala VIII the tW8te55 of a dlotrlct unable to nmlntaln a satl8faotorp 8Ohool WXW authoriwd to enter to a~ontraat tho en- tmneferring a oonvenient 8-1 tir6 sohola8tia of hl6her rank.
Honorable L. A. Woods, pa&e fi
Artiale 2696, Vernon'8 Annotated Civil Statutea, provides as follows:
'&ny ohlld lawSully enrolled in any dlstrlat . or independent &Uatrlot, may by order of the oount superintendent, be transf8rred to the
lL ent of any other diatrlot or lndepsndent ia tha lamb oounty up013 arrltten ap- iZirlot plloatlon of th8 parent 0~ 6umdian having lawful oontrol OS swh ahild,"~~?%h
the oounty auperlntondsnt$ phvlded that any being dirsatb- dirt&lot or lnde~d~nt dintriot Sled with any transfer made by th8 oounty ruper- lntendentmay appeal sa 5wh l otlon to the aounty board of &rustees of raid oounty rhs rhall have the right to armul 8nd oanoel tZ5n8f6z allowed by the aounty euperlntendent. shall 5t5t5 in aald appllaatlon "The appllaant
that it 18 hi8 botua Side int8XitiOn to Ssnd 8&d o$lld to the aohoolto Whbh the tranaf6F 18 &ok-
-Vpon the oertiSiaatlon of the transfer'of any ehlld, froin one dbtriat to another distriot, by the aouuty 8uperlntendent of the aounty ln wN& the child Te8ide5 at the time Of th0 bUU3fer, ths strt8 Depl?brtal~t Of Edueatlon 8hau authoriae the State I!maaunP to pay over dtroatly the per aaplta apportionment, In independent dlstrlota vi fire hundxed (SCO) op more 8ChOla8t$O population, to the di8tTiOt to -oh 8-h Oaild is trannferred~ and kr all other dl8trlotr, to oounty 8upMint&nd- '8nt8, to b8 paid by h&n to the respoatlve di8triats to dzbh auoh diktrsn are trDuuf8rred; provided, r)o trmsiW rhrll b8 made after Aquot 1st. A&t8 lf&8,n& af84 Act8 1%56, 44th &m&s Pe 486, ah.
[8] l * Pou rtata that prior to Au6u8t 1, 1eu, iEdw&d-WRfl.sn UM tr5n8femod under Artiole 2696 from ehs Shanklin dlstrlot. 0x1 Septgnber 10, 1941, the shanklin di8triot ooatraoted under
, . Section 1 of Artiole VIII t-o transfer its ontire scilolastlc enmllment to the Balton Xndepondent Sohool L'iatriot. a.8 thlr pupil 3.2.1elu6ed within tha aaholaatlc enrollmmt of th5 shanklia fiatriot at the t&w tha oontraot uakwi) entered iMoO We agree with ou that he was not, for pup115 ar5 transferred under Artlole i 696 'to the enrollment of any other dlrtriot or independent distriot is the mxse oounty.* In other worda, titer the transfer ir aPad8 under Article 2696, the transferred prrpll la na longea on the soholaatlo enrollment of hlS haPs dirhrlot but ir en the enrollm8nt ot the reaelvlnt(; dlotz?iot.‘ Theretore, as E&rard wflroa waa traAsf%rred Prior to Auyat let, he eaa not lnoluded,ln the tranaier oontroct entered into on Septexober 10th. Sinoe Edwwd Xilson~a pad5 was not taufpzt in IiS& haae dlstrlot, and sine8 the other requiremntr OS the Aot are met, your que8t.b~ is amwered in the affSm%- mm.
u5 cpot5 the following fY?osI yoUF letter of request; ‘IA your opinion Under dl6oussioo hewti you go&r& out that sohelaatior trausferred by oon- traot ae authorbed in Artiole 8, SWtiOA 1 %f House Bill 284 beoom the reeidente of chs ~8- -oelvlng mhool, and ~tbbrefor%, the puplla of S&I&$ beOti?U 2Wlde&3 Of th8 Belton S~h$l That ball raised this queatlon.
they are*for.aid PUI' a88 3'85ident8 Of BeltOX and Belton in not e lr gibls for aid under Article 1 of Hoti B&U, 284, than it follow5 that we would not be able to grant my 5ort OS rid, either tranepo&.ation Wtlon or eSlaryrlcl,OA the 26 puplla havAns &al residence in ShmkXin w&o had ohaqod their mridence b the oontraot far the c48dOA thd &3ltOA iS inO fgi ble for aid. Thus St 8maue that aooording to your Opinion Ho.04355 yvu al?8 0an08lllng the right of dlstriot to oontraot aad 8tXll be eligible for the aid to which they were el%glblo prior to the ocntraot* Ban in your Opinion Bo* O-4678 you held that t_ha '*id vea based upon tie ell@blltty of the distriat before oontraot an8 that all ruoh aid was based on tha sent diatriotfs eligibility bo~foro con- tract. In thie opinion Eo. 04865 it appsare your vloua ln the matter and that you have omed would, therefore, establish the baele for aid on *6 Bomrable L. A4 Woodrr, page #a
the elig~blllt~ of the woslvirq diatrlot. This oanfllots with Artlale 8afEouse Bill 884 and also dth yow o&.xLoa liar 04678.
You have p3,aoed a oonstiotioo on Oplnlon Xo. O-4886 whioh we did not intend. Seotlon 8 or Artlole V prohibite the &ranting ot transportation aid for a $napil who attends a grade in~thsr5ohaol*Nahgradel1,taughtinhishcrae dlstilet., We held in Opinion .Wo. 04855 that "aftor the en- t&a 5oholmMo enzol.lment of nreb dlskiot (shcurlrlin) ban been traA5ferred to the ~BeltoA IndePSndent~Sahoof, ~lrrtrlot~ tmn5portatlon eid nray net be granted“i'6r pupZl5 aotfered auoh transfer crontreot who attend a grade in another rahoo Oplnlom Wo. 04678 5m%Bor! O-4868 528 in no way inconclirt- ewd we now reaff%stu both auah~o&x%ons. at,
10 test that th&a op&aion satlsfaotorily 5nawer8 the quertionil in which pOu are inter85ted.
@l-ED OCT 7, 1942 tnilf yours v*p7
Oeorge Vi. Sparks Aecristaat ows-5