Case Information
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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
~rusteen of any city or town or lr&fpcndcnt or oomon aahoal tllstrlot aball sdmlt to tl?a baaa~l~~a~~~~~~~~~_p~~~l~~~ sohoole ~mny per scan over slx and not otcr tuenty-one years 5liEvUle bt@nnlng 0r the fohotiatlo rear, li ouch~person or his parent or legal &u8rdIan resides within sela city, town or 6latrIot." (Under6ooring ours)
*The tru8teea ot sohcola shall him the power to admit puplla or?r and under aoholastlo a@, sit&or in or out or the dlstrlot, on auoh term6 they my deem prapcr and just providing that 1n admitting pup116 over and under the roho L atlo ago, the oohool; shall aot bs aver orowdsd t o the negl6et w entw 0r pupil6 witha the 00h0la6ti0 ~0.
+iby my aurrpend rr0a the prirlleps or 8f3h0018 tw pupil round yilty 0r InoorrlgIb~o OowlQet, but suoh auapcnelon ahall. not extend beyond the currant term of the aoho01.~ (Underaoorftq ours)
The Sqprepcl Oourt in tbo .aae of Lore vs. Gltr or Dal.hs (2051) 40 6. E. Wd) Eo, baa bftr0r+3 it fer aozmtmotlon the ?orego lag statute. Zt wee them held $haL ch%lddzan between elf&teen and twenty- one, ~hll0 entitled to.tha ben*tIt of the public mhocl6, wore XAOLOt publio rraa aahool atudent6 6Faoe the statute do88 not provide that they ahall bc urtltled to the benarlt of the publio aabool rund for that year. The opinion polnt8 cut that aaohclnatIo population* me-6 +%hoae rho under aktutea af the State had the rJgbt to attend the pub110 aohools nod wooire the bemilts of the publIo in. 60h00i itma.- Ii km018 s!QoE O&ir p~Qi&d that 0bii&0Q Or &OhOhStiO
ege ahadd be~edalttetl to the bkmrlt or the public sohoolis it might be argued that having oomplstad a preaorlbed oourse.ot study auf- riolent to tmoufe a oartlfieata or graduatIoa.or diploma the ehIl4 bad rooelrud all or the bsnefita~ol th6 public saho01, Hwmor, with referanoa to aoholastlos It protided that ohlldren of aeholaat1a age shall not only be sntltlad tc the benarlta or tha publie seh?ola but aball be sntltled to tba .benoflta of the public sohool fund f&J sot bused upOn a$j-bi~Os The saholdtfd QOSWhl6
in sohool but Is based npan the etatutow ~$8 lfdt @ad refildenoe withlo the dla'trlot. Artlela 2904 does not furport to authorize the trustees to a&it end rejeat pupila arLtb a the oaholaa- tio a(;8 raeldlnp: in ',h,? dfotrlot upom auah tex%m a-ttradtl8ia doam proper and Just. 'ibis crkild belw of aoholaastia a&% and r~8~61~ in *3 IiCIl. L. A. r.oOd6, i‘age 3
l&2 CiSiriCL, district would rsostve rr0:. the stat* the tire SOi echo per capita a~portlonment vshetiier the ohlld attended sahool or cct nnd we hro unable to perceive how mch oh116 could reoe5va the benatlt of the public school tund Vor that year" unlsea he shoitld be ellowed to enroll ant! attend eohool. in this oonneotlon we aleo 0611 sttentlon to Article ZQOl, Iistlssd CirSl &tatutes, lee&, whloh. read6 88 r02i0we:
%rsry cblld in .thIe :itate of eaboleetfc age 6tal.l be cnnitted to at&and tt+e pub110 tree sohooA6 of the or iRdepbudent dllctriot In vrhlch It rbaldea at e t&o tim it applies for ad&salon, notnIthstandlng ttist It ray have bben enumretad eleewhera, or ex3y hati et&end- cohool elaswhere part 0: the Jeer." (Unbsraoorlag ours)
The Department or Muoatlon has apparently rec6gaired that a acholastla olap attend eohool altar gmduatlon IQ It8 bulletin on .%snParas aob Aotivitlea, 60. 997, Volrtw XV, Rc. 4; dated September 1, 1830, page i3QIo, wherein it is stated!
wltour peer high sohool5 should require not more than slxtwm aoa$b!lo. uulto .ror graduation, and two yaar high aohools not rausr t&an eight nor more than ten. A tdt 0r work representa a subject pursued for e period of not fewar than 86 uiidu, fire reoltatlonn per weak. EIgh aohoola may give loaal oredit Tar axtre ourrioula eotltrItIa@.
The88 do not ratlety Oollsgo entrtfnde ruguirelssnt6c _xS.~. OOSC crny pupil who la allowad to graduate au e non-oomge entranoo basis dsoides later to eater oolle.ge. auo&! pupil ehould meet roqalremente by additional work ln high bOOl before being aerti~fied to eooll.eas sntranoe.W i?ee Su,$steb Eurricula, pge 48. (Vbderscorin~ aura)
la a diatinotion to be dram between students who are or beocbe i!nanafally able to attend oollage end thoee who oannot ettond aollege 50 that the former ~eay oontinue to r,eaolve tbe benelita of the public GOtOO& fmd axid the letter may ROW
Since the child here under oon~idsratlon Is lase then sixteen years of' age we also call attention to the Eollowing etetutea:
*Art5ola E892. LVttiy QhLld in the Gt0lia W60 IS aeven yeere nnd not more then sixteen pears of age aball be ~PQ- qulred to a‘Ytcnd the gublla sohools 1~x1 the district of Its reaidenca, or In som other distrlot t6.whfoh It my be trensrerred as provided by law, for a pdriod of not leeee
thM CmI~ hn~r4a arird tw:,ty aeyE* ‘i-hi, parioa or OOQ pd.aory school attwdancr c t each ~ahoal nhell begin at the cpehin~ ol the school tera. unless otherwise auth- mixed by tha airtrlot 8chool trueft446 end notloe &van by t!~s trueteas prier to the begInning of such 8ohool ten;; pr0vidtla that no ckild shall he rnpulred to attend ocbocl for c longer period t3sn the uarlmum tcm of the public aohool In the dletrlet v&en, auoh ~hI.l&reaidem.~ *rrtio1e 9993. The fcllowIug oleasasot ohll4lruln are exempt frcrr. the requlremeente of thla lau: -1. Any ohfld ettehdanos upon a private .or parochial school *hIah ahall -1naluIle In its oow8e a study of good altlxonship, an4 8hall sdco the Xmgllrh langwgo the baa16 oi lnetruatlcn In all aubjeots. *1. Any child rjbo8e lmdlly or 54ntal condltlon
Ir. euoh aa to ran6er ettendanae lhaaolcebla, and rho holds doflnlfe ocrtlfioate of a reputable phpsio$au tkptcirying this 005aits0n and wrerlw the perfod ai abeon . -3. Ary ah116 uho ic blind, &t&f, dumb or reebh-
miadod, for the ln6truot1oa of rhcm no ad4quEte pre- vlslon hea baan am&e by the maho dletriat.
"4. Any e'hfld llrlne mcr4 then two and one-half mile8 by direct and traveled roe4 tmla the nearsat pub110 aohool supported for ths ohlulran of the mm raw end oolor of suab ah116 aha with uo free tram- portatlon provided. -5. Any 6hIlb mre t&m twelve yea~ra, of age who ha6
satisfactorily aonplntod the xork of the savsnth.grado of a standard elexwntary eohool of aeven gradsa, an@ whose semiass are neecidsd in 6upport of a parent or other person standing In pareutel relation to the ohI3A, pay, of8 preneutatlon of proper evI&ehaa to oouaty superintendeat, be exe&ted from further attelrdaooe at sohool." Artlolwf 897 and EBB, Texss'Psual Code, lQ%B, aontain the aame language ae the foregoIw, statutea end eppmpriate provIsIona and penalties are mde for the euforaeme~t thereef.
lion. L.. A. ~oOCS, bee 5 eduaatlon atatulac oartafa sxoepti0n8 tli .cie ooapulsory
are specirleally lletea but no prorlaion Is feund exempting a,ohil& rithin the ad~N-ted aq.r. lidtc rho has aamplrtea enough aoura*a to soaure a oertlfioate of &rstduatlon from a high sohod.
ksrrtla?~ that aahclawtio qdl~loationci sight bats boon baa'cud upon the number of aouraea oompleted dth a paadng~de or upon.nme other fornula,' yet tbe i.@gldature did Rot .eee fit to !nmtead, It has provided that obildren ot oertdri a&m pXWld0. sbaZ1 be entitled to tile benefits of the publie mhoola an&shll&en *ithin outaln age braakets ahalt in daitlon thereto ba en%ltlod to the bermfits of the pub120 sohool f'une for that'war.
It la our opinion that thkbmmd OS tnutaei $r the Grne& rl;tlo itlgh.Sehool not authorized to r8nue to aacept a #twbat n&or olraumatanaea pnfnatsd In your latter of xvqtlest 80 2.0~ as l eb atubnt 1s witbln the sobblaatis a@.
APPFlOVED SEX 25, 1939;