Case Information
*1 OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
8 of Texas, pratidmi as rot sach tsaoher prln- prorldcd, ent employed in the pub110 fiba State ahall use the English lanqzags the omduot of tho work af the 8ahoeJ.a and exmalses of the sohool irhal.I be (Tuap3, rind the trustees a far trlaxwmtary pedaa provided, however, that it 1 to pravfda text books, as now povid- od by law, for and to tsaeh any mdarn language in the oltmentary grndea of the publla We schools thQ second Grade, and 1s~ the Xi& 3ahool qacies f&w3 as outlined in the Ztate Course of L;tudyi provided, hawaver, that it &ml1 bs lawful to povlde text hoc&s for md to taaah the Zpuiish lank~a&e In ..aluEiautnry g-mdss in tho pblio ires eahools ln *2 (
\ Ron. L. A. Xo.ila, pnGQ 2
Countins b?rdar& OII the bcundary llna hutwasn the Unlted Stats8 snd tho 'iopubllo of &xlco and hayin,? a city or eltles of flvo tWusnnd (5,000) or :30x=0 inhabitants sacordlng to the Lhited :Xates Census for the gear 1920. It is lawful to tsaoh laGIn and Gruek ao 8 brsnoh of study in ths Xl,* Sahool grados as outlined In the State Course of Study. Any suah toachsr, prinoipti, Suptwlntend- ant, trustee, or other sohool orrioik2 having tesponslblllty, In the oonduot of the work oi suoh schools rho tails t0 Omply with ths pr~islo~s of this Artlole shall be fined not Less than Twauty- Flvs Dollar8 (325.00) nor more thnn one Iiundred DoUars ($lOO.OO), oancellation OS esrtlfloatss or removal from offiae, or both fins and suoh c~oel- latlon or fine and removal from otflo~.~
k alose readIn of' the above Aat reveal that it does not prohibit tha teaohing of any itiom langwig‘ In grades above ths sromd, nor the f'uznlshing of text books theretor. Turthcmore, the teaahlng of Spaulah and tho pro- vision of teS:t books for toachina ,ths ssm %a not prohibited 1~ any of the alsmentary errados In oertain counties along the b0tmafu-y. 2%~ proximity of the :Xnte of 'Texas ~T~x~s-~~x~OO to the '?spublio of !~fsxlco undoubtedly aooouuts ~Por this provieo relntfnp: to the provision ni text booke for and the ton&ins ai the +anlsh lsn@m~o.
In our opinion your quostlon should be nnswerod in the nemtlve,
Yotm3 voxy truly (S) Klraohle Johnson Hlrschle Johnson AsslstMt