Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1984 )

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The Attorney General of Texas
JIM MAllOX Demmber 28. 1984
Womey General
suprem cowl SUlldlng Hr. Eerbert R. Cohen. Opinion No. JM-283
0. aor 12545 tiecutive Director
waon lx 75711.2545 rexea Coameto1ogy Ccmmiaafon Re: Statua of contract high
51w75-25ol 1111 Rio Gr6ude 6chool atudenta under the
Telex Olof574-lS7
Austin. Texaa 78701, cosmetology Rcgulstory Act
‘hoopltf 512l475.0255
Dear Mr. Cohen:
714 Julwn. SuIta 700
~llao, ct. 752024505 Tou heve requested our opinion regarding the status of contract
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high school atudentlt under the Coametology Reguletory Act. Your firat
queation la vhether “contract high school atudenta” (ttudtnta vho
I524 Albto6 Ave., sunt 150 receive cosmetology training from private beauty culture achoola with
‘il Paso, TX 7wos2723 vhich their high achoola contr6ct) art private beeuty culture school
OlY53334M student6 under the Qmmetology Rtgulatoxy Act. article 84516, V.T.C.S.
If they 6rt eonafdtrred to be private beauty culture school 6tUdtnt6.
..#a leas, !&IN. 700
you ask next if they muat complete 1500 hour6 of training instruction
Nourton. lx. 77002-2lll to quelifp for licrnaing in cosmetology, purauent to section 10(b) of
71Y223am article 8451a. Finally, you ask vhethtr these public school atudenta
ere to be conaidere:d, in the ealcul6tion of lnrollm6nt for purpoaea of
co6tputiag the atu&nt-instructor ratio for private beauty culture
m5 srotaway. SUll@312
aehoela under aection 22(2) of article 8451e.
Lubbock TX. 7wQla472
3mf747.5225
Section 10(b) of 6rticle 84516 providea:
4306 N. Tmth. SuIti B
(b) 6x1 l pplic8at for m operator license auat
MCAIIWI,lx. 75501.1555
5law52-4547
be at lemt 16 yeara of age, h6ve cowplettd the
aevtnth grade or it6 equivalent. end beve eom-
pleted 1 ,!iOO houra of instruction in a’ ‘licensed
200 MaI flua, Suit. 4w beauty culture school or 1,000 hour6 of inatruc-
San Amdo. TX. 75205.2757
tion in beauty culture course6 and 500 hour6 of
512/2254191
rtlettd b.igh school couraea pretcrlbed by the
coadaaicn~ in 6 public school vocational program.
An Equal 0p~01IunlW
AfflrmWw Actlon Employor Section 22(2) Imovidta that a private beauty culture school ahall
(2) nointain on it6 ataff and on duty during
buaintaa howa. not ltaa than tvo full-time
lnatruct~xra licensed under this Act. except that
ont inatzuctor vi11 be aufflcient vbenevtr the
student er~rollmeot drops belov 15.
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Mr. Rtrberr E. Cohen - Page 2 (JM-283)
Areiclt VII, aeccion B of rhe Texts Constitution veafa
ldminia~ra~ivt lod auptrviaozy turhority for public education and
public school atudentt lo the Srart Board of Educariou. Members of
the State Board of gducarion art also members of rhe Sttte Board of
Vocetiooel Education and rhe Ctnrral Educetlon Agency. See Educ. Code
1111.01. 11.41. Further, atctloo 11.02 of cht Educaeion~dt provides
the f olloving:
(e) The Ctntwl Educarion Agancy the11
exercise general control of rhe system of public
education at the v:aCe level in accordance vith
rht proviaiooa of this code.
(b) Any activity vith persona under 21 years
of age vhich is ccwritd on lo the aceet by other
state or ftdertl a``encltt, except higher education
in approved collagta, shall be subject in its
education eapecta to the rules tnd regulations of
rhe Ctntral t!ductt Lon Agency.
No ata~uCt dtltgacea he Scare Board of Educacion’e admioia~ra-
tive end supervisory rtaponaibiliry for public education and public
tchool arudeota tither to II privart rtchoical or trade school vith
which e public school diatxicc cootracts, or to the licensing botrd
that regularaa rhat privartr technical or trade school. Similarly,
arrlcle EbSla, V.T.C.S.. doer ooC exprtaaly or implfedly confer oo the
cosmetology comniaaion lupexvlaory or adminiatrarive aufhorlty for the
public tducttion of public school etudeore. Article 8451t dote coofer
on rht coamttology comiaaloo rht rtaponaibilicy to prescribe the 500
hours of rtlared high achoo:l courses to be taken by a,tudtnta enrolled
in rht public school vocarlcmrl program. V.T.C.S. art. 84516. IlO(
Adminiarrative bodice tmvt tmly those powers expreaely conferred on
thcr by attture together vj.th those ntceaaarily implied from exprtaa
powers and duties. Staufftr
-- v. San Antonio. 344 S.W.Zd 158 (Ttx.
1961). Set also State Boax, of ttorticiana v. Corttz. 333 S.W.Zd 039
(Tax. 19&o).
Therefore, a school district may not delegate Its raaponaibility
for rht tductrioo of pub1.j.c school atudenra to a private beauty
culture school or to the coamttology cocniaalon. See Pent v. Rio
Grandt Iodeptndtoc School I~fatrict, 616 S.W.2d 658 (G. Civ. App. -
Rtatlend 1981, no vric). Rot bee the cosmetology c~fasion beta
given txpreaa or implied at,thority for the education of public school
students.
Seerion 21.1111(s) of the Education Cods expressly provides chat
a school district
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Mr. tlerbtrr E. Cohen - Page ! (a-283)
mey contract virh rnorhtr school dietrict or vlrh
a public or privstt poet-ttcondary educational
ioarlrution or trada’or ttchoical school, vhich ia
regulated by the Wste, am deaignattd in the State
Plen for Voutlonal Education to provide voca-
tional claaaea for students la the district.
Subsection (b) provides that:
A pupil vho atttni~r vocational claaaea at another
school pursuant to a contract authorirtd in Sub-
section (a) shall be included In computetiona of
average daily atttn~daoce by the school district in
vhlch he ia regularly enrolled.
Set also Educ. Code 116.15li:; Acts 1984; 66th Leg., ch. 28. at 3%
(providing for basic allotment and vocational educational allotmtnta
for atudtota torolled in vocational education programs).
We conclude that atudtata who receive coamatology training from
private beauty culture achoo1.a vith vhich their high schools contract
arc public high school atudto.ta torolled in a public school vocational
program. To be eligible fw: a cosmetology optraror'a liceoae uader
article 84516, section 10(b), they must complete 1000 hours of
instruction In beauty cultwt courses and 500 hours of related high
school courses rather thar. 1500 hours solely in a private beauty
culture school. See also !Lluc. Code 121.112; Acts 1984. 68th Leg..
ch. 28, at 449 wonal programa ahtll offer competency-baaed
instruction. . . . Inatrwtion must be baaed on the tasencial
tlamenta approved by the Stcu:e Board of Rducatioo . . .").
Finally, ve consider vhether. if rhtat students art deemed to be
public school ltudeota vhc should be counted in the average daily
attendance of their school illstrict, they mty be counted am enrolled
in a private beauty culture school for purposes of calculating a
student-instructor ratio.
Section 22(2) of the Zoamttology Regulatory Act provides that a
private beauty culture school shall
maintain on .ita lit.aff and on duty during bualneaa
hours oot ltaa t:hao rvo full-tlma instructors
lictnatd under this Act, except chat one
ioatructor vi11 be sufficient vhenever the student
enrollment drops belov 15.
We do not believe that thmk atatut of these students as pub~lic high
school atudeota precludes them from being cooaidertd ta contract
enrollees in a private beauty culture school for purposes of
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Mr. Rtrbart E. Cohen - Ptge 4 (m-283)
ctleulating a student-lnatmctor ratio under atction 22(2). We
beliavt the inreot of aectioa 22(2) it to provide for a reasonable
student-lnatnrctor ricio thet trill ensure the prottcrion of the public
safety tad velftrt by thorough rreining of proapecCivt cosmetology
liceoaeta. Theraforo. ve con~::ludt &et ehe intent of rtctiou 22(2) la
aatiafled by counting all wrollttr in l private beauty culture
school. vhtther privete or Imblic school atudtnta, for purposes of
calculating a student-inatiuccor ratio.
Students who receive cosmetology rrainiog from
private bteuty culture schools vith vhich their
high schools contrmt are public school studeuro.
m=Y art require!d, to take 1000 hours of
inarructfon in be.wty culture couratt mod 500
hours of releted high school courtta in a public
school vocetional prosram am prescribed by erticle
8451s. section 10(b). V.T.C.S. Cheracteriratioa
of theme students am public school atudtota dote
not preclude them froll being conridered em
contract enrollees in a private beauty culture
school for purpoaea of calculating l acudant-
inatntceor ratio under section 22(2) of article
84516. V.T.C.S.
JIM MATTOX
Attorney Gtntral of Texas
TQMGllEEN
First Aaaiatant Attorney Gtocral
DAVID R. RICHARDS
Executive Assistant Attorney Gtotral
RICK GILPIN
Chatrman. Opinion Comnirtte
Prepared by Rick Gllpln
Ataittant Attorney Central
Mr. Rerbcrt t. Cohen - Page 5 (JH-283)
APPROVED:
OPINIONCOWUTTER
Rick Gilpin, Cheirmen
Colill Cerl
Susan Catrlron
Tony Guillory
Jim noellinger
Jenriifcr Riggs
Nancy Sutton
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