Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1946 )

262 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 Ion8 t&t require ansvar and n are a8 follov8: Are thevhlte and colorad acholastlcr com- eliglblllt~ ol a school dlatrict for State aid underSenate Bill 1671 In connection vith your first question, Article I, Sec. 1, Act8 1945, 49th Legislature, BegulaP SessioJ3,S. 8. 167, 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.nTexas. It fixer 6s the baa16 for the distribution of Stste aid to school dls- trlots the sohol.astlcpopulation. 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*11cb3use6 Provldod in Article I , Sec. L, Senate Bill 167. Under said Section 1 of Article I, school districts vllichsre eligible for Stete aid under Senste Bill 157, provided t&y corsplywith 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 "Consolidatedboa/or ruw1 high school dlstr14o 6 vhloh have an avenrgo of not &on than ?Of)eoholastics of each or1 inal dlst~lct coin- posing the oonsolld6ted and7 or rural high school district units' (a) "Provided that tha msxlplwrllaitatlon 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 lpilssoi territory or more provided there la not loos~ted la such district an incorporated olfy or tom l-mving 6 popul6ttion of mom th!Ln3600 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~1i1Qa sCh001 Rt hcme end heving leas then en everage of one Hon. J. ?. HOlUbe - ?age 3 enumerated 6oholartlo per aware ml16 are exemptfrom said mlnlmm soholastlo nqulre- mnt and rre ellplblr for aid for onl7one teaoher unl666 6 geographloal barrier ne- 0666it6t66 th6 O~?diOll Of to0 66hOO16 fOP th8 SUm glad@ in Stid dirtriot. . . .@ "Xi ths an shovbudgeta "if all other stricter bavlag less than .xdMd’ aiAfEU 8ohOl8rti@ re&nmeat rhall ba elf- glble for onl7 tuition Sad tnntportatlon aid to the nearest acorsalted sohool on snurseratexl cmholastlo~ vhoss grader ar8 not taught in said tllstPlot." Under the hats sub6Lttted, t& 6t?hool distrlot in question sot lllglble for state aid undsr olauser llbtsd hemin as (d), inuluslve. It 16 equally &ear, in the light Of th8 65lbQitt6d,t&It the Said distriot would be eligible iOr the titloa 6x&I transportation ala provided under 6UbdiVfSiOn (f) herelal,pmvlded the district does not malntalna6ohoolathou. %hWO PWKliPr t.0 b6 @Q~StdW6d Vb6tb6Pth6 6OhOOl d~attilctln 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.underthe raots submUted,the 6chool iSt2'fOt in qmrtim 16 13.6 6qUalv rt1.6 in ar.a, ha*- 8 W h it0lChOl~Sti~8 8nd 10 6OlOPOd MtW&66ti66, Thu8, li it 84 vithfa th8 eontexiplatlon0r SenateMl1 167, thatthe white Uid OO&rctd 80h0~86tf06 be OOrpbiaedti W3lfJtiatiog'theS~holSS- tie populatiea of tha-diStPi& ior tha purpose or determining the sllglblllt~Of th6 bLStP%Ot CO? 8t8tS6id, 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 that in the dstermlnatlonof 'the 8OholSsti~ pOpUlS%iori of a district Sor the 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 regregatlonof vhits . 265 Ban. J. 1. Holubou - mua 4 amI crolored llNRentlO~ rcholartle 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, ahallbe lnch4ed in the aobohatloaenaue,’ TPW, titicl. III, Sea. I.of Senate Bill 167, 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 ObvlOUOthat thla gartloular queatlon require8 a aaparrto lmmemtlon betaurr undro Terra aegre- 'gatlonlmra, tea43hera will be required r0p reparsti rchools~ fwtibelslon, it fa rpplicubla to those districts aalr vhich unbar sscttlan1, ~rtlola x, of 8mate all 167, oaa qualify for 8tab al& rtatuter F&at to th a lM1.r inPaM ?I tutiimal protlaloa, Art. awe SpedfliMl r fo%lovod the crolu 'Vnf, 8cra.7 cmmtitutlon of Texea, fen th0 regregatien of vhlte a5.l ooiored rcholaatfor. In eaohcase, however, where aegregatlonvaa dealred, a apeelfic protfalan for aegmgation ia alrePly at&u%. Ue flad no awh se g r e g a tio lpeaiflaally n sa daorauahanlntcmdwatof 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 a ub mlttw th l,mlshcml Uattirltt in question ia 13.6aquas ml108 In area. Coast &ectlon -f 1, wt. I, Senate Bill 167,aB Ye do, the 88ld rat100 diatrlat haa 18 snmmtea acholaitlca. This dlatPlct, therefore, aanaot qualify for Stats aid under that provlalon of Artlole I, 880. 1, Listed aa eleuse (e) haroia, because It doer not have *1saa than an average of on. snulaerrts4achQl~atlo par square ails.' fn the 1Qht of the abora atatute and 6lacuasion, it la the opinion of thia depm+Btnt that the 8na~ex’a to JOUP c l* 266 SOa. J. Y. lfoluko - ?rgr 5 question8 68 peatsted herein thoul4 be, and LFDJ,annrared both in the ne@iVe. yours very truly