Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS IA AUSTIN Honorable 7. D. Looney county AuQitor Bon16 county Ho&on,' Texas Dear sir: Your r6puest for the ooUnty suparlntendent o and caxwtf``U.yooneidamd by the superint~dent~s letter soholaatics. The 3awie County Sahool BoarQ in regular session on Maroh 13, revised the oounty admiuistratlon $942: budget 80 as to include Honorable J. D. Loomy, Page 2 an additional $200.00 for the salary of the bounty Superintendent. Ths question haa ariaon ae to whether this will be a legal expenditure. "The mperlntendent*s salary is set under Artlole 2700.1, Seotlon One, of the tievised Civil Statutes of Texas. Under the original vlumeration of 13,021 soholaetlos the salary me 53 400.00. I believe, and the County Baa&l of Bode Count oomurs in thla ballet, t&t the 3,040 aoho f astiae on the aupplamontary oenaua should ti oounted In the populatlan of Ba~ie County just aa If though they were taken orlglnally in Uaroh oi the pr*oadiag par. If thla ia oorroot then the salary oould be cl& at 83,600.00. This haa ken dam. “The point hae been raised that thla Ir a meam at providlag money for districta In distress beoausa of the Inormse In eaholaetlos due Co defenee plants, and it Is also aontand- ed that this money must be spent under a budgat Emed through the State Departrae& of E&ma- . This la cormot, but In this oaae no money whatsoever Is requirad aa an asaeaament againat the 3,046 ohildren who wore taken an the supplemeatary ~mnauo, Tha aouuty admIni* tmtlon bud& for 1941-1942 rill hare a bal- anco or $127.38 artierthis Inormae ham boon taken oare of. The amount of the ooirntp ad- ainiatration budget wh8 raised by making an aessrssrmnt of fiS# per aoholastio on the orlgi- nal oensue roll ot 1.3 021. This wau dons under Arbiole 2827A of the &vised Civil Statute8 or Toxaa. You oan see rrom this that none or the laonsy allocated for these pupils enumerated In the eupplwentary aensus will bo In auy way afleoted by the salary of the oounty superin- tent¶ant, *In atior that we might have definite in- rormation in regard to this matter tha Cwnty hoard ia asking you to aaoura an Attorney Gen- oral’s opI@xi upon this matt4mW Artiofe 2700-1, Vernon*a Annotated Tear air11 Stat- utas, rea4.a In part aa iOLl0wa: kionorable J. 3. Looney, Paga 3 T380ti.on 1. The ele#tIvo County juparin- tandente shell raoaive room the Available Yohool Vund of their tespaotlva oountles annuel &.a- riaa baaed on tha aoholastlo population of suoh oountlee as foll.owa: *Population Aaount n 42;OGo 15,000 ~,IOIiliO ~15,001 to 30,000 3,600.00 . . . . . . . . "In making tha annual budgat ror county Ad- minl~tratlon axpanaas tha Oounty Sohool Truataaa ahall make allowanoe out of the Stat. Available Sohool Fund for salary and apcmaa8 at the ofrice or tha County Suparlntandent and the ape shell ba dater- mined by tho naidant soholaatio~@opulatIo or the Qoukty. It shall ba tha duty of:;tha County Board or Truataoa to tile the budget for oounty admlnls- tratlon erpenea with the State Dapartmant of Bduaa- tlon on or barors SeptasAer rlrat oi' aaoh aoholas- tlo year, tha budget to be approved and oartlilad to by the Praaldant or the COtinty &e~'d or ~&AOa- tlon an& attested to by the County Superintendent. The compansatlon herein provldad for shall bs paid monthly upon tha ordar oi the Gwnty Johool Trua- t.t%s$ protldod that the salary iOr the month of .%ptambar shall not be paid until the Cmnty Suparlntandont presente a raceipt Srom the State Superlntandent ahming that he has mada all reports raqulradofhira. . . . .” Article 281fk, Vernon’s Annotetod Texes OIvIl Stat- utea, reads a8 followa: *seotioIl 1. It ia haraby provided that in ceses of unusual inoreasa of aoholastlc popu- lation of any school dirtriot oauesd by the looatlon tharaln or adjeoant thereto of capa, raaervations, btildlng or dan pro.jaota apon- sand by federal Govermsent or state Govornmant owneraMp and whoaa areatiou l%aUltS in an uI1- usual lnorease in acholaatlc population in a s~h00i dfstriat ugon the oertiflud raqueat or the 00mty euperIntanc%ent 0r the oouuty In whioh auoh an unusual inorease SriSt8, the Honorable J. D. Looney, Pege 4 State Superintendent of Pub110 Inatxuotion, at dlatrlot expense, ehall require a eupple- manta1 scholastic oeneus to be taken of the dlstriot involved. In the event that the cxsxus heroin authorlzsd shows a eubstantlal increase in soholastio population, the State 3uimrlntencient of Publlo Instruotion may ap- prove a aupplemontal oen~ue roll, adding the names of additional eli&ble sohelaatior, be taken not later t&m 34-h 15 of any fi& aal year, and shall lnolude only suoh soho- lastlos that are enpolled and are in aotual attendanoe; provided that for the year 194O- 19&i said sup &mental oenaus will be per- mitt& until 1 pril 22, and no adjuetmnt 3~ echolaetlo apportionment in a dlstriot en- titled thereto &all be in an aniount more than that neoeseary for the eddltional ~xpen- ditures needed to oare for the neede of such dlatrlots and whfeh shall be approved by the State Uepartment of Bdueation. Wee. 2. only one supplemmtal 06!mU8 annually in any one dietriot ehall be au- thorized by the &ate 3upsrintendent.W (!%a- phasis oura) ‘::e assume from your letter that the supplelllantal oensuB roll ana mended budget have been approved as the statute8 provide. U.pon that assumption and under the faotr stated, it is our opinion that the oOUnty superintendent’s mlary should be $3,600.00 per annum and that the $200.00 inoreaf9e is lawful and proper. Very truly your0 BY COMMrrTEe i4JF:GO