Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF T’HE A’lTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honozwble Henry c. l$jLe
county Attorney
HWO county
8ut nertt08, Texa.8
Dmr Jar. Kylet
*n 0pinlon or thir
dewmment o n th e l h a a b een reaeived
from vhfah ve qu
ra a&o the Tmteeea
Sohool Dirtriot
luq teta r io
o rn
rtudent inth e
qwitht IO 60 r0ii0w4t
xe the rule or the Boardor Trustees 0r the
San litwaos Independent sohool Diatriot sunpending ioF the
current sohool year a student vho PprrIea rsaaoxmble and valid?
In your letter pu olts the8 spplicable Texnr
statute8 and also a nwabar of mm@ deoided by the @ourt@ at
this state mwtaining vartoua rular e~tdalirhad by rehool
b0tird8r0r ths g0vOnrannt
or the rah00l andr0r th0 dit5Oiplitw
Bon. mnry 0. KYle - p4P 2
0r th6 student body. Th6en06 0r w0Lm8et al v. Tmatema,
et al, 1?2 90. 737, referred to in your 16tteP clearly holds
that A rule aatebliahed br e&O31 authOritlea auuh E6 the
tie in qwation ia WP4PaOmblS and lnvslld. The oplnSon
la by ths supremCourt of #iaalealppi mad vNh It la per-
lua a ive,
It la, of course, not blndln,g in this state.
Our courts hold th8t aohool autimrltlea
have a brud 4iooretiort io promulgating nalm ror the goveaa-
Httit Or 5UhOOlO Md dlSC$pUJM Or 8tUdOBt5, aI%d it la g0~r-
srallj,hold that t& ~lailw and upedleney of a rule eatab-
lLa&d +y achaol bonrde ior tha oond\rot of the aahool la
entirely wlthln the jumnt and dLacretlon of au& boarda
and v1l.l rmt be cpatuvbod by the court8 unl6aa it clearly
appear5 th8t th6 pule la rrbltrary and ttttrassonabl6.
St vi11 be Obaermd th8t U&P Artlaln 2904,
R. C. S., that th6 authority 0r th0 raboo~.bcmrd to suspend
a ltudttntrr0t5 the privilegse0r the roheolfpr the aumea
lahoolycr la llaltedto lneorz4.giblh eonduct on the part
‘ar the student.
,
xt i5 thought th0t th6 0plni0tt 0r the tt0tm
In the aa*e 0raaeob, IIaplu,l8 eOundafid cthosa$dcontrol
our anaverto your qwation. TherOrom,. VQ thak that pw
quartian ahourd be, and It Is, sarrsmd la the negative.
r&r5 V6ry mtly
ATTQRREY(3mIEluL GP rExA
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BY * B. 2. Price
Ra6s6tant
EPP”BT
AEPROBEDDEC 3, 1942