Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

I OFFICE~OF THE Al7ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS . AUSTIN zmlorable L. A. uoods state 8uperlntsQdent of Pubrio IxutruatioQ Au&in, Ipexas opinion Ho. o4665 m¶ll entire naholestlo r Aa?tioleVIXI, ta Is41, 17th sub soholaatlos oiar as the pap * section a of t trawportatian rttend a p-ad8 ZQ an- the rocelving airrtriot. *'Ehediatriet orS&nally hl 87 enume&atcd real.- dent agholeotlos ln ell,gritdes. There were 2 trams- iera out; nasa04~ Edwar Wilson and Ns brottiw, I Jams5 xl&on, who w6re transferred out w parent applloation prior to Awu8t 1, 1ft41, a8 provldod fin Artiulq 2696, Aata 0S the 44th Loglrlatux-3, chapter 201, s4JetloY.l1, pa&e 888. fhu.8you rill not8 that the88 puplilawara not a part of ahe 8OhOla8tio arumbarPtimtbst~8trulufs~dby oontraat on September 3.0,1941, a8 provided by ArtloU 8, Sootion lof Eause Bill 884 for the reason that the pamnk OS these 2 dail&sa, aot- lng under.author1 OS Artlole 8686, oxemiied $heis right OS aho7 08 by tzazwSerrin8 to Salado Sor the apparent reanon that the 18th made would notbsta t at Shmklin awae that di8trict roul~be e% &ble $'aronly one teaaiwrr "A r8ttWMW5 to Artiale 6 of 80680 Bill 284 will lYmeal that1 fl’ & cauatpsugerineenldent S&o01 Boar& OS the alnl county eoutttier 86V5T4 . %nao thr Qaamlttee had aonoldered the ad- viaability of th8 POUti OVW 8hiah this ahilQ W88 tranlpOX+5d 8Xidappzlmti t&DE, th. QW38tion hr8 been rattfedw Of the f808t eQoIACUIioa1 X h*rcb &olu OVW th4J80 POUtHS8 @OZ’SO~4 urd find );hat.: tho route going to Salado oam by the pupti~ I ....>.. hou80. Onthoot?mrBanCL,hrdhebesntra&‘@ to E&ton, tW Beltcm 8ahool bw would have m g0 6 Ei3.108OUt Of t+O w trio* drilgrlOO yOU*ii~ MO the law hae boa +winpLlrdwith in ap~rovlng- nuah a i3rDulnportatlon set-u& , . Honorable L. A. Bloods,p8ge #S shanklln Dlstriot on September 10 when the contraat wa8 made, he wa8 not l4.udea in the oontraot to traslsfarthe remaining 8cholaetla8 OS the dlotriat to Belton. I rgrea with you that ohlldren not transferred an provided in Artlole 2696 ami who IUW ineluded in a aoneraot are obligated to go to the r5eelvlng rohoo1 or pay their om trsnsportation, and that 18 what I ie8i 70~ intsaded to hold. Al80 1et m8 point C; out that Artlol& 8696 will paxsilta pupil to be tranoterrsd only once eaah y8crr.' in rler of the above quoted mtter you ask the opinion of this department on the follo~lng queetlont 51. sirme Bdmrd Iillson~sgrade was not tau&t in the dlatrlot in whloh he lived and.in which hi8 paPfNit8had legal DX8id6Sioe,8ince the bus route over whiah he was transported to Salado was appwmd by the Department of 15duoatlonand the Joint LegLlative AdvlLsory Cammittes, sin08 he was'not included in the oontraot ts transfer the Ofnnalnlngsohola8tloa to Belton for the rea8on that he *a5 not on the 8-n oe~w roll at the time, rinoe he was transported r8ore than %& ti188 t0 tai l'tMOiVf~ 8dlOO1, snd 8iaM th6 di8- triot t&owed an approved budgetary ne8d ror tram- portation, WOULD KOT TEDSSEiARXLIWDISTRIOT BEiELI- GIBLE FOR PRARSPORTAT~OR AID OH HIM TO TRANSPQRT RIM TO SAUD0 AR ORIGXXALLY APPIiOVEDD1’ Ke de8m It unneo*aaary to quote at length the'appll- cable provl8iona of the rural aid bll&r Suah provl8lon5 am quoted in Opinion Ho. O-4888. For the purpoae8 of this opinion it will be 8uffioisnt to say tbsb Se&ion 8 of A&$&l8 V pro- hlbit8 the gmnting of t-8 aPtat%on aid for pupils who attend a grade in mother sohool dg ah gMIde is taught in suah pupil*8 hamrrdi8triot, and that und52 Smtlon 1 OS Artlala VIII the tW8te55 of a dlotrlct unable to nmlntaln a satl8faotorp 8Ohool WXW authoriwd to enter to a~ontraat tmneferring tho en- tir6 sohola8tia a oonvenient 8-1 of hl6her rank. Honorable L. A. Woods, pa&e fi Artiale 2696, Vernon'8 Annotated Civil Statutea, provides as follows: '&ny ohlld lawSully enrolled in any dlstrlat . or independent &Uatrlot, may by order of the oount superintendent, be transf8rred to the lL ent of any other diatrlot or lndepsndent iZirlot ia tha lamb oounty up013arrltten ap- plloatlon of th8 parent 0~ 6umdian having lawful oontrolOS swh ahild,"``?%h the oounty auperlntondsnt$ phvlded that any dirt&lot or lnde~d~nt dintriot being dirsatb- Sled with any transfer made by th8 oounty ruper- lntendentmay appeal sa 5wh lotlon to the aounty board of &rustees of raid oounty rhs rhall have the right to armul 8nd oanoel the tZ5n8f6z allowed by the aounty euperlntendent. "The appllaant shall 5t5t5 in aald appllaatlon that it 18 hi8 botua Side int8XitiOnto Ssnd 8&d o$lld to the aohoolto Whbh the tranaf6F 18 &ok- . -Vpon the oertiSiaatlon of the transfer'of any ehlld, froin one dbtriat to another distriot, by the aouuty 8uperlntendent of the aounty ln wN& the child Te8ide5 at the time Of th0 bUU3fer, ths strt8 Depl?brtal~tOf Edueatlon 8hau authoriae the State I!maaunP to pay over dtroatly the per aaplta apportionment, In independent dlstrlota vi fire hundxed (SCO) op more 8ChOla8t$O population, to the di8tTiOt to -oh 8-h Oaild is trannferred~ and kr all other dl8trlotr, to oounty 8upMint&nd- '8nt8, to b8 paid by h&n to the respoatlve di8triats to dzbh auoh diktrsn are trDuuf8rred; provided, r)o trmsiW rhrll b8 made after Aquot 1st. A&t8 lf&8,n& af84 Act8 1%56, 44th &m&s Pe 486, ah. 8 l * Pou rtata that prior to Au6u8t 1, 1eu, iEdw&d-WRfl.sn UM tr5n8femod under Artiole 2696 from ehs Shanklin dlstrlot. 0x1Septgnber 10, 1941, the shanklin di8triot ooatraoted under , . Section 1 of Artiole VIII t-otransfer its ontire scilolastlc enmllment to the Balton Xndepondent Sohool L'iatriot. a.8 thlr pupil 3.2.1elu6ed within tha aaholaatlc enrollmmt of th5 shanklia fiatriot at the t&w tha oontraot uakwi)entered iMoO We agree with ou that he was not, for pup115 ar5 transferred under Artlole i 696 'to the enrollment of any other dlrtriot or independent distriot is the mxse oounty.* In other worda, titer the transfer ir aPad8under Article 2696, the transferred prrpllla na longea on the soholaatlo enrollment of hlS haPs dirhrlot but ir en the enrollm8nt ot the reaelvlnt(;dlotz?iot.‘ Theretore, as E&rard wflroa waa traAsf%rred Prior to Auyat let, he eaa not lnoluded,ln the tranaier oontroct entered into on Septexober10th. Sinoe Edwwd Xilson~a pad5 was not taufpztin IiS&haae dlstrlot,and sine8 the other requiremntr OS the Aot are met, your que8t.b~ is amwered in the affSm%- mm. u5 cpot5 the following fY?osI yoUF letter of request; ‘IA your opinion Under dl6oussioo hewti you go&r& out that sohelaatior trausferred by oon- traot ae authorbed in Artiole 8, SWtiOA 1 %f House Bill 284 beoom the reeidente of chs ~8- -oelvlng mhool, and ~tbbrefor%,the puplla of S&I&$ beOti?U 2Wlde&3 Of th8 Belton S~h$l That ballraised this queatlon. they are*for.aid PUI' a88 3'85ident8Of BeltOX and Belton in not elrgibls for aid under Article 1 of Hoti B&U, 284, than it follow5 that we would not be able to grant my 5ort OS rid, either tranepo&.ation Wtlon or eSlaryrlcl,OA the 26 puplla havAns &al residence in ShmkXin w&o had ohaqod their mridence b the oontraot far the c48dOAthd &3ltOA iS inOfgi ble for aid. Thus St 8maue that aooording to your Opinion Ho.04355 yvu al?80an08lllng the right of the dlstriot to oontraot aad 8tXll be eligible for the aid to which they were el%glblo prior to the ocntraot* Ban in your Opinion Bo* O-4678 you held that t_ha '*id vea based upon tie ell@blltty of the distriat before oontraot an8 that all ruoh aid was based on tha sent diatriotfs eligibility bo~foro con- tract. In thie opinion Eo. 04865 it appsare that you have omed your vloua ln the matter and would, therefore, establish the baele for aid on Bomrable L. A4 Woodrr,page #a the elig~blllt~ of the woslvirq diatrlot. This oanfllots with Artlale 8afEouse Bill 884 and also dth yow o&.xLoa liar04678. You have p3,aoeda oonstiotioo on Oplnlon Xo. O-4886 whioh we did not intend. Seotlon 8 or Artlole V prohibite the &ranting ot transportation aid for a $napilwho attends a grade in~thsr5ohaol*Nahgradel1,taughtinhishcrae dlstilet., We held in Opinion .Wo. 04855 that "aftor the en- t&a 5oholmMo enzol.lmentof nreb dlskiot (shcurlrlin)ban been traA5ferred to the ~BeltoAIndePSndent~Sahoof,~lrrtrlot~ tmn5portatlon eid nraynet be granted“i'6rpupZl5 aotfered auoh transfer crontreotwho attend a grade in another rahoo Oplnlom Wo. 04678 5m%Bor! O-4868 528 in no way inconclirt- at, ewd we now reaff%stuboth auah~o&x%ons. 10 test that th&a op&aion satlsfaotorily 5nawer8 the quertionilin which pOu are inter85ted. @l-EDOCT 7, 1942 v*p7 tnilf yours Oeorge Vi. Sparks Aecristaat ows-5