Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable JOI. B4 Dart
Couatr Attorney
Kendall COuMJ
Boerne, Texae
Thin 18 in reply to yo
“Our County Judge, X0
arked ,m to advire him
‘“Ire have vithln t
Iudependent Sohoo
ehlldren of tranr
rohool build1
that ‘. . . pub-
ahall be appro-
eduaation alike
en, and lmpartlal pro-
both raaes* Ilo phite
oola rupported for
11 any oolored abild-
rupported for VhiIte ohlldren.
1 provider that *Every child in
raholartia age rh8u tta permitted
to attend the publia free rohool8 of the dl8-
trlot or independent dlrtrlot in vhlah it ro-
8ide8,at the time it applier for adlU.t88iOn,
. . .
819
Honorable Jar. B. Dart, pag8 2
“tit.2902 &WOVi&O8th8t ‘All dill&en, vlth-
out regard to oolor,
over 8iX year8 of age and
under llgbteen year8 of age at the beginning of
any 8ohOlaltiO year, 8hall be inoluded in the
rcholartio Cen8U8 and 8hall be entitled to the
benefit OS the publio rohool fund for that
year* . . .*
'I am unable to find any deoision8 bearing
on the qwrtlon, and haQe aooordingly advised
the County Judge that prOQi8iM must be made to
take care 0r the80 10urnegr0e8~
“lflll you klndl~ advise ne if, in your opln-
ion, my advlcr is oorreot?’
You have oorrootly quoted the pertlnent part8 of
the Texa8 rtatutea oonaorning thfr Quertion, and, therefore,
VI Vill. not repeat there dXtUtO8.
Under the aboQo rtatUte8, it 18 OUl' Opinion that
you haoo oorrectly advlsod Judge Balrer. This oonolurlon
18 also supported by the foll~ing authoritiera
Hill8 v. Board of Education of AnmArundol
County, 30 Fed. Supp. 245;
Mlrsouri ex rel Gainer Q. Canada, 83 L. Ed.
208.
Very truly four8
ATTOIUYEY
GEUISAL OF TgMs
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