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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?tiole VIXI, 

ta Is41, 17th 

sub soholaatlos 

oiar as the pap 

* section a of 

t trawportatian 

rttend a p-ad8 ZQ anthe rocelving airrtriot. 

*'Ehe diatriet orS&nally hl 87 enume&atcd real.- 

dent agholeotlos ln ell,gritdes. There were 2 tramsiera 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.l 1,pa&e 888. fhu.8 you rill 

not8 that the88 puplila wara 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, aotlng under. author1 

7 

OS Artlole 8686, oxemiied 

$heis right OS aho 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 $'ar only one teaaiwrr 

"A r8ttWMW5 to Artiale 6 of 80680 Bill 284 

will lYmeal that1 

fl’ & cauatp sugerineenldent alnl county 

S&o01 Boar& OS the 86V5T4 eoutttier 

. 

%nao thr Qaamlttee had aonoldered the adviaability of th8 POUti OVW 8hiah this ahilQ 

W88 tranlpOX+5d 8Xid appzlmti t&DE, th. QW38tion 

Of the f808t eQoIACUIioa1 hr8 been rattfedw 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 Ei3.108 OUt Of t+O w trio* drilgrl OO yOU*ii~ 

MO the law hae boa +winpLlrd with in ap~rovlngnuah 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 traslsfar the 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 paxsilt a 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~s grade was not tau&t 

in the dlatrlot in whloh he lived and. in which 

hi8 paPfNit8 had legal DX8id6Sioe, 8ince the bus 

route over whiah he was transported to Salado was 

appwmd by the Department of 15duoatlon and the 

Joint LegLlative AdvlLsory Cammittes, sin08 he 

was'not included in the oontraot ts transfer the 

Ofnnalnlng sohola8tloa 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 tramportation, WOULD KOT TEDS SEiARXLIW DISTRIOT BEi ELIGIBLE FOR PRARSPORTAT~OR AID OH HIM TO TRANSPQRT 

RIM TO SAUD0 AR ORIGXXALLY APPIiOVEDD1’ 

Ke de8m It unneo*aaary to quote at length the'appllcable 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 prohlbit8 the gmnting of t-8 

a grade in mother sohool dg 

aPtat%on aid for pupils who attend 

ah gMIde is taught in suah pupil*8 

hamrr di8triot, and that und52 Smtlon 1 OS Artlala VIII the 

tW8te55 of a dlotrlct unable to nmlntaln a satl8faotorp 8Ohool 

WXW authoriwd to enter 

tir6 sohola8tia 

to a~ontraat tmneferring tho enrank. 

a oonvenient 8-1 of hl6her 
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 up013 arrltten applloatlon of th8 parent 0~ 6umdian 

having lawful oontrol OS swh ahild,"~~?%h 

the oounty auperlntondsnt$ phvlded that any 

dirt&lot or lnde~d~nt dintriot being dirsatbSled with any transfer made by th8 oounty ruperlntendentmay appeal sa 5wh l otlon 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 int8XitiOn to 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~t Of 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. 

0x1 Septgnber 10, 1941, the shanklin di8triot ooatraoted under 
, . 

Section 1 of Artiole VIII t-o transfer 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 aPad8 under Article 2696, the transferred 

prrpll la 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 Septexober 10th. Sinoe Edwwd Xilson~a pad5 was not 

taufpzt in 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 oontraot 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 ball raised this queatlon. 

they are*for.aid PUI' a88 3'85ident8 Of BeltOX 

and Belton in not e lr gibls 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 

c48dOA thd &3ltOA iS inO fgi ble for aid. Thus 

St 8maue that aooording to your Opinion Ho.04355 

yvu al?8 0an08lllng 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 contract. 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 liar 04678. 

You have p3,aoed a oonstiotioo on Oplnlon Xo. O-4886 

whioh we did not intend. Seotlon 8 or Artlole V prohibite 

the &ranting ot transportation aid for a $napil who attends a 

grade in~thsr5ohaol*Nahgradel1,taughtinhishcrae 

dlstilet., We held in Opinion .Wo. 04855 that "aftor the ent&a 5oholmMo enzol.lment of nreb dlskiot (shcurlrlin) ban 

been traA5ferred to the ~BeltoA IndePSndent~Sahoof, ~lrrtrlot~ 

tmn5portatlon eid nray net be granted“i'6r pupZl5 aotfered 

auoh transfer crontreot who attend a grade in another rahoo 

Oplnlom Wo. 04678 5m%Bor! O-4868 528 in no way inconclirtat, ewd we now reaff%stu both auah~o&x%ons. 

10 test that th&a op&aion satlsfaotorily 5nawer8 

the quertionil in which pOu are inter85ted. 

@l-ED OCT 7, 1942 v*p7 tnilf yours 

ows-5 

Oeorge Vi. Sparks 

Aecristaat