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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 

### w6retransferredoutw parent

applloationprior 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 the88puplila wara not a part of ahe 8OhOla8tio arumbarPtimtbst~8trulufs~dby oontraaton September 3.0,1941, a8 providedby ArtloU 8, Sootion lof Eause Bill 884 for the reason **that** thepamnk OS these 2 dail&sa, aotlngunder.author17 OS Artlole 8686, oxemiied $heisright OS aho 08 by tzazwSerrin8to Salado Sor the apparent reanon that the 18thmade 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’& cauatp sugerineenldent

alnl county
S&o01 Boar& OS the 86V5T4 

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### %nao thr Qaamlttee had **aonoldered the**  **ad** viaabilityof th8 POUti OVW 8hiah this ahilQ W88 tranlpOX+5d 8Xid appzlmti t&DE, th. QW38tion Of the f808teQoIACUIioa1 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** 

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**. .**  **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 Dlstrioton September 10 when the contraatwa8 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 tohold. Al80 1etm8 point C; 

## out thatArtlol& 8696 will paxsilt a pupil to be tranoterrsdonly once eaah y8crr.'

in rler of the above quotedmtter you ask the opinion of this department on the follo~lng queetlont

51. sirme Bdmrd Iillson~s gradewas not tau&t in the dlatrlot inwhloh 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 Departmentof 15duoatlon and the Joint LegLlative AdvlLsoryCammittes, 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 transportedr8orethan %& ti188 t0 tai l'tMOiVf~ 8dlOO1, snd 8iaM th6 di8- triot t&owed an approved budgetary ne8d ror tramportation,WOULD KOT TEDSSEiARXLIW DISTRIOTBEi

ELIGIBLE FOR PRARSPORTAT~ORAID 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 itwill 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 pupilswho 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 hl6herHonorable L. **A.** Woods, pa&e fi

Artiale 2696, Vernon'8 AnnotatedCivil 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 applloatlonof th8parent 0~ 6umdian having 

### lawfuloontrol OS swh ahild,"~~?%h the oounty auperlntondsnt$ phvlded that any dirt&lot or **lnde~d~nt** dintriot being 

### dirsatbSled with any transfermade by th8 oounty ruperlntendentmay appeal 

## sa 5wh l otlon to the aountyboard of &rustees of raid oounty rhs rhall have the right to armul 8nd oanoel the tZ5n8f6z allowedby 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 oertiSiaatlonof the transfer'ofany ehlld,froinone dbtriat to another distriot,by the aouuty 8uperlntendentof 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 dlstrlotavi fire hundxed (SCO)op more 8ChOla8t$Opopulation,

## to the di8tTiOt to -oh 8-h Oaild is trannferred~ and kr all other dl8trlotr, to oounty 8upMint&nd- '8nt8,tob8 paid by h&n to the respoatlve di8triats to dzbh auoh diktrsn are trDuuf8rred;provided, r)otrmsiW rhrll b8 made after **Aquot** 1st. A&t8 **lf&8,n& af84**  **Act8 1%56,**  **44th &m&s**  **Pe 486,**  **ah.**

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Pou rtata thatprior toAu6u8t 1, 1eu, iEdw&d-WRfl.sn UM tr5n8femod underArtiole 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 XndepondentSohool L'iatriot. a.8 thlr pupil 3.2.1elu6ed within tha aaholaatlcenrollmmt of th5 shanklia fiatriot at the t&w tha oontraot uakwi) entered iMoO We agree with ou thathe was not, for pup115 ar5 transferred under Artlole i696 'to the enrollmentof any other dlrtriot
or independent 

### distriot is the mxseoounty.* In 

### other worda, titer the transfer ir aPad8underArticle 2696, the transferred prrpllla na longea on the 

### soholaatlo enrollment of hlS haPs dirhrlotbut ir en the enrollm8ntot the reaelvlnt(; dlotz?iot.‘ 

### Theretore, as E&rard wflroa waa traAsf%rredPrior 

## to**Auyat** let,he eaa not lnoluded,ln the tranaieroontroct entered into on Septexober10th. 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 followingfY?osI yoUF letter of request;

**‘ IA**  **your opinion**  **Under dl6oussioo**  **hewti you**  go&r& out that sohelaatiortrausferredby oontraot ae authorbed inArtiole 8, **SWtiOA** 1 %f House Bill 284 beoom the reeidente of chs ~8- -oelvlngmhool, and ~tbbrefor%,the puplla of S&I&$ **beOti?U** 2Wlde&3 Of th8Belton S~h$l

**That** ballraised this **queatlon.** they are*for.aid PUI' a88 3'85ident8 Of BeltOX and Belton in not elr gibls for aid under Article 1 of Hoti B&U, 284, than it follow5 that we would not be able to grantmy 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 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 eligiblefor the **aid to**  which they were el%glblo 

### prior to the ocntraot* Ban in your Opinion Bo* O-4678 you held that t_ha '*idvea based upon tie ell@blltty **of the**  **distriat** before oontraot an8 thatall ruoh aid was based on tha sent diatriotfs eligibilitybo~forocontract. In thie opinion Eo. 04865 it appsare that you have omed your vloua ln the

### matter and would, therefore, establish thebaele for aid onBomrable L. A4 Woodrr, page #a

the elig~blllt~ of the woslvirq diatrlot. This oanfllotswith **Artlale 8afEouse**  **Bill 884**  **and** also dth yow o&.xLoa liar 04678.

You 

### havep3,aoed

a oonstiotioo on OplnlonXo. 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 nraynet 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 satlsfaotorily5nawer8 the quertionil

in which pOu are inter85ted.

@l-ED OCT 7, 1942 v*p7 tnilfyours

ows-5 Oeorge Vi. Sparks **Aecristaat**