Ecnorable J. 1%:. Edgar opinion KO. w-1206 

Commissioner of Education 

Texas Education Agency Re: Construction of SubdiAustin, Texas vision 6b of Section I. 

of Article 2922-14 as 

amended in reference 

to the salary of a 

part-time principal 

in two-year high school 

Dear Dr. Edgar: districts. 

We are in receipt of your request for opinion 

on the above captioned question. 

Prior to amendment Subdivision 6b of Section 

1 of Article 2922-14 of Vernon's Civil Statutes provided in part as follows: 

"b. Principals in Districts 

Having a Two-Year Accredited High 

School "Du'c No Pour-Year Accredited 

High School. 

"In such a district having nineteen (19) or fewer classroom teachers 

the designated classroom teacher who 

serves as part-time principal shall 

be paid an additional monthly 

salary allowance of Pifty Dcilars 

($50) per month, and'the annual salary 

of such part-time principal shali 

be the monthly base salary plus increments multiplied & twelve (12). 

The 57th Legislature by Senate Bill No. 1 

amended Section 1 of Article 2922-14 "to read hereinafter 

as foilovis:" As so amended Subdivision 6b of Section 1 

of Article 2922-14 r~ow reads as follows: 

"b. The classroom ,teacher who 

serves as part-time principal on a 

camGus to which are assigned seven 

(7) or more classroom teacher units 
Honorable J. W. Edgar, page 2 (~~-1206) 

shall receive an additional salary 

allowance equal to fifteen (15%) 

per cent of his salary. The annual 

salary of a part-time principal 

shall be the monthly base salary, 

plus increments multi lied & nine 

and one-half m*asiszed) 

Your request informs us that the Nash Independent School District is operating a two-year high school 

district, and has more than seven (7) classroom teachers 

on its campus. The District's contention may be quoted 

from your letter in part as follows: 

the phrase 'multiplied by nine and 

one-half (94)' appearing In Article 

2922-14 as amended, as applying to 

allocations for part-time principals 

of accredited two-year high school 

situations for the reason that the 

prior law specifically provided for 

twelve month part-time principals 

and the amendatory law did not clearly 

repeal the special treatment, $hus 

creating ambiguity in the law. 

The Court in International & G. N. Rv. Co. v. 

Bland, 181 S.W.2d 504, 506 (Civ.App. 1915) states: 

"It is a well-known rule of 

construction that when the Legislature amends an article of the 

Revised Statutes by referring to it 

by number, and, as in this instance, 

declaring that it: 'shall herelnafter read as follows:', the article 

as amended is intended by the Legislature to take the place in the 

Revised Statutes formerly occupied 

by the superseded article. In fact, 

the language quoted admits of no other 

construction. . . .' 

It therefore follows that the salary of the 

part-time principal shall be the monthly base salary, 

plus increments multiplied by nine and one-half (93), 

as provided in said amendment. 
Honorable J. W. Edgar, page 3 (~~-1206) 

SUMMARY 

Under the terms of Senate Bill No. 

1, Acts 57th Leg., 2d C.S., 1961, 

Subdivision 6b of Section 1 of 

Article 2922-14 has been amended, 

and the annual salary of a parttime principal shall be the monthly 

base salary, plus increments multiplied by nine and one-half (9&), as 

provided in said amendment. 

Yours very truly,, 

WILL WILSON 

Attorney General of Texas 

FDW:lgh 

Assistant 

APPROVED: 

OPINION COMMITTEE 

W. V. Geppert, Chairman 

Charles R. Llnd 

Joseph Trimble 

Pat Bailey 

Elmer McVey 

REVIEWED FCR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 

BY: Houghton Brownlee, Jr.