OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OROVERSELLERS 

ATTORNEYQLNERAL 

Bonorabh A. T. Prlbblo 

County Attorney, Nille Coonty 

Ooldthwalto, Teua 

Wo ara In reoaip 

readin l e fo llo wr : 

or a aonmon aahool 

orrioa rot aoh 

8 truateaa of tha 

va oontraoted with 

dietriot to teaoh 

a time 0517 ana la mado 

J the State Dopartnnnt 

ar tha Equaliution Law. 

a the 8800l nuoo*aaiYa a 

A rohool was mainlot ovary year aim8 the aonrrp 

land up to 1943-1944. 

"1. Under oiroumatauoea aa dworibod above 

door thla land nrmrt baokto grantor8 an4 their aal lg nr and l aaignaoa? 

"8. At tha praaat time ma7 tha truateaa oi 

thfa dirtriot logally 8011 the aohs buf16i.q or other 

bull4lngr on tha tract adjoining the land rhlah waa 

heroinbefore doeoribad?w 

th r truatera 
Bonorablo A, T. Prlbblo, p-0 1 

30 do not hato a oopf of the dordfor l xadnatloa, 

nor do wa fad that wa bra l ufilolont lnforllatlon to paaa upon 

the quaatlon of abandonmant. Tour atatr that th truataoa of 

tha common am&o1 dlatrlot hare ooatraoted 4th a nelghborlly 

lndepondent l shool 6latrlti to toaah ohll4rra raaldln(l within 

their biatrlot, an6 lom atato further that tM oeatraot la mndo 

for on0 roar oa4. NO Aoubt if tU8 taet ia rufilrlont to ahou 

that the l ehool pm 

l b a ndo aror d *a hr 00 

~IBthe- aahool diatrlot &a boon 

p up o wa . 

It 1 8 l otlrel~ po8alblo th@ the aentraot wlth the 

lndrpmd8nt 4latrlot aar not k roanwd for anothu par and, 

;A that want t& OoIlooLI aohool dlatrlot UoUla haro tha ohlldroa rodding 1~ that dlatrlot ~ tau6ht in tho homa dlatrlot. The 

iaot that th lar l athorla~a Qontraata tor ona roar only uoula 

indioato that t& h(la~aturo~did not lAteAd to oauao a diatriat 

to loae it8 achoolhoUr by rOaIOA of making auoh oontraot. So+ 

tion 1 of ivtlolo 8 Oi tha Hqtitiiaation Aid Law roe&r am followa: 

Wpoa the 4gFWmAt of the board of truataoa 

of the diatriota OOAOOtA8d or 08 PtitiOA l lgaod by 

a ma)orlty OS the quallilOd rotor8 of t.ha dlatriot and 

aubjoot to the lgproralof tho oountf ruperlatondont, 

an6 tho biato Yuporintondord, a blatrlot rhloh nay ba 

tmabla to malntala a l atlafaotory l ohool may tranafrr 

it8 ontire roholaatlo l arollmant for on0 par to ark 

aooroditod who01 of hlghor ran&. Ii the recolrl4 

aohool rocolraa *tat. aid, tho l oholaatIo oonaua roll8 

both whlto anb. oolorod ahall bo oomblnod, tho per 

oa 

co P 

lta l pportlomant ahall bo paid dlreet to tb TotFry l rhsol all looal taxer oi tho l enllng #ontraotlng dlatrlot, l xoept thoao @oily to tbr'latrreot 

and aioklng fpnd ahall-k ortilted to the reoalrlrw 

maboo by the tax oollootor am oollootod, and the 

teaohor-pupil qrrota ahall bo baaod OA tho oomblnod 

ooaaua total. If t&n rooalvl~ aohool la not a Stat0 

a id l ohool, the l oholaatlr aeAaua roll8 both white AA~ 

eelore& ahall bo ooablno4, the par oaplta apportloamont 

ahall be pal& dlreot to the rooolrlng l ohoolt all looal 

turna or tha manding oontraotlng blatriot except thoao 

golly to the lntoroat and l lAklA6 iand ahall bo orodltod 

to tho rooal+ln( l ohool by the tax oollootor am oollaotsd, 

and tho aMdi4 OOAtrsOtiA( di8triOt Will bo l ii6ibh iOr 

am maoh aalar aid am Ia nooeaaary to l upplOmaAt the 

Stat. mailable and Looal tilntonanoo fmla, on the 

l o&laatioa from tha l ondln(l dl8trlCt attondlng a l ahool 

in tho raoolrln6 aiatriat, to oovu the l pprovrd ooat of 

iA8truOtiOA pOr l OhOla8tiO iA the rOOOivin( l ohool, pro- 
. . 

Hoaorabla A. T. Prlbblo, pt& 8 

tldothat d rool h pprowd @oat rhall not 8xorod Savon 

Dollara and lrlft Cant8 ($9.50) par month tor iire 

I 

5) mmthm for d @k l ohool l tndOEtB or Hto Dollar8 

$5.00) mr mouth for f Ire (8) month8 ror l lomontary 

l tA6AAto.a 

TM above gaoteA pro~lalo~ boo& Aot authar,lse the 

ooiuolidatitm or the diatrlot8, nor door it proda tar tba 

abandomoat of *rho01 propmty of thr rondlnl: dlatrlot. 

Undrr the faotr a8 m a8darotand them to k, the 

trustoea of the l mndlng dlatrlct wool6 not ba authorlud to 

roll th a l ohool bUll4~8. 

Your8 ruy truly 

AT’PORWEI UEWI!3t&L OI TXAS 

C. I. OibaoA 

Aaalatant 

‘~~TROVEII 

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