**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  

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ZIonorabb J. ?. EOlUbeO COllAf AudItor Lavaua countq Hallettrville,4exa8
Dear Bir; oplnionHo.o-7488

tr and asvera **quertianr Ion8**  t&t **require ansvar**  

### and n are a8 follov8:

**Are** 

# the

**vhlte and**  

### colorad **acholastlcr com**  

### eliglblllt~ol a school dlatrict for State aid 

### under

Senate Bill 1671 **In connection**  **vith your**  **first question,**  

### Article I, Sec. 1, Act8 1945, 49th Legislature,BegulaP SessioJ3, S. 8. 167,Hon. J. F. solubea - Page P

is the 

### provlslon of tha so-called school aid law vhlch oontzvlm 

### and regulate6 State ald to school dlatrlctr l.n Texas. It fixer 6s the baa16 for the distribution of Stste aid to school dlstrlots the sohol.astlc population. Stated in another vay, vhether 

### a school dirtriot la ellgibLe 

### for aid under 8. 0. 157 depends upon vhether under ths facts concernl~ the dlstFlct, it falls within one of the aavsl*11 cb3use6 Provldod in Article I , Sec. L, Senate Bill 

### 167.

Under said Section 1 of Article I, school districts vllichsre eligible for Stete aid under Senste Bill 157, provided t&y corsply

with other provlslon6 of the Act, may be destgluted for clarity, categorically as r0110w6i

"State rid under the prorlslona of this Act sball be distributed ln such a way as to nsalttz

after transfers 

### out,* - 

### b 14 

### "Consolidated boa/or ruw1 high school dlstr o 6 vhloh have an avenrgo of not &on than 

### ?Of) eoholasticsof each or1 

### inal dlst~lct coinposing the oonsolld6ted and district units' 7or rural high school

(a) "Provided that tha msxlplwrllaitatlon as to 6ohola6tlc populstlon for ellglbllltJ hsreln shall not apply for any type of aid to any achool dlstrlat vhloh ia nlns mile8 or lp~rs in length nor contains 48 s&are lpilssoi territory or more 

### provided there la not loos~ted la such district an incorporated olfy or tom l-mving 6 popul6ttion of mom th!Ln3600 inhsbitaots, according to the lart Fedarnl Ceneus) (d) 'Provided further thst the r~axl4u2n llmitstlon at to the scholastic populatian for e~lglbillty, herein set forth, shall not epply to any school district which he6 4% of its area submerged." (a) "Dl8triCta ?%9in~f~1i1Q a sCh001 Rt hcme end heving leas then en everage of oneHon. J. ?. HOlUbe - ?age 3

enumerated 6oholartlo per aware ml16 are 

### exempt from said 

### mlnlmm soholastlonqulremnt and rre ellplblr for 

### aidforonl7one teaoher **unl666** 6 geographloal barrier ne0666it6t66 th6 O~?diOll Of to0 **66hOO16 fOP**  **th8 SUm**  **glad@ in**  

### Stid dirtriot.

**. .**  **.@**

"if "Xi ths an shovbudgeta all other **stricter** bavlag less than **.xdMd ’**  **aiAfEU** 8ohOl8rti@ re&nmeat rhall ba elfglble for onl7 **tuition Sad**  tnntportatlon 

### aid to the nearest acorsalted sohool on snurseratexl cmholastlo~ vhoss grader ar8 not taught in said tllstPlot."

Under the hats **sub6Lttted,** t& **6t?hool** 

### distrlot in question 

### sot 

## l llglble for state aid undsr olauser llbtsd hemin **as** the light Of th8 (d), inuluslve. 

### It 16 equally &ear, 

### in 65lbQitt6d,

t&It the 

### Said distriot**would** be eligible iOr the titloa 6x&Itransportation ala provided under **6UbdiVfSiOn** (f) herelal,pmvlded the district **does not**  malntalna6ohoolathou.
**%hWO PWKliPr**  **t.0 b6**  **@Q~StdW6d** Vb6tb6Pth6 6OhOOl d~attilctln quertlon 18 eligible 

### for teaeharaid under that part 

### ef Artiole **I,** 

### See. 1, S. b. 

### 167quotad and derlgnntedas crlausa 4) la this 

### opinion. under**the** raots 

### submUted, **the 6chool**  iSt2'fOt in qmrtim 16 13.6 6qUalv **rt1.6 in**  **ar.a,** **ha*-** 

### 8 Whit0 l **ChOl~Sti~8 8nd**  **10 6OlOPOd**  **MtW&66ti66, Thu8,**  **li it**  **84 vithfa**  th8 eontexiplatlon 0r 

### Senate

Ml1 167, 

### thatthe white Uid OO&rctd 80h0~86tf06 be OOrpbiaedti W3lfJtiatiog'theS~holSS

### tie populatieaof 

### tha-diStPi& ior tha purpose or determining the 

### sllglblllt~Of th6 bLStP%Ot CO? 

### 8t8tS 6id, it iO~Ol?S 

### that the 

### dintriot 'inqueetlon would mot fall 

### vlthin tha provlsleam of alause **(a) as**  

### designated ha~ein, ml, 

### thdnrore, vould not be eligible **tharsunder** for state aid.

It 18 the 

### eon6ld6radoplalon of 

### thin DeparQsent that 

### Article I, bea. 1, Senate 

### Bill 167, oon~ates that in 

### the dstermlnatlon of 

### 'the 8OholSsti~ **pOpUlS%iori** of a district Sor 

### the**pUl90686 Of**  **Said Act,**  **th6 &Oh001**  

### dietAut ateking 

### State aid hereundershall use the "orlgiml **enuaer6ted s&0-**  

### lasticavithin the grade cl88slfled to be taught reaalnlng in 

### the dlstrlctafter 

### transfersout* 

### aa provided ln Sec. 1 of Art. 

### If t&t the Aot doe8 not OenteiQlatethe regregatlonof vhits. 

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Ban. J. 1. Holubou - mua 4



### amI crolored

rcholartle

l lNRentlO~ to 4eteraUa the acholratie 

### gopuhtlon oi the dlrtrlot.

Artlslr 2902, V, A. C. 8., provldsa that, .~ll children, vlthout 

### regard to coloC, over rix yasm of 

### ageand under 18 

### yoara or age **at** the beg 

### ahall be 

### lnch4edin theaobohatlo N **of** any acholaatic year, 

### aenaue,’
TPW, titicl. III, Sea. I.of Senate Bill 

### 167, dealing vith **Te.SebP-fU9il QUOt8**  **~a&e~ iSalas7**  **Aid** 

### doe8 wqtin 

### aa 8 

### baa18 far tbmt purpose the aaparatlonof vhlt8 ard aoloawl,bat Lt la 

### ObvlOUO that thla 

### gartloular queatlon 

### require8a aaparrtol 

### mmemtlon betaurr undro Terra aegre- 

### 'gatlonlmra, tea43hera

### will be requiredr0p 

### reparstirchools~ fwtibelslon,it 

### fa rpplicublato those districtsaalr vhich unbar sscttlan

1, ~rtlola x, of 8mate all 167, oaa qualify for 8tab al&

r rtatuter F&at ?I totha l M1.r inPaM awe SpedfliMl 

### fo%lovod the crolu tutiimalprotlaloa,Art. 

### 'Vnf, 8cra.

7 cmmtitutlon of Texea, fen th0 regregatienof vhlte a5.l 

### ooioredrcholaatfor. In 

### eaohcase, however,where aegregatlon



### vaa dealred,

### a apeelficprotfalanfor aegmgation ia alrePly at&u%. Ue flad no awh 

### segregation l peaiflaally sada 

### orauahanlntcmdwatof l ~re@tionmnda wtha Eyklattm In 8eetion 1, Art. I, 

### Seaate Bill 

### 167, vhlah aeta out the quallflaatioaa OS **thoar** aobool diatricta vblah~ahall be #liglbLe ior nsddrd Stat0 8%

tmler tha 

### faotr aubmlttwl, thm l 

### shcml Uattirltt in question ia 

### 13.6aquas 

### ml108 In 

### area. Coast -f 

### &ectlon 1, wt. I, Senate Bill 

### 167,aB Ye do, the 88ld 

### rat100 diatrlat haa 

### 18 snmmtea acholaitlca. This dlatPlct, therefore, aanaot qualify for Stats aid under that provlalon 

### of Artlole I, 880. 1, Listed aa eleuse (e) haroia, because **It** 

### doer not 

### have *1saa than an average of 

### on. snulaerrts4 

### achQl~atlopar square ails.' fn the 1Qht of the abora atatute and 6lacuasion, it la the opinion of thia depm+Btnt that the **8na~ex ’** **a to**  **JOUP**c

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SOa. J. Y. lfoluko - ?rgr 5



### question8 68 peatstedherein thoul4be, and LFDJ, annraredboth in the ne@iVe.
yours very truly