OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

262 

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 comeliglblllt~ 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 

vllich sre 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) eoholastics of each or1 inal dlst~lct coinposing the oonsolld6ted and 

district units' 

7 or rural high school 

(a) "Provided that tha msxlplwr llaitatlon 

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 lpilss oi 

territory or more provided there la not loos~ted 

la such district an incorporated olfy or tom 

l-mving 6 popul6ttion of mom th!Ln 3600 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 one 
Hon. J. ?. HOlUbe - ?age 3 

enumerated 6oholartlo per aware ml16 are 

exempt from said mlnlmm soholastlo nqulremnt and rre ellplblr for aid for onl7 one 

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&I transportation ala provided 

under 6UbdiVfSiOn (f) herelal, pmvlded the district does not 

malntalna6ohoolathou. 

%hWO PWKliPr t.0 b6 @Q~StdW6d Vb6tb6Pth6 6OhOOl 

d~attilct ln quertlon 18 eligible for teaehar aid under that part 

ef Artiole I, See. 1, S. b. 167 quotad and derlgnnted as 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, that the white 

Uid OO&rctd 80h0~86tf06 be OOrpbiaed ti W3lfJtiatiog'the S~holSStie populatiea of tha -diStPi& ior tha purpose or determining 

the sllglblllt~ Of th6 bLStP%Ot CO? 8t8tS 6id, it iO~Ol?S that 

the dintriot 'in queetlon 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 eon6ld6rad oplalon 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 hereunder shall use the "orlgiml enuaer6ted s&0- 

lastica vithin the grade cl88slfled to be taught reaalnlng in 

the dlstrlct after transfers out* aa provided ln Sec. 1 of Art. 

If t&t the Aot doe8 not OenteiQlate the regregatlon of vhits 
. 265 

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 age and 

under 18 yoara or age at the beg 

ahall be lnch4ed in the aobohatlo 

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 aaparatlon of vhlt8 

ard aoloawl, bat Lt la ObvlOUO that thla gartloular queatlon 

require8 a aaparrto l mmemtlon betaurr undro Terra aegre- 

'gatlon lmra, tea43hera will be required r0p reparsti rchools~ 

fwtibelslon, it fa rpplicubla to those districts aalr vhich 

unbar sscttlan 1, ~rtlola x, of 8mate all 167, oaa qualify 

for 8tab al& 

r 

rtatuter F&at 

?I 

to th a l M1.r inPaM 

awe SpedfliMl fo%lovod the crolu tutiimal protlaloa, Art. 

'Vnf, 8cra. 7 cmmtitutlon of Texea, fen th0 regregatien of 

vhlte a5.l ooiored rcholaatfor. In eaoh case, however, where 

aegregatlon vaa dealred, a apeelfic protfalan for aegmgation 

ia alrePly at&u%. Ue flad no awh segr ega til peaiflaally o n 

sa da 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 a ub mlttwlthm , l shcml Uattirltt 

in question ia 13.6 aquas 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~atlo par 

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 
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SOa. J. Y. lfoluko - ?rgr 5 

question8 68 peatsted herein thoul4 be, and LFDJ, annrared both 

in the ne@iVe. 

yours very truly