. 

1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXi8 

, 

AUSTIN 

Honorable T. N. Trlmble, Flret Aseletant 

State Superintendent of Pub110 Instruotion 

Austin, Texas 

Dear Sir: 

We received your 1 

ing our opinion on oertah q 

letter. We quote fr o a the l as fallowsr 

member of our senior 

asmalt wit 

le~trlal~,etarted on Fhursday, 

y returned a verdiot of 

nt at fire Feue in the 

enoe suepen&eiL 

I oonvlotlon prohibit thie boy from 

1 anit 00Bpletlng hla WOrk"r 

e oonriotion furnieh t&Is rabool board 

ounda to expel thie bar from etrhool’l 

thla boy entitled to have his o~edftstrane 

ferred to another high eohool during the term of his se&- 

tense? n 
Ilo hare b)m amble to find ran statute that romld, 

of its own foroe, prohibit the student mentioned above from 

ntura1n$ to oohool 8nu oo~lrting hl8 *aPk. In the abronoe 

of a rtatute di8qualifylng 8 student from-attendin& roh001 for 

the reamn of being oonriotad of a orime a8 heretofore mentloseb, 

your flrrt queetlon is anewred In the rugatlve. 

Arrrttole 2780, Vernon'* AMot8t*d Qlril Btatutor, r8ad8, 

5.a part, aa follows 

a&ld trurteor rhall rdojt 8uoh ~108, regulations ad 

by-law ail thay mar d88m proper; and th8 publio fr80 reh001.r 

of wah tnb 8ndemt dl8triot 8hall br Unff8r th8lr OQntrol~ 

and that ah3 1 hY0 the eXOlU8LY8 POlWr to Iu1108, and mV8l’U 

8aia 8OboOl8, . . . ” 

lfo h~v8 been 84lvi8ed that the roh001 bi8triott~lved 

h8nln ia am inQq8n88nt sohool di8triOt. 7hir bs 

Artiole 9980, 8upr8, ir appliorble th8nto. Temple "B ndapehoat 

BOhoO1 DirtrloO 8t ti. V. hOOtOX’, 91 8. w. (aa) 1047 (Wit POfU886). Thi8 Wt1018 @VO6 th. 8ohOO1 bB*rb 8h@ POllOr t8 8niOE’Oe 

d18Oip’li~. Bi8hop f. Hourton Ind8p8naent Behool ni8triOt, e0 

a. w. (aa) 318; 119 T. 40s. 

v8 t&m %brt ttrr nil8 Bpplia@bl8 h.X’B i8 lf.11 8td8d 

in the -88 of %a$8 OX r8l. b888Or f. Di8trlot brd Of #8hOOl 

Dlrtrlat, 116 1. u. 958, vhloh we qUOt8 a8 fol~owr: 

a . . . Thle 88Urt thereforo be148 that th8 8Oh0el 

aUthOFiti88 hAW %hO POWI’ to 8U8p8nd & pUpi fOF UL 

Off8n88 OOtitted~t8ide Of 8ObOl holW8, md BOt LB 

the px-8881108 of the:.teaohrr whioh ha8 a dir8ot mnd 

immrdiat8 tondenrg to lnfl.uenor th8 oomluat of oth8r 

pUpi18 Whi.18 iB the SOhOOlCOO& t0 88t at MUgbt th. 

proper di8Oip1ine of the 8OhoO1, t0 %-air th8 aUthOrit 

of the tehoher8, and to bring thea in60 FidiOU18 or OOQ 

t8mt. 8uuoh power ir esaentid to tin pxwerration of 

order, deoenoy, d8QONEi, md good government in th8 publla 

8OhOOl8.' 

Zn anrwr to Four seoond question, yeu are adviee4 that, 

br remon of the oirwm8tanOe8, the rohool bow6 mar l xp8l h%m 

fram 8oh801 if It finds a8 a faet that hi8 pr8eenoe in *ohool 

adv8r8elJ l ffeOt8 th8 Welfare Of the 8OhOO1 8!I8 th8 b8rt fnt8F88t8 

of the other rtudrntr. 
Son. T. W. Trlmble, page 3 

For further authoritiar, eee Douglae v. Campbell et al., 

116 3. W. 211; King v. State, 169 5. W. 676, 37 Tex. Jur. 1062; 

24 R. C. L. 644648, and 33 A. L. R. 1175. 

In annwcr to your third queetlsn, we wleh to advise 

that we have been unable to fin& any statute pertatnlng to 

the tranefer o? oredits irom one ~ohool to another. This la 

a matter which appems to be governe by regulations leeued by 

the State Superlntenclent of Pub110 In8truotlon. Ae we view the 

matter, the boy ahould not br Uenle& a transorlpt of hle m-edits, 

no aatter what h1.s conduct might have been. You are advised, 

th8refore, that the boy in question is entitled to have his 

oredlts tranrferred to another sohosl In conformity with regulatlons governing tNla prooefhre. However, we do not paea upon 

his right to attend another eohool. 

Yours very truly 

ATTORNM GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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