**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **cyg+O ”** **ER** SELLERS **~q-Tc#RNEY**

**GNrRAL**
gonomble T. ?4'.

Trimble p&pat AaBiBttut st8to supt. Of Public Ica"truotion **AUBtin, T8Xfi%** 

**Dear Slrl**  

### Opinion no. O-70&8 Her Sale o?'

rahool building of elemntery sohool district

signed by the County Siqwr vere very zwlpful to this
School Trustees of t by aimexing three pcmdent S&o01 Dlr

### ioniareque8ted relate 110three dlatzicta by 01 diBtZ';FICt.'

The **tWtB** briefly summaxiced ea

na1rJtalned

no aoh 0 th8 iorxaation

oi the trict, all sahola~tlos

the ele?nuntmy gradea, hrre attendB loaated in the Oity of San Wmaos. 6me school bullding and a teauherage owned by **A** are not used and 8re rapidly deteriorating.
2. School **Dllitriat B**  **mf.11 l&3**  mainE+bsed forgmorrble T. W. Trlmble - page **2**

Anglo-Amoriaan **BtUdWltB** elementary school through the 7th grad. in its sohool bulldlng. xoveveP* for eight ysallrits hl$h school **Btudentr** have sttended the high school of San Marco6 Independent Sahool DIetrict. Prior to the fozmtlen of 

### the rum1 high 

### school dletrlct, tultlon **for BU@~**  **8tudentB VW**  paid from local fundr OS rchool di,strlot B. After the forrurtlon of the rural high BchOol dlBtrlOt eQd beton the cOIIIIeDcement of the 1945-46 rahool year, it van determined that the An@o-Amerlcen ele**leantory students**  should be traarported to and taught in the elementary 

### rchool looeted vithln the City of San Jkroo~. Accordingly, thlr **vaa** done, md no muhool fop mob rtudenta vas malntalnod In mhool district BL A Spanleh-Ameploen elomemterg sat1001 her been maintained ln the dlmtrlct prior 

### tourd 

### mince

thefoxuatlon 

### or the ~urrl high rchool dlstxlot. During the who01 gem just oonaluded the 8veraga dctil~rattendauae of rush Spsnlsh-Amerloen studentr w&s **This** rohool vas the only Bahool ulntai.ned **%tUn the**  **distrQt** during **1945-46.**

3. School district C lus maintained no school for ~lO-~PbUI **BtUbnfB** iOr 9OPB th& 

### eight years. Al& wah Boholmstlor,~both ln elementary end fn high Bohoel gmder, heve attended city BehOOlB, and ttition VI8 paid until the forimtlon of the rural high eohool QlBtPlct. Aweleme~tery rohool fop SpenlrhAa~eriaen

scholastlcrhrn been mainklnod both prior to and after fowatlon of the pupal high Bohool dl.rtrlct. 11n194 ment of **thl.~** eahool vaa 5-16 the total **enroll** 1; hovever, the everago daily attendance van only 18.2.

In connectionvlth these faot8 tbe following queetlonr (LPB askedr
"Under the fact6 above-Btated ufm the **tPUBtsOB**h

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mmorable T. W. TrlmKb - w 3

OS San Marcor I. S. D. (1) dlsaontinue esah end %.U of the school8 (or &I thereof eZeept the B%.id 

### tV0 Mexlasn sa.hools,

'Ifit Be des5rsble to oontlnue .the 8ome) in the forn!er canusonBohaOl dlrtrsSot%~ 8nd (2) petition the county bawd ol'sahool trustees of H-8 County, Texsm, to oonaolidste each of eoid folwer **BChOOi** distAat8 with San MsZ'a~sI. S. D. fOl'elementsry aahoolpwpose8? 3hOuld the aounty board see fit to nopln,

the order affeatlng auah aonsolldstlQn, then vould the **trUStseD** of 8snUera08 I. S.D. be In position ta sell 8nd aowey snd psms goad tltl6'to Said prop%rty, sftUated la the said former aomuwn sahool distxlctsP

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You ssk iurther, if t&e county besrd does not see fit to pars ?ih8

con%olldE&lon order, vhst reaoume the Ssn Msmos bosrd of tmtmtseawould have, and 0180, if the 8lin XBXCOS bcsxd **of tl** **’ U%l;saB**  oaa#aot peer,title sa outlined In the 6bove **quoted rwitter,**  **Vhat pro-**  ~&PO shouldbs fdllOti$ in the OCBV9~MtJO or ssid popsrty. Thatps?ttiArtlale ~22fdesllngtith sbollshings.nd aorwolldrtlngelensntary saha01 distriata szn¶the disaantlnusnee at futh0018

vlthln elenentrry school diBtriOt% restis%8 ialZ~~%;
"The countybosrd of sahe~ltrusteea ehsll **not&me the**  **authori ?:**  to eballsh OF oon8olUs~ my elensnty school dlstr at %l*ssdy e%t%bllshed swept uwn the vote of aa arfalty of the quallfleb electors residing In such elementsry **diiltrict3 p~ov3..ded**  **th%t vhen**  **s sahoo~**  **wlthln** sn elewntsry dlmtrlct foils te hsve sn 

### BAVB&@ dully Sttendsnoe the preaedlng year of st lesst twenty pupils it megbe di8oontlnuedby the board of trustee8 of Bsldrursl high sahool dlstrlot, snd sad pistriat Amy be uoasolldated bv the oountx b0s.t.d of sah~tmasteea tith aoms othe~dish&-or dlstr~ts ior ekeks.m (Emphs818 supplied) sahool purnosee;

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Upon flrat @u-me it vould app%ex that if f&e everag dally sttendeaccr

of w school vlthla sn elmtmtary dl%t~l& VBFC) below tventy, then thet m could by discontinued @?d the entim distriat could be consolidated with enother district oP distrlate for grium~~.o~~yx~~a. This, hovever, is obviously net VhiiTF**Afmma** that in sn element%P'y d3.striat four elmmntsry scimols mm3 raointd.ned, tkWe With 8@rt5th*o 100~~orrble T. W. TrLrble - pasr 4

stuuonts and 0110

vith 0aly 10. Thea a literal r0ii0vbg 0r **the** atetutevould pneaxthat the district oould be oonaolldated, **aa** outlined,vlth another dlatrtct for elementary school 

### purpoaea. l%e abaurbity of such a conclualon la evident, **It IS**  **OUP opin**  1~ 

### that the ~gialature intended, **and** the statute should ba interpreted to Inolude, all elementary aaholastIo8 reaidlng In the dirtriot. In other vorda, 1P the averaga daily attendaace of all l leatentary

l cholaatica reaIdLnmg in the dlatrlct falls belov tventy, then the aohool OF achoola can be diaoontlnued and the dlatrlot caulda~o~naolld8ted vlth mother dlatrlot or dlatrlcta lor 9-J--~- vuumoaea
.

Even vlth thI8 interpretation It vould appear tbet the l ltuatlonunder conaldention would fall apumely vlthin the prc

### vlaioaa of the proviso providing ror the emaolldatlon of a school dlatrict wboae avera& daiJq rttetu%moe falls belov tventy, for in l abool **district** A no elemOnkry pup118 attended school vlthln the dj%triot, nnd in school diatriats B pnd C the overage dsily attendaaca in eaoh of the 

### Spanlab-Amorhan elementary l choala, the caly onea 

### malntaiaed,

vas below tventy, Xovevor, let ua oxrpliao 

### Artlole29g21 furthor, vblch artlclo providea, In **parta**

‘Whonevor cne or XOFB ccmmo~l school dlatrlcta me aaaexod to a cmoa school diatrlot or to an ladependent dlatrlot under the pr~vfaIoara of Section 1, auoh comea or Independent dlatrlot ahall maintain elemeatary achoola of such clasalfIcatIfmaa tho ocunty board amy dealgnate In each dlatrlct 80 umexod, ror the aaae i0ndth 0r ton8 prcvlded tar the acboola 0r tho aaid ommcn aohool dlatriot 

### or Independeat dlatrlct.

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In 

### intsrpret5,a.g this provlalon the 

### oourt In the caao of County Boerd of School Tmstees of 

### LimatoaeCountJ v. WIlacn et at (TOM. clv.

### App.), 5 S. U. (26) 805, aktod aa follwa: (I *

. . l&en tvo or mor0 diatriota are eor~aolIdated under the articles sbovo referred to (Articles 2806-2815), **each dlrtrlct**  lore8 It8 oepwete ldentlty, unleaa It be ror oertein llmltod purpoaea In eonmotlcn vith taxation, end they togothsr thoreaftor oonatituts P single dlstrlot a8 Ehcugh they 

### bad Mver had asparats exlatence. In auoh cai3o eleaentaxg aohoola may be looated by the hoard of trusteea of the ooaaoli-gcmor8ble T. M. Triable - page 5

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### eleotltm$8 hold u&or Article 

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uh*rSbyrucrb

mebeboolf&latr1cta are coaaolibat*d. 

### State vsrCadenheab&,

1295.W. (2d)

743

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