OFFICEOF'T'HE AT?-ORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS

**AUSTIN**

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Honorable .Glifford B. Jome, President Texae TeahnologLoalCollc+g Lubbock, Texas

**three hours**  t&acher~s

hrve tea

nts with S semeeter

. i(iu.tarcy

Salenoe

-ma 6 howa 3.32t30~0=- et~to have w@led themrn&lve#. ethn Rnd in view of the. haa irtsen.conoearing: the alGmlatlve for riatate teaaherls aertlfioate, it will be appreciated if you will kindly advise $hether: or not under e3cIetlng

law the alteraatlve ptivielon is acaeptable fop a etate teaaher's certificate,"%o person hereafter shallbe ~oerfiMed to teach

3.n the pubuo aalloole of tile

state OS Texas until he has aeoured ore&it ,forthe course In both FsderaI, and State Oonafltutloncot: the wade of instructionuponwh%ch hf4is applyi% f.0~ti.xc~tlfiaaim, that is either 

### 0r tho subcolle@ or c.? 

### t:re oollegowork? or in lieu t!mreoS sLml1 itive;xnsac; an examinationset by thn Stnte Superintendent or F'ubllo

Inatruotloza

on the Conatltutlona OS the United States and Texa8; provided, that any person who has to his credit iz any standard college or UniVtrrSity

Of %Zt3S a5 SIU& (LSII%%(6)hour8 of sloerloan

Qoverrmbnt shall.

be deemed Dohave mt tha-requirmente of thla Seatlon. Wovided i'uther, that aftor September 1. lB37. no atuclmt

hours of atid crsdit:in f3ovemmeut and at lqsast;

three (8)hoUra of omdlt In a ocnxrao in Hllltary Soienoeaa provfded in an approved senior R.O.T.C.Wt. As amended Aets 1937, 45th Leg., p. 422, ah. 2Mk 800; 11 Aots 1939, 46th Lee., p, 264, ufa+ 1. (Bnphaeisrddsd).

It ~~11 held in OpinionNo. 0-2612-A tixat tne underscored :pax%oS theabove quoted prorlsi.onie unooastltutlonal becrourre

of the fn8ufYioleno~of the oaption of Youse iUll 291, Aots 1957, 48U.1Leg., R. S., oha 244, pe 488. A aopy of suah opinion la enclosedherewith Sor your oonsideratlon.

Seotlon 4 was amended onoe more by House Xl1 &17, Acts 1939, R. S., oh. 14, p. 2fM, whloh bill addeclWe provision ti which you am Interested. Such provis'ccll 13 thetpart of the queted article wb%oh appears after the underscored

part. It was held 5.n Opir,ion::a.

0-%612-A that as the oaption of the1939 bat was atlent am to the undemeored part of Article 2&3s$icl,

the same uas Mt iualuded. tie quote tb following from OpMon No, o-%5l%-A:

"Coneequently, in is cxz oylnlon btr:& ;T>L; C.0 resp&tfully advised tnmt the only vel.Sd~provisione fn Article 26630-1,Vernon'8Anmtated Glvil Statutea. relative to the veqtirezaent of oozaplet&on

of.~ouxses in governmen guisite~to.b~dunt~oon,frona State oolierre

or univecs~ are those contained lu .pIection 2 or the Arti&. 2hl.sseation requires that all State tax-antpported colle@ss and InetlIxtioas give uo:Wses of instr;lotfon in American i.ov~rtZse* with spoaial emphasisupim the Canstltutivn of ta0 Ur-itod

Status and of %zias for at least t&m (3) ftit7-tiiuute

periods par week for z-13~ les3 tnan twelve oonaeautlveweeks, or its equivalent. Ho ;~;g~~dua;; frcaa any Staai taxypported vets y ah0 ha6 net passea a:8atfs-

..faatem exemfuat&oain suck aellege or~univansity ~:upen awh eoW?ae or.iu some other.aolleqe or uafveraitJ.* (~~hesle added1.

_;, .Pauv&net&e &at.-.OpLloa IPo. G28l2-A 

### ia oeneerned w%th the pmitkquieitee to graduation-iros,aStata tax4uppoHed 00~16~0 or unlverrlty. ~~thouttouohini on the queatlonwhethm
or ~aot.tho1939 Act effectfvely incorporates into our statutes the part thereof relating to 3 hours of Militsry 3oienoe, it is
our opFnlon that said part would apply only to graduatieu preroqtisitoe and net to the issuance of CaacfLersr oertlfiaatee.

In the fire% plmoe, thu provision LB plaaed in the provia0 olauoe relat3.q to gmdxxition requirenonts. In the second glaae, the emergenay clause of tim 1939 Act rends, in part, as Polloun:HG?lOraijle ClfffOrd E,. Jones, pac;eG4

"The fact tnat wny studentswho ham already

88 now CeqnZred creatoe rw emertjency 45% 9 'I. (Enphaaisauppliod).

In line wfth tha fuzdamntal ml6 of statutory construatlonthat provisos and exceptlow are 8trictly construed and becausere think t.kLat he le~lslative'

intent Isclear, it is our opinion that the part of Artlole f2663b-1, a?-&& reeds, nor &all have wntpletadat least thme (3)ho.ura of eaid sredlt in Oovernmentand at least ttaree(3)hours of oredit in a oourm in lilitary Science as provided in an approved seniorR.O.T.C. tit", even if valid, muld have nc application to that part of Article z?0*35b-1 relating to lsauance of teaohers~osrtifioates,

In OpWon #o..O~Sl.8-A 1t -8 held tiat the only valid provlslans i.zi

Art%+ 3663b-3,

relatiw to tte requiremant Of the wmplet;iimal?

GovelxQ5Ein

t oour8ea as a premqtisit4 to graduation frm a State tax-uuppoz?%edoollega or university are those conta%ned In Seetim.% 8. You areaow adviasd that :credftin R.3.T.C. ELI.&- Sciencemay-not be aubatitutedfor oredit In Anwrlcan Govoa%uae&tAnderthatpart of ltrtLale %?863b-1

ralatlng~to the pa?arequl8Mes~to the oertUioation of toache~e~whichreads: nproviaed,thet~apypa3laa.e has to hi8 credit 3.n rrny atondara collegwor urziVer8it~.of~$taxm aa xuoh'arr85x (6)hour6 of'~erioan Go~eamm8n$ shell be demed to have met the reqtirementsof this Seation.w