OFFICEOF'T'HE AT?-ORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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Honorable .Glifford B. Jome, President 

Texae TeahnologLoal Collc+g 

Lubbock, Texas 

three hours 

t&acher~s 

hrve tea 

nts with S semeeter 

. i(iu.tarcy Salenoe 

-ma 6 howa 3.32 t30~0=- 

et~to have w@led themrn&lve#. 

ethn 

Rnd in view of the. 

haa irtsen. conoearing: 

the alGmlatlve for ri atate 

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 shall be ~oerfiMed to teach 

3.n the pubuo aalloole of tile state OS Texas until 

he has aeoured ore&it ,for the course In both FsderaI, and State Oonafltutloncot: the wade of instruction uponwh%ch hf4 is applyi% f.0~ ti.x c~tlfiaaim, that is either 0r tho subcolle@ or c.? t:re 

oollego work? or in lieu t!mreoS sLml1 itive ;xnsac; 

an examination set 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& (LS II%% (6) hour8 of 

sloerloan Qoverrmbnt shall. be deemed Do have 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 Soienoe aa 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. (Bnphaeis rddsd). 

It ~~11 held in Opinion No. 0-2612-A tixat tne underscored :pax%oS the above quoted prorlsi.on ie unooastltutlonal 

becrourre of the fn8ufYioleno~ of the oaption of Youse iUll 291, 

Aots 1957, 48U.1 Leg., R. S., oha 244, pe 488. A aopy of suah 

opinion la enclosed herewith Sor your oonsideratlon. 

Seotlon 4 was amended onoe more by House Xl1 &17, 

Acts 1939, R. S., oh. 14, p. 2fM, whloh bill addecl We provision ti which you am Interested. Such provis'ccll 13 thet 
part 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'8 Anmtated 

Glvil Statutea. relative to the veqtirezaent of 

oozaplet&on of.~ouxses in governmen 

guisite~to.b~dunt~oon,fron a State 

oolierre or univecs~ are those contained lu .pIection 2 or the Arti&. 2hl.s seation requires that 

all State tax-antpported colle@ss and InetlIxtioas 

give uo:Wses of instr;lotfon in American i.ov~rtZse* 

with spoaial emphasis upim 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 oonaeautlve weeks, or its equivalent. Ho 

;~;g~~dua;; frcaa any Staai taxypported 

vets y ah0 ha6 net passea a:8atfs- 

.. faatem exemfuat&oa in suck aellege or~univansity 

~:upen awh eoW?ae or.iu some other.aolleqe or uafveraitJ.* (~~hesle added 1. 

_;, 

.Pau v&net&e &at.-.OpLloa IPo. G28l2-A ia oeneerned 

w%th the pmitkquieitee to graduation-iros,a Stata tax4uppoHed 

00~16~0 or unlverrlty. ~~thouttouohini on the queatlonwhethm 

or ~aot.tho 1939 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;e G4 

"The fact tnat wny students who ham already 

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

(Enphaais auppliod). 

In line wfth tha fuzdamntal ml6 of statutory construatlon that provisos and exceptlow are 8trictly construed 

and because re think t.kLathe le~lslative' intent Isclear, it 

is our opinion that the part of Artlole f2663b-1, a?-&& reeds, 

nor &all have wntpletad at least thme (3) ho.ura of eaid 

sredlt in Oovernment and at least ttaree (3) hours of oredit 

in a oourm in lilitary Science as provided in an approved 

senior R.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;iim al? GovelxQ5Ein t oour8ea as a premqtisit4 to graduation 

frm a State tax-uuppoz?%ed oollega or university are those conta%ned In Seetim.% 8. You areaow adviasd that :credft in R.3.T.C. 

ELI.&- Science may-not be aubatituted for oredit In Anwrlcan 

Govoa%uae&tAnder that part of ltrtLale %?863b-1 ralatlng~to the 

pa?arequl8Mes~to the oertUioation of toache~e~which reads: nproviaed,thet ~apy pa3laa.e has to hi8 credit 3.n rrny atondara collegwor urziVer8it~.of~$taxm aa xuoh'arr 85x (6) hour6 of'~erioan 

Go~eamm8n$ shell be demed to have met the reqtirements of this 

Seation.w