OFFICE OF THE A-l-l-ORNEY GENERAL OF ‘TEXAS **AUSTIN**EQ& P. E. KoClaln, Fa'age 2



### bection 10 of the fiuralkid iow of 1957 **auksa** provision 

### ror th3 payment or hl6h 8ohool tultlolrnot to exoe0d $7.8O per month, an& tectlon 1.1

### or the 8aId act provides that tho aounty guperlntendent and oounty sohoo1 

### board are authorlesd to 8Ot up a systm .oftransportation ror thO purpo80 0r 

### traasport:ngh&b aohool pup118 froc their dlotrlot, 

### to the 

### ntWUCt8t oonvonlent acorodltedhigh sohool. ~bie 8eoticn fh0 provides ror th0 pent 0r tr8nsportation 0r suoh 8tudanto rrom 

### the rural aid 

### fund not to 02000d $2.00 per month.

Article 2687a of tho Revised 

### Clrl& Statlites.now in foroo and offeoti **pXWVidO8** that the tlWOt~O8 or any nohool di8triCt. oommo~ or Iudapeudent, may contract ror the 

### tran8portntlonof their his+ sobool 8tlldOnt8.

Art1010 

### 2676a or 

### the **&i88d** 

### Clrll &atutea, wltb r0rerenoe to the olas8lrloatlon or sohoo18 by the oouuty board 0r aohml trustee8, ha8 th%b 

### pertlaantrtatemnt thorelu:

* In the OVsnt any sohool I8 SO 0&88Imd that a*rG8idant 

### hi& 8ohoOl 8tUdOXXt 

### Within 

### the ire. 8Ohoolage OaIIDOt rOOeiv0 in8trUOtiCUI irr his hapu,

di8- trlot, 

### hi8 tuition 

### ror thonumbor or 

### manth8

lttondad



### %n acy other high aohool reoognlsed **by** either county or stats shaU be 

### ‘psld by warrant8 dram **by** tbo Z~aal **board** Of trWteos on f'und8of aald dl8trlot aml 

### appeared by tho oounty 8uporlntondent. . .*
Artlo 2695, Revlmsd Civil Etatnts8 of TUGS, ;leea,urb now irrr&o0 **and** 0rr00t, prorid r0r the transror 0r 

### 8tudont8to any di8triOt in the OoUIlty, ot0. **TaiS ~XOV181On** **ha8 to**  

### do**With** 

### the transrar or the ohlld b-038one dlatrlot to 

### anotherinorder thst tho ohild may attend a 00hoo1 a8 Ia m8t oonoenbnt iOr him 

### to attend. And Itwould not bo amlsr to 

### ad&~tha~ the whole syeter.of pubbllc

### free sohool oduoatlon 1s dlreotod **and tend8**  toward the point that erery ohlid, ru@I'dh88 or whore ha may 'liveIn any aohool district in any oowty in ~ox08,~mI~ybe &tsn **80** 

### tar 08 &Wslbl. -.. the advantage that tho ohlld in ally

### othar

### m3otlon0r a4- **oounty** 

### or **eahool dl8triet**  **in Teaes**  reoslves 1~1thre0moe to a 

## ire0 puh110 sohool aducatlon. *.

Art1010 

### 88X5, Revload Gl~ll~Statu~ei~, ii=, prorid with reierenoe to 

### oonsolidatod eohool:distSiot8.p~~illOW8:

Vihan'in'thei'r'Judgaknt..It **$8** 

### d8amei 

### nooesrarg,or expedient,aoid trU8t808BOY.&WQWide fOT the tWl8~rfMtiCSI af puplle to and rrcm any elemonttwy **sobool or**  **bQh sob001** !mx. 6’. K. XcClain, Fage S



### of the dletrlotwhoreupok 8uoh pupils nay be in **attend** ame, and truetoe are h~mby.empowared to enploy tranaportatlon rehiclee and driver8 

### ior euoh Servloa, paying the 

### cost thereor out 

### 0r the local malntenanoe rund 

### 0r the distriot or out of such otbr nicd8 a8 araybo appropriated for al8 plrposo."
Thie DofjartmentIn an oyinion addre88od 

### toHon. k. E. Jaxc Piret 

### Awl&ant State Superlntandont, dated 

### kUgU8t8, US%, **found** la Volume 368, Latter Opinions, page 211, hsld that:

"Khan soholastlos aro trcmsrerrad rrok on8 dlstrlot 

### to another the reoalvlng di8triot laayprovide 

### tran8porte tlon ror the transterrad 

### 8ohola8tlo8 and,itayoend a,bw into the 8ending diStriOt for 8Uoh 8OhOk8tiO8."
IYe,'therarom, hold that the Cranger indspendont School District 1s unqua8tlonably authorized by law to 

### pumhaao a 

### bps to tzYUmQoSt it8 OWIX**8tudsnt.8**tc and Cmm 8OhOO1, **but ia**  **80** 

### doithey Bust, or oourae, oomply with suob 

### re8trlotloM a8lra oot out cnd0r tbo lau.



### Andwo turthor hold that in oa888 whqra a 

### OOUnty-dlo oyster of bum trauaportation ha8 been 8ot up, a8 

### is **protided** 

### by the rural **aid** law, In our opinion, thgre 1s a@10 authority~rtho SeOeiYing 8OboOldi8triOt to &W'Oh080 the bU8 fOF the tIWi8pOrtiUg Studant8 Or tho high 8OhOOl am Of it8 OWn d 8triOt T **and** those of tho dlstrlot where the ohlldran re81da 

### outrideOf tho bomo dlatrlot that am In attendanoe at the Granger Zndqnuident S&o01 Dietriot ::qhool.