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<div class="ocr">Honorable 7. 04. Trivaide, page Z

Section 15 ef House BIL No. 731, Acts Fortr-sicth Legis-
keture, Regular Session, Special Laws, page 468, the portion of the EquaH~
mation Lew te which you refer, reads as follows:

“Sec. 15, Transter of Eatire District, On the agree
ment of the Board of Trustees of the districts concarned
er om petition signed by « majoctty of the qualified voters of
the district aud subject to the approval of the County Saper-
totendent and State Superivtendent, the trustece of a district
which may be sncbie $c msaiatein a satisfactory scheol may
trensefer tie extire scholastic euretiment, or any warober of
grades therecl, to a comyentent schact of higher rank, end tn
euck event, eff af te feods of the district, fachuding the Sintec
ald te which the district would otherwise be entitied under
the provisions of this Act, o¢ such propertionsbe port therect

cae ny RORY Be 98R IG GREETING Oat SEE Cae
mech, ;

Article 2693, Revised Civil Statches, ts a part of the penerel
law applicable te schosl districts « House BU Ne. 935 43 on p=
prepréction of fenhe tor the eqenkiaation hecetiant Sppoctenitisn thamngh~
out the State of Texas, oud conkelnn merce ross prorisions governing the
expenditure ead atlecation of seid entonys te varincs dlatricts applying for
aid under the provisions thevedl. 4 carefal eanccinstion of the title of
Howse Dill No, 953 diacloses no steternent Therein which woult Give notice,
Or Show an infest cn the part of the Legisiofure, 4 amend or chaings the
generel ixw eet out i: Article 2699 2c 02 to requize tre approvel of the
County and Binie Superintendents of transfers of entire districts, where eaid
diatricts do not come within the previsions 6f the Rural Aid Appropristton
Bill. We think # ts clear that by thet emnctewent of Goction 15 of Horse Bilt
Ho, 933, the Legisietere intended te provide comiitons end requirements
for the distribution ef the fonds Gereia aprrocrisied, and the qualifications
and teguistions foe recetriag eid under Ove Ack, and it wea not icbecled 40
mnend the general bew ect out in Ariicte 26999 applicable to achool districts
generniiy.

The Attoracy General's opiaton cipemted on pace 155 of Hinsley‘s
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<div class="ocr">Hand Book of Texas School Laws, which reads: *A contract to troenster

an entire district must be spprowed by the County and State Superintendents,
G92)", apyexentty was written with reference ta, acd applies to rural ald
echools, since sald opinion is also dl gested under the Rural Aid Appro-
‘prtation Bilt, page 752, end we heve been unable to find an opinion of this
department £0 ruling, except as applicable to schools subject to the provisions
o€ the Rural Aid Appeopristion Act,

fi ts our epinion that the trustees of schoul districts, which
do aot recetys aid from the Rural Aid Equelisstion Fund, may transfer all
of theirs echoel by coniract to an adjoining district, es provided ta Articles

tion 15, Bouse Bill No. 935, Acta Ferty-sixth Logisiatore, Regular Besaion,
Spectel Laws, page 468, Traasiex of a portion of the acholsstica of a non~
rural aid school may be sonde as provided by Articles 2696, 2697, and 2695,
Re C, So, 1925, as ernewied, and not usier the provisions of the Rural Aid
Appropriation Lew abowrs cited,

. Very traly pours
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
ee Loewe cnet tg «= faf Coctl G, Caramerk
Gecti C, Conomack
Asttiatent
APPROVED AU. 36, 1946

/s/ Grover Selier

FIRST ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL

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