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An Equal 0p~01IunlW 

AfflrmWw Actlon Employor 

The Attorney General of Texas 

Demmber 28. 1984 

- 

Hr. Eerbert R. Cohen. 

tiecutive Director 

rexea Coameto1ogy Ccmmiaafon 

1111 Rio Gr6ude 

Austin. Texaa 78701, 

Dear Mr. Cohen: 

Opinion No. JM-283 

Re: Statua of contract high 

6chool atudenta under the 

cosmetology Rcgulstory Act 

Tou heve requested our opinion regarding the status of contract 

high school atudentlt under the Coametology Reguletory Act. Your firat 

queation la vhether “contract high school atudenta” (ttudtnta vho 

receive cosmetology training from private beauty culture achoola with 

vhich their high achoola contr6ct) art private beeuty culture school 

student6 under the Qmmetology Rtgulatoxy Act. article 84516, V.T.C.S. 

If they 6rt eonafdtrred to be private beauty culture school 6tUdtnt6. 

you ask next if they muat complete 1500 hour6 of training instruction 

to quelifp for licrnaing in cosmetology, purauent to section 10(b) of 

article 8451a. Finally, you ask vhethtr these public school atudenta 

ere to be conaidere:d, in the ealcul6tion of l nrollm6nt for purpoaea of 

co6tputiag the atu&nt-instructor ratio for private beauty culture 

aehoela under aection 22(2) of article 8451e. 

Section 10(b) of 6rticle 84516 providea: 

(b) 6x1 l pplic8at for m operator license auat 

be at lemt 16 yeara of age, h6ve cowplettd the 

aevtnth grade or it6 equivalent. end beve eompleted 1 ,!iOO houra of instruction in a’ ‘licensed 

beauty culture school or 1,000 hour6 of inatruction in beauty culture course6 and 500 hour6 of 

rtlettd b.igh school couraea pretcrlbed by the 

coadaaicn~ in 6 public school vocational program. 

Section 22(2) Imovidta that a private beauty culture school ahall 

(2) nointain on it6 ataff and on duty during 

buaintaa howa. not ltaa than tvo full-time 

lnatruct~xra licensed under this Act. except that 

ont inatzuctor vi11 be aufflcient vbenevtr the 

student er~rollmeot drops belov 15. 

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Mr. Rtrberr E. Cohen - Page 2 (JM-283) 

Areiclt VII, aeccion B of rhe Texts Constitution veafa 

l dminia~ra~ivt l od auptrviaozy turhority for public education and 

public school atudentt lo the Srart Board of Educariou. Members of 

the State Board of gducarion art also members of rhe Sttte Board of 

Vocetiooel Education and rhe Ctnrral Educetlon Agency. See Educ. Code 

1111.01. 11.41. Further, atctloo 11.02 of cht Educaeion~dt provides 

the f olloving: 

(e) The Ctntwl Educarion Agancy the11 

exercise general control of rhe system of public 

education at the v:aCe level in accordance vith 

rht proviaiooa of this code. 

(b) Any activity vith persona under 21 years 

of age vhich is ccwritd on lo the aceet by other 

state or ftdertl a~~encltt, except higher education 

in approved collagta, shall be subject in its 

education eapecta to the rules tnd regulations of 

rhe Ctntral t!ductt Lon Agency. 

No ata~uCt dtltgacea he Scare Board of Educacion’e admioia~rative end supervisory rtaponaibiliry for public education and public 

tchool arudeota tither to II privart rtchoical or trade school vith 

which e public school diatxicc cootracts, or to the licensing botrd 

that regularaa rhat privartr technical or trade school. Similarly, 

arrlcle EbSla, V.T.C.S.. doer ooC exprtaaly or implfedly confer oo the 

cosmetology comniaaion l upexvlaory or adminiatrarive aufhorlty for the 

public tducttion of public school etudeore. Article 8451t dote coofer 

on rht coamttology comiaaloo rht rtaponaibilicy to prescribe the 500 

hours of rtlared high achoo:l courses to be taken by a,tudtnta enrolled 

in rht public school vocarlcmrl program. V.T.C.S. art. 84516. IlO( 

Adminiarrative bodice tmvt tmly those powers expreaely conferred on 

thcr by attture together vj.th those ntceaaarily implied from exprtaa 

powers and duties. Staufftr v. San Antonio. 344 S.W.Zd 158 (Ttx. 

1961). 

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Set also State Boax, of ttorticiana v. Corttz. 333 S.W.Zd 039 

(Tax. 19&o). 

Therefore, a school district may not delegate Its raaponaibility 

for rht tductrioo of pub1.j.c school atudenra to a private beauty 

culture school or to the coamttology cocniaalon. See Pent v. Rio 

Grandt Iodeptndtoc School I~fatrict, 616 S.W.2d 658 (G. Civ. App. - 

Rtatlend 1981, no vric). Rot bee the cosmetology c~fasion beta 

given txpreaa or implied at,thority for the education of public school 

students. 

Seerion 21.1111(s) of the Education Cods expressly provides chat 

a school district 

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Mr. tlerbtrr E. Cohen - Page ! (a-283) 

mey contract virh rnorhtr school dietrict or vlrh 

a public or privstt poet-ttcondary educational 

ioarlrution or trada’or ttchoical school, vhich ia 

regulated by the Wste, am deaignattd in the State 

Plen for Voutlonal Education to provide vocational claaaea for students la the district. 

Subsection (b) provides that: 

A pupil vho atttni~r vocational claaaea at another 

school pursuant to a contract authorirtd in Subsection (a) shall be included In computetiona of 

average daily atttn~daoce by the school district in 

vhlch he ia regularly enrolled. 

Set also Educ. Code 116.15li:; Acts 1984; 66th Leg., ch. 28. at 3% 

(providing for basic allotment and vocational educational allotmtnta 

for atudtota torolled in vocational education programs). 

We conclude that atudtata who receive coamatology training from 

private beauty culture achoo1.a vith vhich their high schools contract 

arc public high school atudto.ta torolled in a public school vocational 

program. To be eligible fw: a cosmetology optraror'a liceoae uader 

article 84516, section 10(b), they must complete 1000 hours of 

instruction In beauty cultwt courses and 500 hours of related high 

school courses rather thar. 1500 hours solely in a private beauty 

culture school. See also !Lluc. Code 121.112; Acts 1984. 68th Leg.. 

ch. 28, at 449 wonal programa ahtll offer competency-baaed 

instruction. . . . Inatrwtion must be baaed on the tasencial 

tlamenta approved by the Stcu:e Board of Rducatioo . . ."). 

Finally, ve consider vhether. if rhtat students art deemed to be 

public school l tudeota vhc should be counted in the average daily 

attendance of their school illstrict, they mty be counted am enrolled 

in a private beauty culture school for purposes of calculating a 

student-instructor ratio. 

Section 22(2) of the Zoamttology Regulatory Act provides that a 

private beauty culture school shall 

maintain on .ita lit.aff and on duty during bualneaa 

hours oot ltaa t:hao rvo full-tlma instructors 

lictnatd under this Act, except chat one 

ioatructor vi11 be sufficient vhenever the student 

enrollment drops belov 15. 

We do not believe that thmk atatut of these students as pub~lic high 

school atudeota precludes them from being cooaidertd ta contract 

enrollees in a private beauty culture school for purposes of 

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Mr. Rtrbart E. Cohen - Ptge 4 (m-283) 

ctleulating a student-lnatmctor ratio under atction 22(2). We 

beliavt the inreot of aectioa 22(2) it to provide for a reasonable 

student-lnatnrctor ricio thet trill ensure the prottcrion of the public 

safety tad velftrt by thorough rreining of proapecCivt cosmetology 

liceoaeta. Theraforo. ve con~::ludt &et ehe intent of rtctiou 22(2) la 

aatiafled by counting all wrollttr in l private beauty culture 

school. vhtther privete or Imblic school atudtnta, for purposes of 

calculating a student-inatiuccor ratio. 

Students who receive cosmetology rrainiog from 

private bteuty culture schools vith vhich their 

high schools contrmt are public school studeuro. 

m=Y art require!d, to take 1000 hours of 

inarructfon in be.wty culture couratt mod 500 

hours of releted high school courtta in a public 

school vocetional prosram am prescribed by erticle 

8451s. section 10(b). V.T.C.S. Cheracteriratioa 

of theme students am public school atudtota dote 

not preclude them froll being conridered em 

contract enrollees in a private beauty culture 

school for purpoaea of calculating l acudantinatntceor ratio under section 22(2) of article 

84516. V.T.C.S. 

JIM MATTOX 

Attorney Gtntral of Texas 

TQMGllEEN 

First Aaaiatant Attorney Gtocral 

DAVID R. RICHARDS 

Executive Assistant Attorney Gtotral 

RICK GILPIN 

Chatrman. Opinion Comnirtte 

Prepared by Rick Gllpln 

Ataittant Attorney Central 
Mr. Rerbcrt t. Cohen - Page 5 (JH-283) 

APPROVED: 

OPINION COWUTTER 

Rick Gilpin, Cheirmen 

Colill Cerl 

Susan Catrlron 

Tony Guillory 

Jim noellinger 

Jenriifcr Riggs 

Nancy Sutton 

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