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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUmN 

Eonorabk t. 1. 

wrt A8slrtant 

liuutia, Tew 

Doer sir: 

Trkblo 

2tate Bsperlatedent 

Jaae 2, 1929 

T&10& pU 

1% qrwrtlon: 

Mar ohilLdrsa who 

trlot and Qo nom 

moh dlatrlot befor. Atvgff.fl? 

AFtlO 

1998, pmt~de ror 

p~:;o~~re their 

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la oae 8ehool di8- 

Statute8, 1922, prori&er 

18t bay of Muoh urd t&o 

tendent, be tramfmrre4 to the amllmU%t Of mv other 

dirtriot or lmdopendant dirtriot in the 8mse eouut~ won 

8 wrltkn qpplloatioa OS the parent or &uarUian or per8on 

having lmi'al eoatrol of moh ohild, tiled with t&o 

@O&U&T 8UQOtitMdent; ~rOrid@d that any di8triOt Or 

indrpoabent dlrrtrlot beti dl88ati8fie8 with any tramafw 

made Or the oounty ntperintardoat msj appeal from maoh l otLon 
Eon. T. Y. Trlablo, Juno 2, 1929, pa@ 2 

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to thr COQBty bO~z’d Of trWtO.8 Of raid Wtk?it~ Who 8haL1 

harm the right to maul ual oanool the tmn8tu allow4 

by thr rouaty 8uporioteadmt. 

l ?bO l ppliocat 8bC11 8tCtO ia Ui& mU@atiaa that 

it 18 b18 bona ilec intention to Wrd Uie child to thm 

rcbool to *tioh the trCn8fCr I8 C8k.d. 

Ylpot the omtlfloatloa or thr tmn8far of any 

child, from one 4latrIct to l no thu district, by the 

county wperlntondcat or the comity la rhlah tbc ch1l.d 

rcsles8 8t the tl80 0r the trw8fu. the Ltctb Jkpcrtuient 

of iduoatloa 8hall cutborisc the Sat0 Trururu to pay 

over direotl~ the par oaplta c portionaent, 

6i8triCt8 Or ri+B hundred (MK) P 

In ineopcldcnt 

Or DO- 8OhOhBtiO pOpUbtlon, to the dlstrlot Lo which mob child 18 tnn8tur.d; 

an4 in all othbr dlstrict8, to county rupuInteaQent8, 

to be pcI6 by bin to the rscpcotfr8 elstrlotc to which 

8uCb OhildlWa l fC tl’W8fbmd~ PNBTidOd, n0 tlXIl8f.r 8hau 

bo ~40 dtai Aujwt lat.. 

Artiolb t699, icrlccd CIrll Utetutcc, 1925, regdr aa fol-- 

&*8 t - 

'&zy ohlld 8peCifhd in the pr~oBdfng~Utiole, and it8 

portion 0.r the coho:l fund, cg bc tranrtorrcd to cn l a - 

JoIaIw dirtrlct In another couuty, In the mmner prorldad 

In raid crtlole. It auat h 8hom to the county 8?QcrIntoadant ttmt the rohool in the dirtriot ln which cuch l hlld 

rc814.8. on l ooount or dI8tCllOC or coat anoontrollablo cd 

dUl@l-OU8 obstarlc, 18 IllCCCO88Ibh to 8UCb l blld.- 

Artlclc 2699, tWIrC6 Clrll StatUtC8, 1926, l oatalnc the 

iollalng prorlclonr 

- l Isoept cr.bcrcIn prorldcd, no pert of tha 8chool 

$A apportioned to uny dirtriot or oounty Shall bc 

tnn8tCrrCd to cry otter dlctrict or 8ountyg . . .a 

The only rcqulrcmnta or tha gcnenl trW8fbr 8tatUte8 arc 

that the ah116 bo lawfully enrolled la ona district; Urlttcn applioation for transfu rhall be mea by Lhc parent or guardlaa or por8Oa having kmrul control or the ohild, and 8hBU bc rmd ulth the 

Oounty 8UperintCndCnt; tha applIoatIon 8ha11 l tatc that it I8 tbc 

bona fld4 Intention ot tha appUocnt to 8cnd tha l hlld to 8ohool In 

the dlstrlot to x-hlch t&c tran8far la l 8k8d. Artlola t69d only 

cuthorI+ss tran8fcr8 bctucan distrlcta within the 8m CotInty. 
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.' 5011. T. L. rrlmble, June 2,1939,pa@o J 

ktlolo tbw ptrait8 the tranoror 0r 8 rohomtir Iros; 0210 00Pnty 

to an l 4jolnlng dI8trlct la l no tb u oounty unbr oertala olroumrtacrea. The trmrfor mm be ~48 b&or8 iu@st first. 

Fha 9lW1@1-8 of tha8a l tatute8 8~‘. oloar1.t brad l lioryb 

t0 f~iud0 tm.ri8rtr8 0r 0hifer~~ *ho80 rwif00 ~0 160thg ;U~C 

another dlatrlct. The rtatute rcqulror no roamoa to be glean cx- 

*apt teat the l pplloant ha8 a bona rid0 intmntlon to 8ond the 

0bfie to rchool ln another dl6trlct. 

a e oaU l ttbatlon to tl?b prOviSiOU8 o f h tic lb tb9b 

rkloh civo tho right oi l p. oal bT I wmol dI8Lrlot to the cO&mty 

board, which board my oancol and l ipul tha l o tlo n of the county 

8uporIatondqat In ecrlug the tnrufer. A8 wa rlow tho QUe8tiOU 

prtaontod it is by and large an l dxlnlstrotlrr ntttr. 

It im our oplnlon that the oounty rupsrlnLen6oat uy 

tnwror scholastIcr upon proper l ppl1oatloa. from one eirtrict 

to another dtatrlct within Lha 8azC cdutty. or to an l ejolnlng 

dl8trlct In another oounty under cortala cIro104tanoo8, prior to 

Amet flrrt, althou@ woh aatol~8tIca mora into the eI~trIot and 

establlrh l r er ldo ~o e. 

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Your8 rar~y truly 

ATTXREY G:-.Sf IUL OF TI XAS 

Aa8Irtant 

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