OFFICE'OFTHE ATTORNEY 

### GENERAL OFTEXAS
**AU8TlN**

EonorableHarry Bhulta 

### aouuty **AttOl%My** Dallam aolurtp Palhart, Texas

a fur hool t. F4 are In ceoel 1040, recjursti~ the opin ter read8 ill pert, a(I to1 er of 

### 84pt4mbor 10, artment, 

### uhiehklotsohoolbur t6 1tuoul4 have

The thr4s &d.ldrea are the i~1n.gnithlnthkdiatriot 8Itmted iatenae from the soheol w l'r&a es Xnthe past tuo or .three pear8 !lave beoIl pying to tl?c fath4r anmdly @lO.OO per pup11 and the tether haa sent these ohlldrsn to a mlatlvs cmthe south plains, mine lcoo

mlles dfatamo, whherethe ar4 being;sOhooleOr The iathes 

### hes I reoont y demandedthat the allWanae be fsoreaseb to the sun of $l.&OO per pqM. par month* In **aU** dltion, it tarpeers thet he enumeratad the ohildrsn In the sob001 dlstriot ez1the mttth **plains** whiah t?:ey have been attending, for the **past two**  **or thr44**  **yeem The**  **%ru4t44e er4**  **wdlllagg**flonoreble Xnrry Sofiult~, Faga 8

to nake srlch additional edvanaanmnt and ln faot are BOW questioning t%Ir authority to pay any **man towsrd**  **the** sduoatlon **or support**  **oi thore**  aklldren,
'fTlmT10~~:(a) **Ar4** the 

### tr~sttear of euah OOEGEOB40-00 dlatrlat 

### wsdorthe a%ma isot + i, l legally p3rmltted to 

### makeany payrmnt 

### toward t?le education or 

### supportofthacn 

### ohll.dren **MB** thoul;h thy **were enumerated** In thati own

### aounty? *(b) If so, what amunt rlll the trurtaaa 

### bepernltted

**to** 

### peypatpupil? *'(a) Xi anwsrated,in the oount they were attendlag aoho@-s?m 800 inlan **dim I**  whara
tnnoa iron their home, may thn~~trustaoct legally pay any SLWI

out OSthe 

### clohool fund8 tcmards 

### the eduostlon or support of s&t ~ehllbran?ff so, what amountP" Wlthout attarapting to enuraareta all ths varloua stetuted bearing **upon** the pusstian, our sohool lawa oonkmaplate thet 4 studant ahall attand'aoheol **in** 

### thedimtriat of **hfr resideme.**  ~rovlslo~haa baen maWIn oartain lnataaoar 

### forpupils ettendlng 

### sahoolIn othar dlrtrlota.

krtlcrls 8696 vldas **for tDc**  **tranefsr o** 4Rievlrrd Civil **Statute*** lW!5,

### pro**a ohtld**  **iroar one** dlsdot **to** @Bother dlstrlot ln **ttl4** sass 0ouaty. Xnsuoh eases tbs aoholaatlo*a 

### peroaglte a;?pmtloment crrevbe tmasiarrad tc **the** 

### rnoeitlng: dlstriot. Art1014 &69?, R. a. Eirt 1985, provld4s tor 

### the transfer of a ohlld to nn edjoining dlatrlot In anothar oounty, 

### whenit in shown to the Cuunty 3uparlntendant that WH dir**trlot in**  **-&ioh mob**  **ahlld** reaidaa, on aooocnt 

### of&%tahaa~or OOBLO uneontrollobla ox **dsngercw** sbataola is lnaooemalblr ouoh a5lld." Thin atstuts tnskaano provlaion 

### far the dloto trlot in -blah the child rssldsr aontrlbutin6 

### to the eduaetlcm 

### or **sup;ort** of nuahahlld, **other t&an** 

### for **the tranefsr**  **of t&l**  **St*te** **per** ospltn **e~.prtl0nnsnt~** tsuohtranrfsra or ar aapits appatloament 4~4 ~34 **te.the** roarlvlng dlstrlot en1 not to the parent.ustlale ~Q~ZL,Vernon's Texas ~11~11 3tatutas, euthoriree and requires t?m homediiatrlat to pay tile tultlon of ltafionoratrle I!amy 3ohultz, ?age S

transterred !A?!: sohool atmlanta, not to exooed $7.50 par mnt2, whenthe rupll*s ~,rada 

### Isnot tau&ht In tba hcnaa**die** triot. **?hls tuition**  Taynent Is llkawlaa madeto 

### theregaIvj,n!~dlstriot on¬ tc the ohilb or parsnt. 

### ?hefeats pmsented in your letter, however, do not ocw within this statute. 7rovfaion be been mile fm pepcnt of tuition 

### to sohools In e4,joiaIng states under oortaIn fasts. %a Art. w30@g,Vernoava Texas SIvil Statuter. "'e are not aware of any lagisletive enaotaent whloh would authorlae the trmataes to expend 

### sohoolzoneys for tha ;urposee mentionad In your letter. Set ArtiOle 8027; Roviesc? Civil Gtatutes 19a5, 1lElit1n; ma ;jtjrpSes for whlah pub110 fS80 SOhOd f-48 maybe uasd.

Filth raterenoe to the eaum&ation of the ohlldni In qusetion sea Artiole %Wi, R. 0. S., 1985, whIoh requires tkat a ohlld be snumratsd In the distriot of hla rerIU+n9a and dlrapts the oenms trustaa Corec;nIre the parson randerIng the oh116 to swear to the.information OOatained in the **0enm.m** 

### report. If these ahIldran ware properlyemUaerated then they do not real&s In the ooacmn sohool dl6trIOt In Dallam cotlatg

. It ia our opinion that questiona (a) and (0) lrhould be answered in the negstivs and In view oi the 

### ioregolng,queatioa (b) dooarnot require an anaw@rr Your8 very truly



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APPR~)VEI;OCT

3, 1940