OFFICE'OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS 

AU8TlN 

Eonorable Harry 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, uhiehklotsohool bur t6 

1t uoul4 have 

The thr4s &d.ldrea are the 

i~1n.g nithlnthkdiatriot 8Itmted 

iatenae from the soheol w l'r&a 

es Xn the 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 cm the south 

plains, mine lcoo mlles dfatamo, whhere the 

ar4 being; sOhooleOr The iathes hes reoont I y 

demanded that the allWanae be fsoreaseb to 

the sun of $l.&OO per pqM. par month* In aUdltion, it tarpeers thet he enumeratad the ohildrsn In the sob001 dlstriot ez1 the 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 

OOEGEOB 40-00 dlatrlat wsdor the a%ma isot 

+ i, l 

legally p3rmltted to make any payrmnt toward 

t?le education or support of thacn ohll.dren MB 

thoul;h thy were enumerated In thati own aounty? 

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

be pernltted to pey pat pupil? 

*'(a) Xi anwsrated,in the oount 

they were attendlag aoho@-s?m 800 in I lan dimwhara 

tnnoa iron their home, may thn~~trustaoct legally 

pay any SLWI out OS the 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 the dimtriat of 

hfr resideme. ~rovlslo~ haa baen maWIn oartain lnataaoar 

for pupils ettendlng sahool In othar dlrtrlota. 

krtlcrls 8696 

vldas for tDc tranefsr o 4 

Rievlrrd Civil Statute* lW!5, proa ohtld iroar one dlsdot to @Bother 

dlstrlot ln ttl4 sass 0ouaty. Xn suoh eases tbs aoholaatlo*a 

per oaglte a;?pmtloment crrev be 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, 

when it in shown to the Cuunty 3uparlntendant that WH dirtrlot in -&ioh mob ahlld reaidaa, on aooocnt of &%tahaa~or 

OOBLO uneontrollobla ox dsngercw sbataola is lnaooemalblr 

ouoh a5lld." Thin atstuts tnskaa no provlaion far the dloto 

trlot in -blah the child rssldsr aontrlbutin6 to the eduaetlcm 

or sup;ort of nuah ahlld, other t&an for the tranefsr of t&l 

St*te per ospltn e~.prtl0nnsnt~ tsuoh tranrfsra or ar aapits 

appatloament 4~4 ~34 te.the roarlvlng dlstrlot en 1 not to 

the parent. 

ustlale ~Q~ZL, Vernon's Texas ~11~11 3tatutas, euthoriree and requires t?m home diiatrlat to pay tile tultlon of lta 
fionoratrle I!amy 3ohultz, ?age S 

transterred !A?!: sohool atmlanta, not to exooed $7.50 par 

mnt2, when the rupll*s ~,rada Is not tau&ht In tba hcnaa dietriot. ?hls tuition Taynent Is llkawlaa made to the regaIvj,n!~ dlstriot on& not tc the ohilb or parsnt. ?he feats 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 sohool zoneys for tha ;urposee mentionad In your 

letter. Set ArtiOle 8027; Roviesc? Civil Gtatutes 19a5, 

1lElit1n; ma ;jtjrpSes for whlah pub110 fS80 SOhOd f-48 

may be 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 Co rec;nIre the parson randerIng the oh116 to swear to the.information OOatained in the 

0enm.m report. If these ahIldran ware properly emUaerated 

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) dooar not require an anaw@rr 

Your8 very truly 

ALip u. 

Oeo 1 9. Oawaaok 

Aaslstant 

APPR~)VEI;OCT 3, 1940