690 

OFFltiE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXA!S 

AUSTIN 

wtmaable EiomJr i. kt58S 

Qounty Attoz’noy 

Wheeler, '%%a6 

A 

1 

hoc1 Distrlat of 

with the Wheeler 

ity ahllben to the 

of the high aahool 

the whaalor Rlgh 

ncrlver a flat 

like to know uho i.6 obl.igrrtrd te pap 

g of these student8 who are ottendiry 

ohool.~ Ltagio Qtp CSahool Su net a 

A fwther statement dlrroloaea that the tru8t@o8 of the' 

kgia City Sohool Diatriot ham rrfumd to pay any CrmmQcntation 

,Ohrrger for the uhilldren whe hava mmxb fit to attan the Wk 

Mg!a Sohool, henob the lssus premmtrd harm 6lrims. 
Bon. RoEp6r L. x055, Pws 2 

In your brief, for which we extend our thanks, you point 

out that mtlole 2bS7a, Revised Civil Statuter, 19E5, ve6t6 authority 

%ri the local 6ohool tru6tee6 to make provi5lon for the trsnsportatlon 

of pu2ilr to and Iron oohool and that apparently a broad range of 

discretion is placed in the loo8ltru6tees in thi6 matter. The oo6t5 

of furnishl:sg suoh tren8 

i 

ortatlon 16 paid out of the looalmaintenanoe 

fund of tho school dietr ot (Art. 2027, B.C.E., 1928) which in 80~s 

instame and under osrtaln conditions 16 supplenientea by tbe Usite 

out of the SOho eqUall6ation aId appropriation edElni6t6red by the 

DepartEeent or Eduoation and a Joint lmgirlstivs Advlrory-CemItteai 

Artlole 2696, Revlaed Civil Statutes, 1925, whloh 18 the 

general transfer statute, provide6 that upon propsr transfer of a 

schola5tio the Ltete 'freaaurer nball pay over a6 dlreoted the per 

capita apportioment to the recelrine: dlstrlot or to the oounty superintendent for It6 benefit, but this statute does not refer to or 

afreot the 10081 malntenanoe funde. Our attention ha6 never been 

called to a statute requiring a transfrr of l.ooalmaIntenanoe funds 

to the reoelving dietriot unlese required tuition charge6 zulght be 

50 oonsldered. 

Prcvicrion ie rcade el6ewhere ln the 5ohool law8 for paygent of tuition for pupil8 who are transierred when their grade6 nr6 

not taug$imom, but these otatutes do not purport to ix&pose any 

obligation on the rending dlstrlat to tumlsh transportation. See 

Lrtio1e5 267Sa and 29221, Reri55d Civil statutee. 1926. 

It ia our opinion that under the statement eubmitted by 

you the &a&o City Sohool District may not be required to pay the 

ooats oi~tran6porting 6tudent6 frost the U&O City Sohool to the 

&amock Independent Cohool Distriot, suoh atuaente having tranaterred 

to the Shamrock Iii@ Sohool. 

Apparently your reguecit has be5n submitted to tblr Departmmt at the instance of the County Superintendent of PubUo Inatruation. ~agyof the incidental qu56tlons arising out ot the traneportation of puplla are largely rdmlnletratlve in their nature and are 

oloeely associated with the county wide transportation system~and 

6puallzatlon aid law. Xe understand that the Department 0r xauoation 

snd the Join iel(lrletlve Advleory Comlttee haye proml~ated FSrlOU5 

Interpretations and re&etioncl whioh have been forwarded by the Department or Bduoation to all city and county euperintendentr. It 15 

quite probable that these administrative directions gay iurthek as&at 

the oounty superintendent. if our oplnlon herein expree55d 16 not 
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Emi. Eomer L. Boss, ?a@ S 

guffioient to fully s&tie tbe controversy, we recommend that lurtbar 

inquiry be first direoted to appropriate a&d.nistratir5 oitioia~s. 

Your8 very truly 

, 

BY wd cso ’ Caxnaok <4 

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