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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

~~CNERSECLERS 

*yTORNEY GENERIL 

,aoorable L. A. Wooda 

,ut. ~uporintuvlent of ?ubllo Inrtruotlon 

&wtln, mxoplpLolp lo. o-6501 

boon noeird ud 

.arefullJ 0on*1d0md l t a8 f011ov81 

vlth rwp8tt t 

l I p ~liOlOg i88 

Oh0018 Of thi8 

8d ?OP frr8iti 8dUC&tiOn 

bed 8t8i.GSleIlt 18 8UbEitted 

may be h8lpfu.l. In it ve 

t Out thO8s ~Ftillent l 8&HCt8 

artmental practice8 vhloh apply 

uaclon vlth regard LO the teachand healih and phy8lcal education." 

t0110vs: 

The 8taLement attached LO your letwsr reads as 

. 
BOO. L. A. wood8 - pw8 2 

'Th8 8tUe D8~HiMlXt Of BdUO4tiOSX 18 OO&mtOd 

vlth l pmblu in ooaaoctlon vlth th8 dL8ttibUtlon 

Or btAto-adOptOt¶ bOOk8 in p 81010~ U&I p48iOa1 

eduoatlon. &LdW &Hi810 e8 “z 3, fl@Vi8@d civil 

SwUt88 Of 1925, th8PO 18 8 dOfinlL8 ~Wvi8i0.31 iOr 

8 teXtbOOk in th0 BUbj8Ot Of phy8iOi0gy iOr th8 

hi& rohool grYde8 urdW ti mtitiVl8 li8t PrOVi81OQ 

of tin lav. AFt%Ob P66%, 8W. 1, &U’OVid@8t 

"Th8t in8tmOtlol3 in p48iOa OdUCatiOtA 

8ti b 8 l 8tM b il8&UXd 8d ti0 put Of thr 

OOU-8 Or irwbFUOtiO?J U&d tmbhg in th8 

pub110 l lUUuly Md 8.0-?2 8OhOO1r Of 

the 8tato by Mptrkr 1, 1930.' 

@tie18 2&i)., 3.80. 2, 8trt88l 

"Th8 St&o Supsrintand8nt Or ?ublio I 8trWZtiOa 

8h811 pm&B&r8 COUT8.8 Of b8tAlCbiOXA ! OF th8 

public $OhOO18 Of t& 8ktO iOr, th8 PtWK388 Of 

OU'X7bg OUt thi8 AOt.' 

'Ylthin ~CMt 8OILthr thalv h8 b88JA 88tabil8h8a Vithh 

the Stat8 D0pariim8nt Of ~UC84tiOIi 8 DiVirion Of iiOa.lth 

ana Physical Education, the prbary purporo 0r vhic!; 

18 co encourrge better Cour8e8 in hwlth ti physical 

education throughout 811 the grade8 Of Lhe 8ChoO1 ViLfr 

particular cmphnels upon phy8iCd tralnlng eour888 in 

the last ivo year8 of the hLgh rchool. The DiVi8iOn 

or Qupervislo~ u;ii Currlculua of the Qtaio Deparment 

of Education in lu latoat bulletin recomendr thar 

p4qiology be Laugh; at Khe ninth gmdo level l 6 a 

credit course 8.nd that health and phyalcal oducaLlon 

bo taught at th8 l leV8nth or tvalfth grade lOV818 &8 

a credit ooumo. . 

"my local rchool offloialr aov rn requertilig the 
L. A.VOOd8 - ?wO 3 

8tdtlO Departmoat of teuo~tlon to 8upplJ than 

Vith tutbook in ply8lOlOOJ (a t.xLbook that 18 

89@OifiOti1J provided for in UtiOl8 2843) Md 

a80 vlth tUtbOOk iOr 0OI1F888 In Lualth U&d 

ph~81Oti 6dUO~tiIXt0 3 b 8 OffOr 6ad t th6 l hVUth 

aad tvrlfth -0 lrvrlr. (10 tutbook in hulth 

Ud -81ti l duCatiOB 18 8Q8Oiiitti4 provldod ior 

b tiU 8tdiUt88 tithOU&ih &?tiOh 266;k, 880. 1, 

pr88Orib88 iZi8tPUCtiOIL iS¶ pbf8iOa 6dUOaCi0&) 

‘Of th6 1118 book8 OXX Lhs tit;910 ii8t Of tUt8 

vbloh YIN bdo~H,rd by tin Stat. Bou'd OS tdwbtlon, 

88V6rd Of thsr 4C8 $d.Urily tOXt8 in i'htith Md 

phy8iCbi Yduoation inst8ad of being prlrurlly L8xL8 

iIX P48101OgJ. Th 8WdJ Ot 948101Ogl iU 8t8tiily a8CFW8iXhg urb th&I 8LUdJ Oi hB&h m phy81Oti 

OdUUtiW 18 8tOu Uld H$idlr tiOFU8w irr 

th8 plbll8 #Oh0018 0 I th. 8trt8. /I Vdd b6 hi@y 

dtJ8inb1. if textbook8 Could be 8U9p11.d for in8tPUOtiW itI hulth Md p48iOti l bU~ttO& th@n 

18 DO qUOBt;iOXt &Out tutbOOk fbr 948101o(lJ, 

8-0. thi8 8UbjWt 18 8mCifiGtil.f li8tvd in th. 

BtdiUt.8.’ 

~tiCl6 2343, vIX7bpoLL’8 AlUb0t~t.d feu8 civil 

StbtUt88 POti8 68 fO11OV8; 

‘Art, 2843. UnifOm 8T8tU 

‘%%m Textbook Com.irrlon authorhod 

by thi8 AOt 8m h4V6 WtboPit~ t0 8ObCt ti 

WiOp t l WlfOm 8y8f.U Of WXtbOOk8 t0 be U88d 

in th6 $UbliO fF6a 80&018 Of l’Oxx8, md tb 

book8 80 88hCt.d Md dOpL8d 8hal1 be pX'iXlt6d 

in the -1i8il 1lmgU48, 8nd 8m1 inClUd8 Uid 

be limited to toxtbook6 on the follovlng rubJectr, 89.11&@, CUdiIQ, Ellg118h 1-*8 md 

g rrp la geogmphy, r , l iLkaPetic, phyriology-hygiene, 

civil government, hirLory of the United aLaLea 

(ln vhlch the con8trucrlon placed on the Federal 

Conrtitutlon by the father8 of the Confoder6cy 

8h811 be fairly reyrebented), NsLsry of Texar, 

agriculture, A 8y8t6n of VrLKiXXg book8, l 

8y8tU Of dWing bOOk8, Md Uy &80, if d80IS6d 

mC888w, rdO$t l g8Ogti$hy Of 'fOXa Md a Civil 

gOVeX%WXXt Of T6,xr8; pl'oVid6d -iho$ noIl6 Of Iaid 

book8 rhall contti 8nyLhlng of a partL8an or 

rectarlan character, snd LhaL nlthlng ln this Act 

shall be consLru6d LO yre'feni Lhe tdrching of 

GCRUFA&I, Bohemian, Spenlsh, Fi%ACh, LaSti, Or 
gon. L. A. Yoods - rag* 4 

Orrek ln any of the pub110 l ohools. 

%ld Textbook Cammlsslon sJml1 also adopt 

l a r ltlp lo list o f book s for use ln t& e blgh saJaools 

or the 8tat0, said mult1p1. list 1na1udlng not rover 

than thr.. (3) no? 1000 than fir. (5) tutbooks on 

tha folloviry subjootsr algobn, glame l rautry, 

Solid 6O-tF7, 6Ul.m SOiMOO, bioloq, ~~siO8, 

ohamlst~, b one-yew #Moral history, uloIont hlstor~, 

modrmhIstory,morIarrr hlstory,Utln,bpml~, 

ohyslaxl geogmp4, mgllsh co4msltlon, history of 

Anricxn litomtu~o, hlrto~ of wlrh llteraturs, 

g4SiOlw, ~l’i.tUM, M OiVil 6OtWMOlbt Uld iOr, 

l oh high school braaah of study any OIU or srror8l 

or tk83 tab00k8 OS raid matip ti8t adopted SOP 

the subjaot my br releotod$ prorldad, hovetar, tht the 

sweral textbooks do not oxcod the xllonbh number 

.Q8ittiMt to on. textbook for aad used Ln MJ hQh 

sob001 88 tha toxtbook o? In suah x brumh io tb8t 

a yh r o & o l, b ut w& n l uah book or hooks 18 or 81% so 

a&sea bf loaxl ruthorltlos fro ths multIdo llsr; 

adopted auah book or booka &al1 ba aontlnued la that 

high school for tha uhtlra fit0 (5) pars of t5e 

adoption porlod. rmvia04, hovrrrr, tbt tha multiplo list hareuh provldau ror shll bpply to all high 

sobaols alxssd by the Dapxrtnant or ~o4tlan as 

hi& schools of iA* first olus. Par us0 in all other 

high sohools a unIfonr s-tom of textbooks an mob 

subjrat wntloaad abors shsll bo srlectod by tno 

00a8rian~ pr0ria0d, tmi irr my oity or ~~~O~OIKIML 

l ohool dlstrlot hxvlq more t&u ana high sobool of 

the first 01~88 sxld 8ity or indrponduh school 

dlstriot s&l1 adopt from said multlplo list for use 

ln rrch of s8lA hi@ sohools t-ha sua books ami 

shall use s&M books so adopted for a period of not 

less than fit0 (5) yosrs. 

n8peclflc rules as to the manner of the 

selection of books by the high school shall be made 

by who State Textbook f.%mlsslon. 

“The coamisslon, as heroin provided for, 

shall adopt tsxLbook8 in accordance vlth tire prorlslons of this Act for every public free school in 

thin 8tet0 ubd 80 prblio r-0 sohoo~ in this 8tato 

shall uso my tutbook unless sari lms beon provlously 

adopted and approved by this ooiuisslon~ and tJw commission shall prescribe rules under vhlch all Lox\;- 

books sdopted and approved shall be in\.roduced or 
gon. L. A. Y0od8 - Page 5 

used by or lo thr pub110 solrools or tha &ate. 

‘fa the wuat l s many as thraa sultabla 

texts are sot offand ior adoption on uw one 

subjrot, the aomlsslon UJ srloot iaVer tha thaw 

(3) text*. 

Wara oontraots sml not k m00t0a 

b* Y 

adoptians mado under this Aat. AB uuulod 

AOtS 941, 47th. -6. P. 1366, Oh. 617,800. 1.' 

48 corpus Juris, 0. U78, dofiaes the tern 

‘Jhyslology” u follovsr 

“Pbj81010g7. TM s~uaco 0r thr tunctlons 

or al.1 t;he affrersnt parts uid orgaas of 8nl.uls aad 

piat8, tb0 0rri008 th0y p~f,iom in tb, l 00no4 0s 

tb 0 baidau*l, thair propebtiu, l ta.O 

WoDstor~r iov mtaFr&Aorul DlotIoru&, &W.BBd 

pditm, aazk08 the tom aply~i~l~~~ a8 f0110v8~ 

"Tin breach of blologf deal& vlth the 

prowesses, batl*Itlrs 4nd phanoraaa inaiaaatal 

to and ohanoterIstla ot ur0 or ot llt~ ogtiaui 

tb 8tdy 0f th0 iurrcti08i8 0r thr 0rgw, ti88u0h 

oells, eta. dur* lire, as distlnot from aa4t 

vhich 6uls with thair stmoture. Tbs tidal 

tha pheaomaaa 0fmantallIfe l ra 

usually n&dad bs outside the or-m SaOm of 

p481010qt: 

Corpus Jurls Qacuadum, Vol. 42, p. 36ir, defines 

the tern mQgieM’ as follovsl 

“qgleno , A noun derived fru the Oreat 

vord ‘RJgela J a systoa of prlnciphs and niLeD 

designed for the promotton of hsalth.” 

Corpus Jurls, Vol. 19, p. 1015, dsflnes "p4slc~l 

l duc a tlo nî as follovsr 

'?4sloal fducatlon - The term Inoludes all 

that relates to the derelopunt and care of ths orgurs 

of smsatlon and at ths muscular snd nervous sysLems.’ 
BOO. L. A. wood8 - PW 6 

Artlolo 167Sb-5(o) provider for the dlscontlmzrnce of the State Textbook Conlssion snd the transfer 

0s it8 duties ma run0~10~ to the 8taLe Boera 0r Educet1on. 

Tour questioa is aasvored in the aegatlve, 

The rsglslatw has not suthortsea the 8tate Boml 0r Muoetlon to jnwcbso textbooks on p4sioel l a u0r tio In. tI h a s 

l uthorlsed that Board to p ur o hup4sloloff o uml physlologp 

byglene textbooks. 

Yours veq truly 

ATTORHBY OElcBBAL OF TEXAS 

B7 W%J.hnninO 

ASSlstUat 

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