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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eoaornblr Wad&w &no 

Dlrtrlot Attornr~ cater, Texao 

30 hate r0r rap1 

mQurotiJlg 8ho oplnioil or 

8tnt.d Question. Your r-8 

an the Coator 

rntfmt er on* 

l djo3.nbq Gammon 

tha8 I get your 

0 transfers to the Csniot Deoause h&h water 

08~ his how, 8o the 

ohool Distclot la whioh 

ob dlstriot the pupil 

a add thr centsr In&QenI for nine mntbo. The 

rs to pay ttit1on ro% th6 

Oonter Who01 run8 but thr 

sohool yaw. 

858 
fionorabls &mAlow Lane, Pagd 2 

*Under thia faot situation is the Canter tidepndant Sahool Dletrlor alrth3xized to ciargs tuition 

in exoeao of the zoath in the event suoh math tuitlon ir not sufflolszt to briag t.% ~~~11~s annoy 

allotted an6 tm.rrfsrtaC uaith it sup to the butge8 requirem~at rot eaoh ?upll of the Center 3ohool?* 

Frau the raots stated aDove, we essxe that th8 tram+ 

r0r of the saholastlo in ;uaotion use otfeoted by vlrtuo or the 

pro~ieions of Artioles 36954099, %vleed Civil S!atut@s, 192S, 

and ;hat m question of tr&n&Zor of a sotolastlo for high sohool 

pUQO56S (rhardn the C#fitAlg diStSht dOe* i+Ot~ffOtdtb 84UiB 

opgottuaitles as the roos:vlng dirtriot) lo Involved. Se also 

asaume that both tb oandtig an& teos:viq sohooi,cil~triots are 

looatad Fn the sagl) oounty. 

Q1 thS ba~iir Of theMI r4IOttJ YOIU pU6StiW IS WMthw 

the reoe,lring tnatrpndent sohool Uatrlot pray oharga.tuition to 

the no.?-rf.Wdent soholatstlo based on the pro rata oout of maintaining the lnde9endent aohool Clatrlot lsrro the portion OS 

sohool hnd8 of tha oo&xa eohool &i&riot trandernd to the 

trrdegeadsnt sclmol Aiatrlot; or, on t&a oontrary; may the independent rwhool diatrlot oharge tuition oalg for one raonth 

(the porlod auoh independent aohool Cistrlot~6 Wrm uo~adt the 

ocG&oa oahool dlatrlot's)T 

Artfolo 2696 in the aerlssd Clvl2 Statutes, 192%. as 

az%Gad, Aots 1935, 44tb LegislAture, Ctinptar 201, 3oa. 1, p. 

4.38, raa4.a an followsr 

"Any ohild law~lly enrolled in any dlstriot 

or lndosndent distriot, i8a~ by ordw of thcr oountl 

suparictentant, be traaafJrrad to tho fuwolki#at oi 

any ot4er diatriot or independent distriot in tho 

samo oountp upon a rrittsn apglloatl~a~0r tha prent 

or giardlan or porron having lawful ooa~301 of suah 

ohlld, filed ulth the oounty superintendent; 2rorided 

that any Cl&riot or indepecde~t distriot Ming disaotlsfleb with any tramtar oade by thb ouunty superintcndent may tagpal fkom such aotion to the oounty 

board of truatses of said crountl who ahall have the 

right to aimul and oanoel the transfer allowed by the 

oountg auporintfm?ent. 

*Tha,applloaut a&all state i.a said agplicatlon 

t:i.%t it is his boaa fide intsutlon to cent said 

otlild to t!ie sohool ts w;=toh the **nmter ia asked. 
860 

"u&WI the CelTtiiititlOA Of th4 trMSfC4r Of tA.lty 

cfiild, loom one diotriat to mother distriot, by 

the oounty su~orintendant of tba aounty Ia whloh the 

okild reaidss at the tlma or tha trantiar,.the state 

Departcisat of Eduoatfon sballauthorize the itate 

Treasurer to pay 0~4~2 dlraaatlyths par oaplta appcrrtlonment, in indepxident districts or five hundrsd 

(500) or mor4 sosolastlc population, to the distriat 

to nhioh ruoh ohlld 1s tranafierr4d1 aab in a:1 ottror 

dlrtrlots, ?& oouaty auprintsnCe~t:ts, to be paid by 

h&n to the masp4OtlV6 di&rlots to whloh such children 

aXa tracsf6W3d~ provided, A0 trar~ref shall be mada 

after august 1st." 

In Sloaoub vs. Camsroa Indapssodeat So&o1 Dlstrlot, 

lla Tax. 268, 288 Z3.W. 1064, oertain scholastics were dw 

tracarerrsd iron &her school dietriata or tks county to the 

Gaaieron fodepndent School Distrlot. TU Sear6 or school 

trustsoa of the C4a4ron Independent School Dlstrlot entered 

an order rowiriq t2446 pupils to pay tuition at thi rat4 0r 

$50.00 g&r year for high sot;001 atubmts and $32.00 ror student8 ln grades below the hi@ soho&, less tranofar money 

r6oOlV80. The hrthez of thsse pugi r4iu4d t.0 Ny the tultion and instltu-,ed an a6tlcu.t tc restrain the school board from 

attempts to oolleat the amounts allaged to bc due. The ouurt 

hold that t.&ba lndspandant school Clstrlot could aharge tuition 

to non-rbsideat aaholastlar under Artlole 2760 or the Revis4d 

Oivfl Statutes, 19111 (which article le almost lc%ntio& rith 

titlole 2696, Vern3a s Annotated Civil Statutes) ynd in the 

ooiurse 0r it5 opinim said; 

*It is our vleu tat the Legislature, la anaoting this artiole, did not intend to riquira any 

indapendent sohool dlstriot in this state to 4&noate a saholsatio irae oi o.hsrge any longer thaa the 

fxnds tramhwrcd rith suoh scholastla, would pap 

such pupil*8 proportionat part 0r the axpans 0r 

ogeratlng the sohoola or such district. In other 

rords; aa Lena; as the stats apportisnzmtwil.1 oparate the mhool4 OS 4n ind4p6nit4nb district, the 

transrsr ppfl, whose stfrt4 apportionment is 4140 

trawtsrred, ie not reciuiretd to pay tultlon. But, 

when th4 aohoole oi an indepsndent dlstrlot must OOAtlnue their term r1t.h a::ndy raised by local tar44 

levied upon proprty within suoh diistriot, then the 

transrer puyil, a nonresident 0r suoh distrlot, mat 

py a reasonable tultlon.* 
.861 

Honorable Xardlow Lane, Faso 4 

Por aa808 la aoaord soo Huok vs. Fublio ?rreo Schools 

0r the aity or hiath, (c. 2. A. 1927) 290 s.3. 1llay YufbO v's, 

Ugmay Dietriot Sohool Dlotrlot, (0. C. A. 1931) 98 S.3. (2d) 

Thas4 oas4o wara under Artial4 2696 or the aovissd Civil 

Stakes of 1925. see also the eaos or Lore v8. City 0r Dallas, 

40 S&t. (2d) 20, dooldod by tbrr Sqwiao Court of ttils Stats on 

Uay 16, 1931, whoroln the oourt pointed outs 

azor more thaa arty ymra statutes hare beem 

in 4rf44t prmlttltq tmOrOr0 iron ena rohool dlstrlot to another, aad 8mo ooaslaoratlen mu8t be 

giVSn t0 the OOAStXWtiOA Or i&O COA8titUtiolr WhiOh 

ths raaotccent of these 8htute8 lmDllo4. Sin40 tho 

Conatltutiaq dose not g#rmlt the taxation oi the 

p+o~lo of a aohool dbtrlot r0r tho support'of that 

diatriot, oroopt upon a vote 0r tho 40914 0r the 

distrlat, it is not dobatablo that t go Loglsl.ature 

oomot oonrpel 058 district to uoo its fund* axi4 

properties for the otuoatlon oi ooh4la8tlo8 from 

another district, wlthmt fust ooapensetion. Eonover, in view oi fho long ogorztlon of tkts tran6.f4r 

8tatutos w b4lfave that whore a 8ohool dlttrlot 

has radltios and teaoharo la bfoooa of those nooossary ror it8 own aoholastioa, the 8tatO ha8 the powor 

to ro.;uir0 it to 4.04opttr0a0ror0 iraol anathsr di87 

triot, but only upon tho pyE4At of tea8snablo ocmpomation th4r4roro. . .* 

As 8tatod in the Sloaomb oase, supra, *For ysaro and 

year8 the State DoparWnt of XduoAlja cinder the advfoe of 

the Attorneys Genaral of thir StAt6, has ruled that thin t&itiOA may bs ohargsd*. fn 8UpMt Of this SOGI BiOnAbf. it&port 

of the Atttrlmey Oenoral, SSlS-1920, page 499, Vol. 383, Latter 

O~lnlon p. 522, Vol. 367, Letter Opl~i~n, Page 36,. Opfnion to 

Wry B. Camp, dated Juno 18, 1937, Vol. 376 Letter OQ~A~OA. 

Consecuently, it my be seen that under thb authority OS .%rtlolo 2636, Yloaoinb vs . Cameron Independant School 

Oistrlat, aad Lava vs. City of iiallae, a ro8eivlng independent 

sohcml dlotrlot not only has the right, but lb is its dut to 

o&loot a reasonable tuition fmn non-rosldont rohoh4 F9 08 

s~ifrlolento ooi?qensat4 tha rooolving dlotrlat for th8 rrbueation 0r tranrrerred aohola@tlo, uhaa transfer ftuxda rooeived 

ara not aufllolant+ 

The rarzai.aing question of what oonstltutos nrdaoonable viltion" was also anower4d by Chief J*ustiao Curotcm ia 

t&4 Love Gas0 aherrin he said: 
Xonomble ;%~USW Lane, Pats 5 

=. . . lor the sann reason a sohccl dirtriot 

oamot be oaa~ellcd to render a saroloe to a 11011- 

resiesnt 80h0148tio r0r less than 4 reasc5able tultian fee. 3aoh &a atteqt on the part of the 

b36iSl4tiU6 to thus 005ileC4tCi $hr property of its 

taxoamrs would not ba a lssfiitLB%te us4 oi aoh a 

It is tharefom *&a 0plnLir of this Departssnt and 

yw are reopuotf~lly advised that 4 maeivi~ Independent sob01 

cibtrict may ohargo 0. ri+assnzble fmmit 40 tuitlor to a nonresiiert soholastio transfsrred ta suoh dlstrlot frron a oomcm 

aohcol Cistriot; that in detsr&i~ a masunablo t..ltion or 

oospxmatloa for the eduontion of the sotiolastio in question, 

LW olezant enterlag into tha coot of the 50h0=31 syc;tem OT the 

expu~?& of lts malntenanar should be exoluded; and iiaally t&t 

we are in gcaseselcm of nc i4oL.o i&Laz wculd lndloats that the 

pro rated oost OS fdntainizg tha Cwmron hds3adent soho 

Dlstrlat, less transrar mney reoaived rsuld be umesmnable 

oompensatloa or unr~sonab;Le tultlon 44 to the soholaaatl0 in 

g~6stliua. Ldesd, Lt waild semi that this sannar of detemlnlug the tdtlon for the saholastlo is a dellbmkta atteqt to 

follow t&a diraotiins OS the LQTS 04~4. 

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