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**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **OROVER SILLLRS**  **AlToINN OR(C** 

mn. It.L. Hlnmon, Jr. County Audstor ?olk County LirLngnton, Tcxar
Dear Slrr Opinion lo. O-7176 Re: Realdemo of acholastlca

**que8tlunr**

1 be over six ud under fir8t daJ Of th8 lW l'OrideBt8Of the t daJ or April. pr&idu **that** a duly appointed

w **th8 lla-,**  COlOl’,**8nd** MtiOMlnderlng 8uCh children, the Pame 8 8ChOOl dirtriot in VhlCb th8 children re8ide 8nd the MBe, **8U** and 

### &to of birth of oath 8uch child of vbioh he 18 l FrUIt Or gW?dien or ofvbioh b8 w8 OOatFOl.
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### l **The f8RllJ**  **08Zt8U8** blank, vbioh 18 8eIllt Out for the enuaeratian of these 8chol88tio8, vhen duly

## 787

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BOA. B. L. mA8OD, 

### Jr. - **?8g8** 2

fil1.d iA aA8t **b8** 81glW3 **b7** th8 PlUWnt, **gUaZ'di~** or 

### p8rsonrenderbg th8 ohlld 

### under oath of the follovlng **rtatement1** '1h8r8by certify th8t 1 harr reAdered 0~1~ those ohlldren vho vl.11be 8i.Xand 

### und8rolghtsen 

### y8ar8Of ag8 0A 8epteAbOr

and vho 8re re8ld8At8 of the dlrtrlct 011 &8'&& 

### day of April, 

### 19 I further oertlfy **that** all children vho8o e'8re glv8n hereon are **in y**  **charg8 W**  **OU8tOdy and**  **that** th8y hare not heretofore been enumerat8d in thl8 State for the year beglaning Se~terber 1, 19-, and ending **lhl@l8t** 31, lg-.

**“ John**  Do8 **resides** 

### inDi8triCt#l and ha8 a child vho re81der vlth an Aunt in Dlatrlct #2, attoads 8OhOOl in D18trlCt #2, 8nd 1s residing In Di8triOt @ vlth raid Swat on April 1st. Thi8 child 18 not lerelJ vl81tlAg the Aunt but he8 resided 

### with the Aunt %A Di8tr1Ct #2 durlAg the school **year.** Who 8hall have the authority 

### to emAerate thir 8ChOOl child; th8 Father and Wother, vho **reside** in District #l, or the Aunt, vlth vhoa the child r881dO8 in Dl8trlCt #2?'

&rtlole 2816, Vernon's Annotated Texas Clrlf **StatUte8,** Mad8 **a8** 

### fOllOW8l

"The county 8uperlntendent and the board Of 

### tlW8t4988

Of the lndependerrt8ChOOl d18trlOt8, On the 

### fir8tday Of each JaAuuJ 

### or a8 8oon a8 pMOtlcable 

### there8fter, 8ha11 appoint one of the tru8tee8 of each school d18trlCt, or 8o~e other quallfl@ person, 

### to take the rcholaatlc cemu8, vho 8hal.lbe known a8 the census trustee of the dlrtrlct. The cbp8u8 tru'8teebetveen the firrt dar of JIarohaAd the first day of A@141 8fter hi8 appointrent, sh411 take a cenau8 of all the children that vi11 be over seven 8Ad under eighteen yeara of age on the flr8t day of the fOllOVlAg September, aAd vho are rO81dOAt8 of the rchool dietriot on 88id flrrt day of 

### April. In taking the said census he 8hell virit each hose, 

### reeldence,habitationandplaceof abode, snd shall by actual observation 

### and interrogation, enwaerate thechildren thereof in the tollowl~g mumem He 

### shelluse foreachparent,**or guardian**  **or** person

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### B0A.B.L. -8QII,Jr. -?ye 

### 3
lnvl~g **oantrol of**  

### any ruohohll&%A, 

### a pn8orIbed fom 8hoviAg theA8ne, **oolor** 

### ud AatIwlItr of the pernon rtmtlerlng ruoh ohIldmA, theham usd nuaber 

### of the 8ohOOldi8triOt 

### IAvhloh the ohlldrur **PO8id8,** and the n8m8,

**8ex** ti date



### OfbirthOf l



### aoh 8dOh 

### ohlld ofvhlohhe 18 a 

### parent

### oryrdlan, 

### orof vhloh h8 -8 **OOlitl ’** **Ol.** w Oti8U8 tN8tO8 8h811 

### FOQuiM 8UOh form to **be** 

### 8UbrOribd **urd worn**  

### to **br tha**  

### permA naderl~g the ehlldrur,and he I8ruthOrI8ed to adalnl8ter 

### 08thm for thl8 -88. UhM the oon8u8 tNl8t8e Vi8it.8UT 

### how Or hour0 OC place Of ebods 

### ofa family,and fall8 to 

### fIAd l 

### lthvr the 

### parent 

### orany perron having leg81 oontrol, b 8hAll leave the 

### prescribed c8A8ua

### blankfortheu8e of

### pbrentr at 8UCh horn **or** pl800 of 

### abode,vlth 

### a AOt8 to the **WMAt** 

### or guardlui ha*lAg legal oontrol **of** ruoh ohIld or obildren, 

### roquirlng **that** the fom 

### ba fI118d 

### out, ri&nd aAd 8vOm to, and that the blmk, VheA 80 fIll8d out, rha'll

### be d8livemd **by** the p8ruit 

### orpor8oa h8vlAg leg81 oontrol of th8 child or ObildreA to the CeAeU8 tN8tOO. **Aot8 1905,**  **p.** 263; **AOt8 1915**  **p.** 

### 183.*

Artlole 2901, Vernon~8 

### Annotitd Texar Civil **sutUt88,** re8d8 **a8 fO11OV88** 
‘~V.87 **Obild %A**  **thi8 bt8tO**  **Of 8OhOb8tiO**  48 8h811 **bo p6lWittOd**  **tO ”** **att8nb** 

### thepub110 fX'O0 8Oh0018Of th8dI8tPiO~tor iAdepdAdeAt **di8triot in**  vhIoh it Ire8IdO8at th8 tin It applier fox'

### adgirrIon,.notvlth~tan4U4that it ~7 have 

### been ulqa0rat.d .18OlVb~, **or ‘** **1 hve**  **attended 8OhOO1**  

### 818OVhW8pirt of the 

### ye8r.

htiOl8 

### 2892,**& ‘** **IMli~8 hnotatad**  **texar** Civil 8tatute8, i'wdr in Part 88 fOlbV81
%v8r7 ohIld in the 

### ataterho 18 8eveA year8 and not 

### aorethan 8lxtecn year8 of 

### age rhallbe **r8Quimd** 

### tol**ttMd** 

### thepub110 8ohoolr 

### l.13 thedirtriOt Of it8 

### realdenom,

### orin 8088 

### other di8triOt 

### tovhloh 

### It

### meybe tMA8fOrmd 88 provided 

### by **18V, iOr**  **a p8riOd**  **Of** AOt 1088 th8A **OXlO hUAdl** **’ Uk**  **Md tVeUIty**  dayr.

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BOA. S. L. Hinlon, **Jr.** - ?8ge 4

Other **8tatuter** PZWId8 for the truirfer of a child 

### l ttendlAR rohool in 8 **dirtriot** Other th8A it8 re8IdeAoe.

We **quotr** fro8 opinion RO. O-586 of thir departnsnt, **ruaderod** H8y 25, 1939, 88 follov81

"4hi8 depmtrent **rendered** M OpiAiOA OA 

### Hovembrr

4, 1905, to the Honorable R. B. COU@~A~, State Superintandont **of** ?ublIo In8truotlon on a 8iAll8r **QUO8tiOn** vhioh Ye think rubrtantI8lly exOr48808 the proper Nle t0 be applied iA the instant care. It va8 there rtakedr
"'If the children h8ve asrely 8n orten8ible aAd not a 8Ub8tMtIal realdenoe in the district, If they were rent to **Rock** da18 for the sole purpose, **or** even for the raLn puFpo8e, 

### of partioipatlAg ln th8 **ad** vMtag88 of the public 8choo18 of Rockdale, they 8~8 not entltled to free tuition.
"But if they 

### vererent 

### torO8ide In Rockddle IA good faith 1A order to give them suItable hOllpa8, vith the iIh3AtiOIIon the part of the father, ud Of the per8OA8 in vho8a oare he placed thea, that tb 

### ohlldren 8hould re8lds there pernaently; If the ed**UOatiCiXd** 8dV8At8g88 Of **the** lW8ideIlt8IA Rockdale vere **merely** lncid8ntal to their going 

### the-n,8nd othor OOn8idOmtiOA8 

### lnduoed the father, in good faith, to 8OleOt that place ae their how, I think the ohildzw am re8ldentr of Rookdale vlthin the r@+aLPs **of** the 8choo1,lav, And eAtltled to 

### froe tuitlan there, AOtVithdMding that the do8&118 of the father 18 

### l l8evhere.1
%hlle we MCO r ice the& 8 alnor chi.ldMY aoqulre 8 bone fide 

### red once separate and apart from lta parent8 vithla the 

### coAtemPlatIon of 

### our 8ChOol lava, ve do not **think** that 8uoh bone fide resideAce I8 ertabllrhed by the mre phy8lcal Rr88ence of the ells," another dintriot for the purpote of attending

School Matrlct lo. 1, etc. v. School Di8trict (Sup. t%. Mlch. 1926), 211 Ii.Ye.60s Ysle va. Veat Nlddle School District, 59 Corm. 489. 

### 13L. R. A. 151; Anno. 26 L.R.A. 581.



### “Ye understand that the opinion herein cx-.

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I[-. t. L. **Ein8~0, Jr.**  - **?8gr** 5

**pM88d 18**  u ?OOOld Vith 8 loly **08t8blirhed**

_ **- -**  **COn8tNOtiOA pAaOM**  **UpOA OUT**  **08AlU8 l8V8**  **by the**  

### st8te **DewPtAOAt** of Lduoatlon.

'Iti**18 Our**  **OpiAiOYY that**  **if the**  **f8Ot8** develop ttb8t**?lOdB8 ?lu88lar**  **18 liV** * **irr** th8 Robert Lee IndrpMdMt Who01 

### Dirtriot**for** the 8010 or prinoipal pwpo88 of 

## l tteAdIAg **tha** 8chOOl8 Of th8t dietriot, she I8 l rO8IdOAt Of 38~0 Co888011

sohool Di8tFiCt for the purpo88 of rchol8stic enw#eratIoA, aAd rhould be aAumemtcd 

### inth8 ~ChOl88tiO **OeA8U8** Of that dirtriot. Eovevec, If rhe **h&8** In gOOd faith 88tablished 

### a aubstaAti81 reeid8AC., **and llOt**  a Acre **08tM8iblO rO8idOAOO**  **for** the **purpo88** of 8tt8ndbig 8ohoo1, 8h8 aey properly **be** 8nUAerAted iA the Robert Lee Independent 8chool Dirtrict."

The qll88tIbnpropounded by you **inVOlVo** a fact **qUO8tiOA.** If th8 **re8idenc8** of the ahlld in quertion ha8 been 88tAbli8hed 

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a #**OOd** 

### faith8UbrtAAtIal rerid8Acr vith hep Aunt iA Dt8triCt **2, it**  **i8** OUl'Opi.UiOIl that iA 8uOh **OV8Ilt** the AuntvoUldbeeUthorl8edtO 8nuUefbte th8 ohI1.da8 a 8OhOl88tiC IA 

### Di8triOt#2. 

### Hovever,if tha rcsridanoeof the ohIld IA M8trIot #Z?Ir~Aere1y en o8teAAlblo Fe8ideAae for the iz;;lof l

ttendlnx rohool them and not a nood faith 8ubtht the rerldenoe,-then in 8uoh event 

### our&ll~g vould be

abild 

### 8hodd be eUmP8tOd by it8 paMAt in Di8triCt

-8tia th+i thI8 8eti8hCtOrily, **MaVOI ’** **8** yOUr we are Very tNlJ **yourr**