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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Houorablo 1). Y. Trlmble, Pirat Aaristant 

;$ytiSur&.tendent of Public Instruotl 

, 

Dear Stir 

MS, you epolosed a letter 

PubUe Schools, nnd JOU 

ttere oontained in aald 

to 08k the city of wuc30 to 

r the raising of the tes rate 

operation of ths aohoola, We 

whiohwouldbe rlO$mtm 

L3. The aity ~LlthO~ftieS 

d not be f+afe In asking for 8mre1 

as the ainking hula may possibly 

in. the distant fduz'8. Only la+ 

is being used now.*1 

92. Is there anything to hinder the Woo0 .schoo~e, 

from &etting next year the rural iii&h aohool. tuuitbn 

on all junior and senior ai& echo01 pupils who uome 

under t&s arwnded Rural Aid law? We have 80108 who 
163. 

!Ionor&ble T. P. Trimble, page #8 

vi13 some under the clauee 'rttendiag the publio 

mhoolr from en orphans' honm within the city.' PJ 

The Wsoo sahools uere ifrat provided Sor in 1889, 

$8 8lrt Legislature, Ohapter 17, House Bill Ho. 368, page 

. This ma8 an A& inoorpontlng the city or W800. 

6eotlon 42 of mid Howe Bill Ho. 368 provided aa 

r0ii0w8 t 

esear ML.The oorpomtton &eated by this act 

ehall be P rreparate nohool dlutrlot upon it8 complianoe with the statute8 of this state In such 

eaae1), and hall have full power to take charge 

or, govern, oontrol# and pP*tnln free echools 

within eaid oity eubjeat to the constitution and 

law OS this state and In oompllenos timrerith, 

and until altered ohaqed, amended, or repealed 

all rulea, resolu 4 lone, reguzl8tioM, and ordluanoeb in ref%menee to rrald scheole now in effect 

in eald alty ahal& remalnmdkmve fullforoe and 

effeot over all tsrritory inoluded in the OOX3?OF8- 

tion hereby oreoted.". 

Pt'ovi8i0n 18 tie0 made in the prseent &t'rtex' of the 

City of Woo (Charter, adopted Deoember 89, 10X5, and amn& 

mente thereto). See Articles 309 to 53.8, lnoluusive. Art&ale 

832, whloh l uthorl.ses a- tax for the support and malntenanoe OS 

the pub&z free sohoole, read es follorat 

"Art. 212. In additioa to Mount levied for 

nrunioiprlpurpoaea vhiohehaU not 8zOeedtti SUEI 

of on0 end eighty4Lve one-m&the of one per 

oent, said Board &all, by ordlnanoe, annually 

levy and collect for the support and maintenance 

of publio free schools In the City of Waco an 

nmount not axoesding the emounta hereinafter e,et 

forth for the reepeative yeem, to-witt Sixty-elx 
162 

Honorable T. Y. Tvable, pwe #S 

one-hundredths of one per oent t&d valora~Ataxes 

of the aaaeaaed value of all property aubjeot to 

t8x8tion for tba year 1es1: sixty-aeven ouehundredths OS one per oexlt8dv8loPem taxes Of 

the oaaeaaed v8lue of all property subject to 

tax8tIon Sor the yeax 19S8J Sixty-eight onohuudredtha of one per oent 8d w8ba taxes of 

the raaeaaed value of all property subject to 

taxation for the year 1993; Seventy one-hun- 

&e&ha OS one par oent ad valoram tuea of the 

aaeeaaed value of all propert aubjeot to taxl tlo n for tha ye8.r 19% awl l L aubaequent pears; 

provided the levy for the aqj~3rt md nuintcmanoe 

oi publlo free schools 8halX ~tatcenatloallymduoe 

the levy Soc Blrrtolpal plarpoma a0 that tot4 

taxes shall never erased two and SiSty one-bundredthsperoentforany one year. 

.It la seen that the maximum tar authorized by the 

above-quoted p~~viaion for the year 1934 and subsequent years 

la !seve.nty one-hundredtha of one per oent ad vrloriu~ taxes 

OS the saaaaaed value of all praperty aubjeot to taxation 

**it", rhioh la, we understan& the present rate vhioh la 

levied. 

You axe, therefore, advised that under the aharter, of 

the City of Wtaoo the maxiuuta tax uhioh aan be levied for the 

support ami amintenanoo of the Waoe Ipdependeut &boo1 Diatriot 

la 70/ per one hundred dollars of the saaeaaed valuation of the 

property aubjeot to taxation,. 

In your aooond question you aalc whether t&e 'Naco Independent School District is ollglble for hi&h school tuition 

aid under the tems of the rural aid bill for 1943-1945 (Acts 

194S, 48th Leg., RI S., Il. B. 176) for pupils from an orpha-mne! 

home in the diatrlot who attend the diatrlot schools. 

Qn July Sl* 1942, the State Superintendent asked us 

the aaate question with reapeat to the 1941-1945 Aot (Acts 1941, 
163 

Hermmbla T.s bSmble,plyle #4 

47th Leg., R. so, Ch. S49, B. 8. 884). and in Opinion 

80. 04785, rendered August l9, 1949, we l dvfaed Hm that 

the m-0 Independent Sohool Dlatrlot 8aa not eligible for 

suohoidbeosuaeoi twomonsr 

1. Artlalo I of the 19U &at 8et forth wh8t dlatrlota 

wers 0 blo to reoelve the rural rid bsrufita. Sootion 1 

o f h r tfY o l I #et o ut the so h o l88tlo pcp uhtlo n b r wk eta o f 

the aohool dlatrlota entitled to receive auoh benefits. Under 

that reotlon cmly those dicltrlcta which hnd not fewot than 

8onorwreth8nBooonlglnuuwwr8 ted acholaatlca weeuglblu tar al&# With thaws oortqln uaoptions, none OS 

tiah wes?b 8pplioable bo the k&o Uatrlot. The Wcoo dtrtr fo t lmd l so h o lo ~tio pop ulo t.%ef o n wr e th 4 n ll,OOO, r h ish 

fia tn~ pseedudthe SOON wd thl8 hator rendendtha 

dbtrlo ixyugibk. 

8. That part of Artiole XV (Hia Boheol Tuition) which 

8frestea pqplls from an orphatnu' lmw m8du 8u follow: 

"It la fkrthw provided that tulfl(on rid 

ft uaa our opinion that %rumSerred into a districta 

meant tumsferrsd iKtm one biatriot into mother dinerlot; 

therefore, 88 pupl.la from the 0 u in Wwo reslds in W800 

and 8re resident roholastioi of o I dependent school 

Dietriot, mmh pup%ls mre not ntranaSerre% into" the Uiatrlot. 

&moo, the provlaioP8ae LtmpplloaMe. 

l?ha oorrsoimesa of this conaluaion man borne out by 

tha phrase *ae above set out.* Buch phrase imcesaarily reSewed t0 that p8rt of Artisle IV which ma& *EL&i achoef 

tuition &all be pa%& aooardlng to the prev%aiona of Rouse 

Bill No. 288, OanamA Zaws, &egular Eeaalen, Forty-Fourth 

Legla&ture, 8s wqxdod, sad aubjeet to the liaitationa prol 

vlded in this AaLa 
1.64 

Rouse BZll NO. 158 authoriBe8 the tr~for of a 

high school student from his home distriot to another dietrict when hlr grade is not f&z&t in Us &nne bistrlct. 

see opinion No. 0-4753 for a full disou68ion of this pint. 

The 1943 Aot ohangss the provlrlon relating to the 

pupils rrom an orphans hame. It is'~rOYided hi the 1943 Aot 

aa followsr 

E-cran assunri~ that Ws ohsnge.dooe way rith the seoand objsotion Usted above, we still have the f%.rst objsction 

confronts us, for the X948 Aot. in Attlole .I ($ll&ibilltj 

for Aid),still a?ntains the W-h500 aoholaatic pojmlstlon ll.mLtation. 

An 6xtonded disouseion of tha first objeotion w%ll not 

be neoessary here, for th8 aam 8as fully discussed in *inion 

l3h O-4763, a uopy of vildoh i6 herswith enolo84U. 

It is our opinion Gat the fact that the Waoo Indepsndent School Xetrlct ihas Fn exoer46 of SO0 soiaoluetlo population 

renders it lnel¶.glble to reosiva rural nid benefits under the 

1943 Act. It aill, thert?fare, be unnecessary for ua to determine whether there are other provisions L-I tim Airt srhich 

render the Waco dietrint lnellglble to,receivo aid (See Artiole 

I, Section 3, LAstrace betveen &ahools). 

You are, the&fore, advisea that We WBoo Independent 

Schm1 Mstriat is not entitled to sigh school tuftian aid for 
pupils Sraa an orphans* horn in the distriat who attend 

tim tiatriot aohools* 

APPROVED 

OPINION 

WUYll7LL 

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