OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Hon. P,erl L. Lovelee Chelrmen OSthe Committm on IEducation in the %nate, Msridlsn, Texns

Dear ?enator :

YQW TsQant 0 ment read8 as follows: V eoted to #la depwtStsts Board Attorney aneral*s brief that t&o rlty to make a Iable rrohool runde ots in the state

pO86 Or Opinion $6105, 68 1 OOnStrUe 'it, llaarllf to eupplemcnt the eohool teachers eahriee in the Ftete of Te~rtie. Bowever, until your Department olarlflea the question asked above, thin money oannot be wed to aupplsment sobool taaohere salaries 1x16he Bate Aid Sohod beaeuse the $25.00 per-eaplta 18 nou belq used in their budget aa reoelpts alone with their 501 loos1 malntenanee money end aa I oonetrue the law, if the $4.00 augplearent creates a newper-oaplta apportionment of r29.00 the total amount will heve to oount a8 raoolyts in the budget. If, however, this money ir eroesrive as monies above 501 mcllntcmance 1s eroersl~r In Home EIill No. 174, Aota of the 48th Legleleture, then tbla $4.00 map be used to supplement sohool tsaobere.‘~aelarNO COIIMUHICATION

d?k..ab$88$$* LbL&!Ni,,AL OClNlw4 ” d -~hoo18 -iL$-&&,h4a ,~~~~~=.~~=~~~~~,~~*~~Hon. Karl I.. Lovelady, page 2

budget (18reoeipt8 against the smouat they muld

. receive a.8rtate AId.

“In summation myqueatloa la simply this: Lay Opinion di6105be oonatrued In the lleht and purpose for which It wao Intended, namely, that of 8uppleaentIng 8ohool teaohecs sel8rIae in Stat@ Aid Sahool8 as well a8 Sohool teaohera malarles In aon-State Aid !Mhoo18.n In our OpInIon No. 0-6105, ua pointed out thet the Legl8latura oannot (by general law) limit the per aapltr apportionment to eny amount leer then that whloh wIl1 relrult frer the ennual 8pplIoatIon and equal dI8trlbutIon of all of the AvaIleble Robool Fundr. -

TN8 oonoluslon wea b88ed an Paotlon 5 at Artlole 7of our Stete Constitution, rNoh provides, in part, a8 r0ii0w8: *.

. . and the Available Sohool Fund 8hal T#O k applied annu812 to the support ai the pU ?reo 8ohool8. Andno lrw 8hell ever be emoted appropriating any part of the Permanent 

### orAvallable School Fund 

### toanj other purpone whatever8

. . . .” It Is therefore the opinion of thl8 department that the nupplemuntal apportionment of $4.00 referred to in your oommunloation i8 simply a

### partof the total 

### peroeplta epportlonment for the 8oholmstla year OS1943-1944. It l@not to ti ooneldered ae merely an lxoe88 over and above the eo-oalled *now axlstlng st8tutorg amount o? $25.OO,* 08 stated In your oommunIoetIon.

Eeotlon 2 of Artlole 3 of 8. B. 176, Chap. 373, 48th Leglaleture, reed8 aa follc~~8:

-Sea. 2. 3818ry Sohedule and Length of Term. The base pay for ola8s room teaohers In unaooredited school8 shall be Ninety-firs Dollar8 ($95) 

### permonth ror eight (8) montha. The bare pay ror 01886 roa teaohers In aooredlted rohools 8hell be On8Hundrad-- .

Collar8 ($100) per month fornine (9)months. TwoBllare end Fifty Oenta ($2.30) per month Shall be addedfor eaoh year of oollege oredlt over one year not to eroeod Ten Dollars ($10). OneDollar end **?lfty** Cents (41.50)par month

. shall be addedfor each year of teeohlng experlenae; provided such amount adQsQfor experlenaa shell 

### notexoaed Fliteon Dollera ($15)per month. Hddltlonel allowenoes 

### for te8OherS 

### SerVinges priaOIpal8 and/or **auper** intendentsah811 be the ume 

### a8wee provided for theyear 1942-1943. The l nnU81 salaryof teeohera 117saaredltea sohoola shell be the monthly salary multiplied byhino (9). The amusl salary of teaohora in ua8ooredIted 8ohool8 ahall be the 

### monthlyrlsry multi llsd by eight (8). The snnlul salery of 3upar Lb tendant Of8ooradltod 8OhOOl8With eight (8) or BOt‘SrOatB@8Od l ftlliat+d 

### OPOdit88nd 

### entitledto81X (6) teaabe- or 

### 6erounder Section 1 of this Artiola, Yoastion81 Agrloul**tUr8** teeOhSr8,andwade8 8Rd tidU8trtiSte#Oh

### erashall be the monthly 

### rlsry IIS detezminod ff2;0hedule stated heroin multiplied by twrlvo The annual aalsry of RomeEoonolios **tea&era ahall**  **be** the monthly salary 88 determined **br Said**  aoheduls multIplied by 

### ten (10). A.lltwohruthortaed **88l8riae** uy be paid in tWOlV* (12)SqUSl pSyBent8, WhiOh Shellnot l

xossd the aoatrrot

### ortheselsry sahedulr, be fear. fInning with September 18t of l aah Srlsr **sa** of Superintendent8 end Wastionel taaohera 68~ begin onJuly 1st r8ther then **September lab.**  All #Oh0018 of the soorodltod ola8o reoeiving aid shall provido 8 term of spproxlmstely aIn@ (9) months, and 8ahoOl8 of the uneoaredlted ala88 reoeiving aid Shell provide 8 tell 01 IpprOXimetely eight (8) months. Anaaomdlted SOhOOl **18** herein defined as 

### a aohool ta8ohlng elthsr the elementary gradea, the oIementarg gad@8 plus two (2) years of high aahool, or the elementary **gad*8** **end four**  **(4) pmrr**  **of** high sahool anareoognlaed bythe "tate Dep;$zne;t of Edtioatlon aa doing ste.nderd 

### work any aohool distrlot eligible to reorive scllery **Aid** under t&e provisiona of this Aot meintein e oalery sahedule In exaaas cf the fielsrf sahedule **stated** herein with revanu~listed a8 reoelpts in the budget the amount 

### OSsalaryaid reaslved bf euah sahool di#triot shall bereduoed byt&a amount of auoh l xOo88.*Bon. mrl 2.. Lorolady, pee0 4

%ate Aid (as euoh) i6 a tmtter wIthin tb lagla1atire dl6cr4Jtlon. Hooonetltutlonal proriaiom rclquire or prohibit Ctatc Aid (oarauoh) to our publio Bohoola. Thcrerork,

! the leglsletiv6 intent le the ooatrolllng rrtotor to be oonaldered in thla oonnaotlon.

me proria~ona or motion ?,,wt. 3, H. E. 176, quotoa above, reveal that the Lagialature has provided a Salary Sohedule and Length OSTec~p.?or lohoola to rollow 

### and maintain In order to raoalre Falary A.U 

### rrQt the Stetb. The last sentenoe OSse16 %otloa 2 la olear and apaolflo. It provides tor a raduotlon in Salary AId to any aohool dlatriot eli8lble thuafor uhloh maintains a aalarf aohsdula in 0x0086 of that steted thamln with revmum llated as raoelpta in thr budgot. Said reduotlon shall equsl the amunt o? l uoh l xoeaa. fa tiaw 0r the roree:oing, **it** la **th0 0**  **inion of**  tbla departsent that asid additional four ($L.OO Pdollars par oa Ue!ita apportlonmant rust be listed as reoelpta in the budge. thor 080 any aahool dlatrlot eligible to reaelro salary ald, am.. now provided by law, **blarogar&** tha salary lohadulo sad laagth oi term prori~lone of Eeotlon 2, **Art.** f, B. B. 1.76, 46th &gialataro, lbavo **quoted.** Vary truly yours