OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. P,erl L. Lovelee 

Chelrmen OS the 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 1x1 6he 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 new per-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 d -~hoo18 OClNlw4 -iL$-&&,h4a ” ,~~~~~=.~~=~~~~~,~~*~~ 
Hon. Karl I.. Lovelady, page 2 

budget (18 reoeipt8 against the smouat they muld 

. receive a.8 rtate AId. 

“In summation my queatloa la simply this: 

Lay Opinion di6105 be 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 

7 of our Stete Constitution, rNoh provides, in part, a8 

r0ii0w8: 

*. . . and the Available Sohool Fund 8hal 

k applied annu812 to the support ai the T#O pU 

?reo 8ohool8. And no lrw 8hell ever be emoted 

appropriating any part of the Permanent or Avallable School Fund to anj 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 part of the total per oeplta epportlonment for the 8oholmstla year OS 1943-1944. It l@ not to 

ti ooneldered ae merely an l xoe88 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) per month 

ror eight (8) montha. The bare pay ror 01886 roa 

teaohers In aooredlted rohools 8hell be On8 Hundrad 
-- . 

Collar8 ($100) per month for nine (9) months. 

Two Bllare end Fifty Oenta ($2.30) per month 

Shall be added for eaoh year of oollege oredlt 

over one year not to eroeod Ten Dollars ($10). 

One Dollar end ?lfty Cents (41.50) par month 

. shall be added for each year of teeohlng experlenae; provided such amount adQsQ for experlenaa shell not exoaed Fliteon Dollera 

($15) per month. Hddltlonel allowenoes for 

te8OherS SerVing es priaOIpal8 and/or auperintendents ah811 be the ume a8 wee provided 

for the year 1942-1943. The l nnU81 salary of 

teeohera 117 saaredltea sohoola shell be the 

monthly salary multiplied by hino (9). The 

amusl salary of teaohora in ua8ooredIted 

8ohool8 ahall be the monthly rlsry multi llsd 

by eight (8). The snnlul salery of 3upar Lb 

tendant Of 8ooradltod 8OhOOl8 With eight (8) 

or BOt‘S r Oa tB@ 8Ol d ftlliat+d OPOdit8 8 nd 

entitled to 81X (6) teaabe- or 6ero under 

Section 1 of this Artiola, Yoastion81 AgrloultUr8 teeOhSr8, and wade8 8Rd tidU8trtiS te#Ohera shall be the monthly rlsry IIS detezminod 

ff2;0hedule stated heroin multiplied by twrlvo 

The annual aalsry of Rome Eoonolios 

tea&era ahall be the monthly salary 88 determined br Said aoheduls multIplied by ten 

(10). A.ll twoh ruthortaed 88l8riae uy be 

paid in tWOlV* (12) SqUSl pSyBent8, WhiOh 

Shell not l xossd the aoatrrot or the selsry 

sahedulr, be 

fear. f 

Inning with September 18t of l aah 

Srlsr sa of Superintendent8 end Wastionel taaohera 68~ begin on July 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. An aaomdlted 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 ana reoognlaed by the "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 OS salary aid 

reaslved bf euah sahool di#triot shall be reduoed 

by t&a amount of auoh l xOo88.* 
Bon. mrl 2.. Lorolady, pee0 4 

%ate Aid (as euoh) i6 a tmtter wIthin tb lagla1atire dl6cr4Jtlon. Ho oonetltutlonal proriaiom rclquire or 

prohibit Ctatc Aid (oar auoh) 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 OS Tec~p. ?or l ohoola to rollow and 

maintain In order to raoalre Falary A.U rrQt the Stetb. The 

last sentenoe OS se16 %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 P dollars 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 sa la r y l ohadulo sad 

laagth oi term prori~lone of Eeotlon 2, Art. f, B. B. 1.76, 46th 

&gialataro, l bavo quoted. 

Vary truly yours