OFFICE OF THE A-i7’ORN”Y GHNEML OF TEXAS AUSTIN

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use FJC&OO~fnndc to ?ny **t%6** manb6rshi:, ~~6s 0: the ;lGnbGrsof the local board
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"c~fathe local so.h.001 board lcv:iully ~$6 school -fundsto py tha cxpcnsos of t!;e10c:;lboard zG?ib?baYs incident to 8l;d 

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### t&&i ottondanoo UpOn~OnOrabl6 Gerald Stookard, pa?,62

Th6 JNl~OsES for **Which** th6 public fr66 school I’untis my be expended 826 S6t out in &tic16 

### 2627 **of** Vcr&Gn'ti Amoteted Civil Statutes, 03 **follows:**

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### pl;blic free zchool functs shal.1 hot 

### be oXCcnd6d 6XO6pt f0r th6 folkowing purposes:

"1. 'iheState and cwhty ovnil6bl6 funds iksll be used 6Xclusiv6ly for the .~.6:Jc--sr?t

of tiscixr3' snd scnerintcndsnts~ 9 3ularis3, fh-23Ccr takiq tie scho:cst:o cc29u3, and iaterznt cr.::coney borrow6
on short ti:aeto psy aakrias of tenchers nnd aupcrintcSdcntS, v:hentheue sal,erias becOn due before .tiis school funds for the current year becLx6 availabla; providcd that no loam for the **g,ur?o~s of**  **p3p-znt 0:** **’ tcachre**  Sfdi be paid out Of fund9 Ots6r than tkOSG fO2 the then cwrcnt yew.

“2. Local school L^und3from district to+es, tuititrtl

f6e3 of pupils not entitled **to free**  **tuition** 

### and other **local** sources may 56 used fcr t&o puri;onesenuuer~tod for Etuta end county funds c&d for purcha3izg appliances and supplies, 

### for the paymnt of iscuranoe prmiu.m, Jc-aitorsend other wployes, for buying school sites, buying, building cd rcpairin6 end renting school houseS, und for other pur~oses~nocassory ir.the ccnduct 

### of the public schools to be datzmined by the Eoard.of Trustacs, the cocoum3 aridmuchars for county districts to b6 epprcved by the county superlntcndeut; provided, that II

--henthe !;tntesvailnbla school fund in any city OT district is SUffiCieht t0 mintsin the schools thereof in any year for UC least 6ight z!onths,end 1aaVG s SUlplUS, such suq~lus ,my b6 fxpended f-Orth6 >lWpoS63 mentiOh6d her6iiL1*Eonoroble C6rald Stockard, **>op.!e** 

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&?OtiOlI1 Of Chapter 5 Ol't&G **t.CtE** Of the Fourth Csllad Faszion of the Torty-third Legislcture (1931,)aC26d tha ~ollo~~i~~~ section to said Article 

### 2827:

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### “3. X11 !.r.dcw,ndant school districts hVi2,s t’i

thix t&i= llr,itsZIcity *:.eith a popu1ntion Of 160,000 Or aore accorC’lry, to the lnet preceding Padeyal c6nsus &ail, in addition to tin6pov:eronox possamad by thez for the use a.xlexyerxiitureof 10~~21 scho-013s.~~ sridTcr the issuance of school bonds, be cxpr~.sr.ly authorized and eqowred, .at the optios of the ~overnl~g body of ozy such school distrlct, in the bugin::of school sitss ar,d/ornddit:ons to school sites o,?d in the buildir.:of Schcol hxses, to **iSSU6** aad delivar notes of the school district, neSotiablc or non-necotiabl6 

### in Torz, xpreSenti% all pr a part of the purchase price
or cozt to the scXoo1 district of tka lend 

### er,d/or build:>3 so purchased 02 built, sad to~3ecuro such notao by a vendor's lien i;zd/ordeed of trust lien sp.aizstouch lsnd and/or SuilEing, and, by resolution or 

### order of tno g;overnincbody of the school district mde at or before the delivery of such notes, to set csidc OI;~c?,?propricte as a t,mst fund, agd the sole Xld O.Tiyfiil'ld, iOr t&6 ?ZyEIelit. of the prioci?al of and iotsreat on such -.notes such ;nrt 2nd portion of **th6** local sc:;oolfur:As,levied 2nd collected by the school district 1~ that yasr k&/or subsecl,u:nt yc3r6, m We governi% body of the school district any detar.nlne,provided t23t in no event s;1011the zg::(rejiete amunt of 10~~1 fjchoolfuncis z&t as1136ir.or for any subseqient yecr, ten (10%) ner cent of tha locel sahool f\;ndscollect& duriw mch year.H
.QIsxaaination of Artiale 2627 discloses that the::ais ;1ocrpreso authority t0 **US6** the ~?ubl.ic fr66 school funds fo; the purnoses 

### covered by 

### Your quastlons. ?t is well settled that ihe powers of a schFo1 board to expend public free **3chOO1** fUldS~Or6 limited to the Pur-**EonoroblG Gcrold**  **Stockorcl, pags**  **1***

~o.si;s prGGcr:bed by tDa statutes, !i3rlioCer.IxldegGnaont School Distriot v. C. H. Pace and Erothcr, 48 C. C. (2d) 913 (Coz111is6ion of A>peeln.) 5

it is true that Article 

### 2227przsoribGs tnat local school funds zxy be use6 "for other purposes nocessnry in the CO3duct of the public schools to bc dGtarnined by the Doord af TrustGG3.f* Under this provision of the lm::,it has been held th3t tha board of t$ustecs my, v:ithixcertci. rllimits, exarcise a discretion as to thy purT0sG.sfor bG expanded. kiich the pub110 froc.sohool tinds my


### 36 Yo%eley v. City of Dallp:s,

### 17 S.,7:. (26) (Conmission of E.:Qeals.)

Xc believe, hoxevm, thet the school bocrd is 113ited in the excrche of its discration to "rur**poaas** ncccssery in the conduct Of the public sohools**, and that tlcepurposes 'hich are cet out ir.your questions do 3ot qsna within the statutory provasions. ThGrG is fiOthiIl& t0 ir,diCFitG *diet thG G%iGtGIKzG Of tha stotc-wide or~sniz3tion of school trustGe3 or their 3oiti:qs in kztate-v&de conventions is 3ecGs1'azyin tho coniluctof thu public schools. As you stat& in your IcttGr, thG?G is no stotutory authority ?or the crestioa of **5** state org3fiiz3tion of local sohool board ~GLubars, and there is 20 statutory require.aent th3t thGy bclonr?to oilchan orCynizetioo. Xiiateverbenefit night
accrue to the sohools through the zeabsr&ip of the school trustees ir.the stunts-wideorp2cizotion or their att,.Xl&lZCG upon StGtG-Wi6G 5GGtiAF.5, IVOUli! be r&illOtG an6 indirect. :'ie are threforo of tha opinion that t&o 10~31 schoo: board CZ..O~ i3vZull:;**USE SC:?OO~**  fuads to pay tlie:,enbe.shi:, dues of ‘theambers Of ~the lOC3l board **in** tlzostate orpnization, nor can ths local Gchool boerd 1wPilly u%G School pnd3 to pGy thG EXyensas of t,holocal board mmbers imidont to and incurred by **thG3** in their attend&Doe upon iaeetingsOf the state org3nizat~on.

Yours very truly