OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Bonorable L. A. Uoods 

State Superintendent of Public Insmuctl 

AUStlIl, Texsa 

Dear Sir: opinion Iio. O-6535 

Re: Whether under fat 

oarafully COESI 

request as toll 

haa been recairbd urd 

We Quote from your 

2 of House Bill 

islature, vhich 

On Aid IAV, provocational agrlapproved for 12 

1 that ArtiCi8 2657 

8 Superlntandent t0 is8Ue 

regulations, or intsrpretasohool lav. 

e the lav does not deilne vocath8 Comittee on the classi6 ACCr8ditatiOn of Schools, of 

vNch I a chairmm, and vhich aonslsts of 

20 memb8rs and represents all types of 

achoola and colleges and aerv8s a8 my 

advisory committee in making such regulations pnd lnterpretationo h8s defined 

vocational woric on page 18 of Bulletin 438. 

This deflnltlon stat88 in part: 
5tiS 

eon. L. A. Woods - Page 2 

"Whe;;her or not the credit 15 VoCatiOnCtl 

depends upon th8 subject matter offered 

and credits 8arn8d rather than the method 

Of fiXlanCing the Cost Of instruction.' 

'Thie means that If the work is accrediLed, 

it is vocational; and if it la not accredited, it la 

simply agriculture, Or Vhat8V8r the subject might be. 

"TheSweet Home School Districr in 

Guadalupe County has a tVO-teacher colored school 

.that 16 uneccrsdited. The principal, Mr. Robert 

V. Arnold, teaches agrAoultur8 a8 0n8 of his aubjeota, 

and they have requested $127.50 per month for 12 

months from ~quallcatlon Aid Funds for his annual 

salary. We have approved him for $127.50 per 

month on an 8-months' basis for a total of $1,020 

for the reason that the work is not accredited. The 

State Board for Vocational Education has added 

$43 State and Federal subsidy to this amount. 

“This qwstion: Since bhe vork is not 

Bccrsdited and since the teacher is not a fulltime agriculture teacher, are ve authorleed to 

approve his salary on a 12-months' basis?" 

Section 2 of Article 3, H. B. 176 of the 48th 

Legislature of Texas, as amended~by II. B. 3, Acts of the 49th 

Legislature of Texas, 1945, reads as follow8t 

"'Section 2. Salary Schedule and Zength 

of Term. The base pay for classroom teachers in 

unaccredited schools shall be Xinetg-five Dollars 

($95) per month for eight (8) months. The baae pay 

for classroom teachers in accredited schools shall 

b8 One Hundred Dollar8 ($100) per month for nine (9) 

months. Two Dollars and Fifty Cent5 ($2.%) per 

month shall be added for each year of college credit 

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

Dollar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per month shall be 

added for eaah year of teaching experience; provided 

such EUUOtIXIL added for experience shall not exceed 

Fifteen Dollars ($15) per month. Additional allowances 

for teachers serving as prdacipala and/or superintendent5 
non. L. A. Woods - P438 3 

shall be the seme as was provided for the 

year 1942-43. The annual ealary of teachers 

in accredited schools shall be the monthly 

salary multlplled by nine (9). The annual 

monthly salary a8 det8wined by said schedule 

multiplied by ten (10). All euoh euthorieed 

ealrrlee may be paid in twelve (12) equal 

paymenU, vhioh shall not exceed the contract 

or the' salary ech8dul8, beginulng with Septsmb8r let Of each year. SE&lari88 Of SUperill- 

,tendente and Vocstioxlal teachers may begin 

on July 1st rather than SepteeIb8r let. All 

echoole of th8 oocredited clase receiving aid 

shall provide a tsrat of approximately nine 

(9) montha, and achoole of the UWCCredit8d 

class receiving aid shall provide a term 

of approximately eight (8) months. An accredited 

school is herein defined as a school teaching 

either the elementary grades, the 8lWWItary 

grades plus tvo (2) yeare of hi h echool, or 

the elementary grades and fOUr 7 4) years of 

high echool~and recognieed by the State Department of Eduoation as doing standard work. Should 

any echo01 district eligible to receive Salary 

Aid under the provisions of this Act maintain 

a salary schedule fn exceee of the 8elary 

ecbedule 8tat8d herein with revenue listed as 

receipts in the budget, the amount of salary 

aid r8GeiV8d by euah school dietrior; shall be 

reduced by the amount of such excese. It. is 

further provided as a teeIporary method to more 

adequately Compensate teachers in State aid 

sohoole for the echo01 year 1944-45, that in 

addltlon to the base salary, Increments, and 

83.1OWlLnC88, authoriesd iu this SeCtiOn, there 

shall be paid t0 t8aoh8re, teaching in State 
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[on. L. A. Uoode - page 4 

bid schools, an amount not to exoeed aeventyfiVS DOllam ($75) at tb 8ad Of each of 

laet four (4) eohool rant&e of the school 

the 

year 1944-4~5; provided, hoverer, thle increeee shall l pply only to those teaohere 

vho reoeive their salary uolu8ively from 

Stat0 AvaUabls, Looal nalntuunoe and Rural 

Aid Funds. '" (mphaelr oura.) 

Under the faotr 8tated,ve think you have 

oorreotl~ daaldeil the utter. Your quo8tlon, therefore, 

i8 rooordingly aa8vered In ths rugetlvs. 

ATTO= ORBRRAL OF TEXAS 

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