fewer than (l)pupSl.per square mlle~;::Thedistrict is eqiilppedwith school 'fabilltlesto maintain and-is'now maintainlng'a~ a four- year'accreditedhigh school. On the basis of its~a.tiragedally attendanbe~thedistrict will be'~entitled~to 15 whiee and:4 colored profes- .slonalunits 'forthe,school year'l952-1953, unWr 'thegeneral pr~ovlsions of Par. 1 of Art,+p+ '2922-l.; 'TheTexas Central Education &ency oon- tends that the (Par. 4'of"'ATt'. 2922-13)~applle's :onl to those dis- trlcts',whibhwere.sparseXn 1948-1949, and whlhh,me.tthe of the Act; The Braokett district contends that it aBplles to their ,~d1strSc't,.which~~ though not ~, sparse.in 1$@-1949,.'iEj: now~a.sparsedistrict wz~thin' the meaning'bf'thatstatute. As originally sub.mittedin the Legislature, Senate Blll'llg, supra,;'eontafned no-sparse-district exception provision.: S.:J.5lst Leg;, B.S. 1949 p. 81: S.J. Supp. Jan. :25;::1949i.Sudha.provislonwas adopted in the Senatesas~anamendmeritto Section 1 of Article III of that .. bill, adding thereto the following: '- . . . "p&i'&d 'ipu&& c&&t'iln'&j school dls~rl~t , square m.tIes~'oraoreandhav%g'fewer than one (1) pupil'per 'sq~are.,mile,~ :and'which3s now erjutppea with' school.:fatin;itses to.malntain and'is nowoperatlng~ a .four (4) year'accredited.hlghschool, additional classroom4eaoher unitaoverand above those listed below may begallowed,by.theCentral Educatlon~Agency.",(,%I.,supra, p. 231). . .
Hon. J. W. Edgar, page,4 (!;+5.51)
Later amendmentswere offered in, but tabled by, both the Senate aiidHouse'khiXti--read> ,.,." "Provided that every.publlcschool in Texas.shall'be,gUaran%&3'as a minimum, at least the 'same~nkmbeli'~f'teaohers to which they nepe entitled for'the 1948-49 school y&u- uflderthe'provislotiti'of S.B.'167'en- acted by the'50th L+gislatFe"',(S.J.supra, p. 252;cHope 'Journal;' ,.,STis't.Le'g., ,____ R.S.'1949, p. 1807). The reference therein to "S-B. 167" was erroneous; it was House Bill'295 +5fthe 50th IKiXature which provided for tea~cherSZIotments . for th&Yi~: & I??:49&ho,o,l 'year. Another amendment offered In, but tabled by, the Semte~ &aa:' (,I,,~ ; .'',' Y<."'-~' '~,ii
'&y county-wide~shh~oldistrict having fewer.thtiti~'& 'pupfl~:~per~~uare'ldil'and ,whioh 1s ."fioy. ope~~~ingrana,~,~~~'d~~-~e;d' four-year ;hiBh; * s&&l"&&11 TBe' pefi~~Y&&:tb: emplojr Ias my
teachers-88' were"&iplog&d'by'&aiddistrict dU+lxig'the 254) ; ;, .: y+' stihool' ,~.::~+8+ (S:.J.,~ p.
Senate Bill 116, as amended,;eventuallywent to a Con- fetienoe~Cihimltt&e of ~the,U~g141Xture,. The c~odference' report "ado'tedby the SenatF&id 'theHouse,(S. J. pp. 1290;,1302p oontalne'd'the~Bp,a&s'edistrict clause quoted herein as p&graph 4'oi Ar't$'&l&i ., ~., .: ,..2922-13. This legislative&story demonstratesthat as originally frziinad thengene+1 ~~~ovlslonsof Article III of Senate.Bill116;,appert$fnii&to district'ellgiblllty for professIona iuiSta,'we~& td"apply generally to 'all school dl$tridtawlttiotit, &X+&ion. The cited rejected amendmetit~~Pcjfledt"th~'effoPt'&de to preserve for school districts at least tH0nini@M:naimber of tbachers al- lowed th&ln.'the',1$k8-194g'$fdti,'underHouse Bill 295, supra. "lliecite& adop%ed amendment was more limited in Its scope, and~as it 'em&rg&d'.&t'~ofconfezence.bommlttee, the dlsoretldnof the allotment.a$encywaa further 1lmLted to~all+Monly ,inits' many professional units as were provided ~~lrig'the.schoolyear 1948-1949." . ,
Hon. J. W. Edgar, page 5 (V-1551)
In shorty .Ithe apparentpurpose'of paragraph 4 of Article 2922-13; was to%lIow thcis.eschool districts coming within its.exceptlon~niore'.IjrQfessidnal.oYlits. than they might be entltled.under',tkie'~'gerieral provisions of the Act. It was to prcvldethose'districts then existing as sparse .dlstricts'whlch'metthe'sparse requirementsof the Act, and whlc'hthen had facilities for and were then operatlng and mafnta'lnlnga four-year accredited high school, with a teaching 'orprofessionalstaff a,tleast comparable~ln'numbers;,, at the discretionof the Commls- sloner, to that enjoyed by the district In the 19484949 year under House Bill 295, supra. Had the,Legislature 1ntended:~that the exception provided.q-~.paragi+i:=4 "of Artlole 2922-1.3, ,shouIdhave applloatlon' to.districts wh$ch yearIg48-49 metthe sparse'reqiilrements.of that provl- slon, lt'cbuld and~would