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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
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AUSTIN
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. OROVER SILLLRS
AlToINN OR(C
mn. It. L. Hlnmon, Jr.
County Audstor
?olk County
LirLngnton, Tcxar
Dear Slrr Opinion lo. O-7176
Re: Realdemo of acholastlca
que8tlunr
1 be over six ud under
fir8t daJ Of th8
lW l'OrideBt8 Of the
t daJ or April.
pr&idu that a duly appointed
w th8 lla-, COlOl’, 8nd MtiOMl-
nderlng 8uCh children, the Pame
8 8ChOOl dirtriot in VhlCb th8
children re8ide 8nd the MBe, 8U and &to of birth
of oath 8uch child of vbioh he 18 l FrUIt Or gW?dien
or ofvbioh b8 w8 OOatFOl. .
lThe f8RllJ 08Zt8U8 blank, vbioh 18 8eIlltOut
for the enuaeratian of these 8chol88tio8, vhen duly
787
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BOA. B. L. mA8OD, Jr. - ?8g8 2
fil1.d iA aA8t b8 81glW3 b7 th8 PlUWnt, gUaZ'di~
or p8rson renderbg th8 ohlld under oath of the
follovlng rtatement1 '1 h8r8by certify th8t 1
harr reAdered 0~1~ those ohlldren vho vl.11 be
8i.X and und8r olghtsen y8ar8 Of ag8 0A 8epteAbOr
and vho 8re re8ld8At8 of the dlrtrlct 011
&8'&& day of April, 19 I further oertlfy
that all children vho8o e'8re glv8n hereon are
in y charg8 W OU8tOdy and that th8y hare not
heretofore been enumerat8d in thl8 State for the
year beglaning Se~terber 1, 19-, and ending
lhl@l8t 31, lg-.
“John Do8 resides in Di8triCt #l and
ha8 a child vho re81der vlth an Aunt in Dlatrlct
#2, attoads 8OhOOl in D18trlCt #2, 8nd 1s residing
In Di8triOt @ vlth raid Swat on April 1st. Thi8
child 18 not lerelJ vl81tlAg the Aunt but he8
resided with the Aunt %A Di8tr1Ct #2 durlAg the
school year. Who 8hall have the authority to
emAerate thir 8ChOOl child; th8 Father and Wother,
vho reside in District #l, or the Aunt, vlth vhoa
the child r881dO8 in Dl8trlCt #2?'
&rtlole 2816, Vernon's Annotated Texas Clrlf
StatUte8, Mad8 a8 fOllOW8l
"The county 8uperlntendent and the board
Of tlW8t4988Of the lndependerrt 8ChOOl d18trlOt8, On
the fir8t day Of each JaAuuJ or a8 8oon a8 pMOtl-
cable there8fter, 8ha11 appoint one of the tru8tee8
of each school d18trlCt, or 8o~e other quallfl@
person, to take the rcholaatlc cemu8, vho 8hal.l be
known a8 the census trustee of the dlrtrlct. The
cbp8u8 tru'8tee betveen the firrt dar of JIaroh aAd
the first day of A@141 8fter hi8 appointrent, sh411
take a cenau8 of all the children that vi11 be over
seven 8Ad under eighteen yeara of age on the flr8t
day of the fOllOVlAg September, aAd vho are rO81dOAt8
of the rchool dietriot on 88id flrrt day of April.
In taking the said census he 8hell virit each hose,
reeldence, habitation and place of abode, snd shall
by actual observation and interrogation,enwaerate
the children thereof in the tollowl~g mumem He
shell use for each parent, or guardian or person
788
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B0A.B.L. -8QII,Jr. -?ye 3
lnvl~g oantrol of any ruoh ohll&%A, a pn8orIbed
fom 8hoviAg the A8ne, oolor ud AatIwlItr of the
pernon rtmtlerlngruoh ohIldmA, the ham usd nuaber
of the 8ohOOl di8triOt IA vhloh the ohlldrur PO8id8,
a ndth en8m8, 8ex ti da te Of birth Of laoh 8dOh ohlld
of vhloh he 18 a parent or yrdlan, or of vhloh h8
-8 OOlitl’Ol. w Oti8U8 tN8tO8 8h811 FOQuiM 8UOh
form to be 8UbrOribd urd worn to br tha permA
naderl~g the ehlldrur, and he I8 ruthOrI8ed to ad-
alnl8ter 08thm for thl8 -88. UhM the oon8u8
tNl8t8e Vi8it.8 UT how Or hour0 OC place Of ebods
of a family, and fall8 to fIAd llthvr the parent
or any perron having leg81 oontrol, b 8hAll leave
the prescribed c8A8ua blank for the u8e of pbrentr
at 8UCh horn or pl800 of abode, vlth a AOt8 to the
WMAt or guardlui ha*lAg legal oontrol of ruoh ohIld
or obildren, roquirlng that the fom ba fI118d out,
ri&nd aAd 8vOm to, and that the blmk, VheA 80
fIll8d out, rha'll be d8livemd by the p8ruit or por8oa
h8vlAg leg81 oontrol of th8 child or ObildreA to the
CeAeU8 tN8tOO. Aot8 1905, p. 263; AOt8 1915 p. 183.*
Artlole 2901, Vernon~8 Annotitd Texar Civil sutUt88,
re8d8 a8 fO11OV88
‘~V.87 Obild %A thi8 bt8tO Of 8OhOb8tiO
48 8h811 bo p6lWittOd tO”att8nb
the pub110 fX'O0
8Oh0018 Of th8 dI8tPiO~tor iAdepdAdeAt di8triot in
vhIoh it Ire8IdO8 at th8 tin It applier fox' ad-
girrIon,.notvlth~tan4U4 that it ~7 have been
ulqa0rat.d.18OlVb~, or ‘1 hve attended 8OhOO1
818OVhW8 pirt of the ye8r.
htiOl8 2892, &‘IMli~8 hnotatad texar Civil 8tatute8,
i'wdr in Part 88 fOlbV81
%v8r7 ohIld in the atate rho 18 8eveA
year8 and not aore than 8lxtecn year8 of age
rhall be r8Quimd to lttMd the pub110 8ohoolr
l.13
the dirtriOt Of it8 realdenom, or in 8088 other
di8triOt to vhloh It mey be tMA8fOrmd 88 provided
by 18V, iOr a p8riOd Of AOt 1088 th8A OXlO hUAdl’Uk
Md tVeUIty dayr. . . .”
783
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BOA. S. L. Hinlon, Jr. - ?8ge 4
Other 8tatuter PZWId8 for the truirfer of a child
lttendlAR rohool in 8 dirtriot Other th8A it8 re8IdeAoe.
We quotr fro8 opinion RO. O-586 of thir departnsnt,
ruaderod H8y 25, 1939, 88 follov81
"4hi8 depmtrent rendered M OpiAiOA OA
Hovembrr4, 1905, to the Honorable R. B. COU@~A~,
State Superintandont of ?ublIo In8truotlon on a
8iAll8r QUO8tiOn vhioh Ye think rubrtantI8lly ex-
Or48808 the proper Nle t0 be applied iA the instant
care. It va8 there rtakedr
"'If the children h8ve asrely 8n orten-
8ible aAd not a 8Ub8tMtIal realdenoe in
the district, If they were rent to Rock-
da18 for the sole purpose, or even for the
raLn puFpo8e, of partioipatlAg ln th8 ad-
vMtag88 of the public 8choo18 of Rockdale,
they 8~8 not entltled to free tuition.
"But if they vere rent to rO8ide In Rock-
ddle IA good faith 1A order to give them
suItable hOllpa8,vith the iIh3AtiOII on the
part of the father, ud Of the per8OA8 in
vho8a oare he placed thea, that tb ohlldren
8hould re8lds there pernaently; If the ed-
UOatiCiXd 8dV8At8g88 Of the lW8ideIlt8 IA
Rockdale vere merely lncid8ntal to their
going the-n, 8nd othor OOn8idOmtiOA8 ln-
duoed the father, in good faith, to 8OleOt
that place ae their how, I think the
ohildzw am re8ldentr of Rookdale vlthin
the r@+aLPs of the 8choo1,lav, And eAtltled
to froe tuitlan there, AOtVithdMding that
the do8&118 of the father 18 ll8evhere.1
%hlle we MCO ice the& 8 alnor chi.ld MY
aoqulre 8 bone fide red r once separate and apart from
lta parent8 vithla the coAtemPlatIon of our 8ChOol
lava, ve do not think that 8uoh bone fide resideAce
I8 ertabllrhed by the mre phy8lcal Rr88ence of the
ells," another dintriot for the purpote of attending
School Matrlct lo. 1, etc. v. School Di8trict
(Sup. t%. Mlch. 1926), 211 Ii. Ye. 60s Ysle va. Veat
Nlddle School District, 59 Corm. 489. 13 L. R. A. 151;
Anno. 26 L.R.A. 581.
“Ye understand that the opinion herein cx-
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I[-. t. L. Ein8~0, Jr. - ?8gr 5
pM88d 18_ u ?OOOld Vith 8 loly 08t8blirhed
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COn8tNOtiOA pAaOM UpOA OUT 08AlU8 l8V8 by the
st8te DewPtAOAt of Lduoatlon.
'Iti 18 Our OpiAiOYY that if the f8Ot8
develop ttb8t ?lOdB8 ?lu88lar 18 liV* irr th8
Robert Lee IndrpMdMt Who01 Dirtriot for the
8010 or prinoipal pwpo88 of ltteAdIAg tha
8chOOl8 Of th8t dietriot, she I8 l rO8IdOAt Of
38~0 Co888011sohool Di8tFiCt for the purpo88 of
rchol8stic enw#eratIoA, aAd rhould be aAumemtcd
in th8 ~ChOl88tiO OeA8U8 Of that dirtriot.
Eovevec, If rhe h&8 In gOOd faith 88tablished a
aubstaAti81 reeid8AC., and llOt a Acre 08tM8iblO
rO8idOAOO for the purpo88 of 8tt8ndbig 8ohoo1,
8h8 aey properly be 8nUAerAted iA the Robert Lee
Independent 8chool Dirtrict."
The qll88tIbn propounded by you inVOlVo a fact
qUO8tiOA. If th8 re8idenc8 of the ahlld in quertion ha8 been
88tAbli8hed 8.Ea OOd faith 8UbrtAAtIal rerid8Acr vith hep
Aunt iA Dt8triCt # 2, it i8 OUl' Opi.UiOIlthat iA 8uOh OV8Ilt
the AuntvoUldbeeUthorl8edtO 8nuUefbte th8 ohI1.d a8 a
8OhOl88tiC IA Di8triOt #2. Hovever, if tha rcsridanoe of the
ohIld IA M8trIot #Z? Ir~Aere1y en o8teAAlblo Fe8ideAae for the
iz;;lof lttendlnx rohool them and not a nood faith 8ub-
rerldenoe,-then in 8uoh event our &ll~g vould be
tht the abild 8hodd be eUmP8tOd by it8 paMAt in Di8triCt
-8tia th+i thI8 8eti8hCtOrily, MaVOI’8 yOUr
we are
Very tNlJ yourr