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 :
V
YQW TsQant 0 eoted to #la depwt-
ment read8 as follows:
Attorney aneral*s
brief that t&o
Ststs Board 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 re-
oelpts 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.‘~aelar-
NOCOIIMUHICATION
d?k..ab$88$$* d -~hoo18
LbL&!Ni,,AL -iL$-&&,h4a
OClNlw4
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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 Avall-
able 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 eppor-
tlonment for the 8oholmstla year OS 1943-1944. It l@ not to
ti ooneldered ae merely an lxoe88 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 ex-
perlenae; provided such amount adQsQ for ex-
perlenaa shell not exoaed Fliteon Dollera
($15) per month. Hddltlonel allowenoes for
te8OherS SerVing es priaOIpal8 and/or auper-
intendents ah811 be the ume a8 wee provided
for the year 1942-1943. The lnnU81 salary of
teeohera 117 saaredltea sohoola shell be the
monthly salary multiplied by hino (9). The
amusl salary of teaohora in ua8ooredIted
8ohool8 ahall be the monthly rlsry multi llsd
by eight (8). The snnlul salery of 3uparLb
tendant Of 8ooradltod 8OhOOl8 With eight (8)
or BOt‘S r Oa tB @ 8Od lftlliat+d OPOdit88 nd
entitled to 81X (6) teaabe- or 6ero under
Section 1 of this Artiola, Yoastion81 Agrloul-
tUr8 teeOhSr8, and wade8 8Rd tidU8trtiS te#Oh-
era shall be the monthly rlsry IISdetezminod
ff2;0hedule stated heroin multiplied by twrlvo
The annual aalsry of Rome Eoonolios
tea&era ahall be the monthly salary 88 de-
termined br Said aoheduls multIplied by ten
(10). A.lltwoh ruthortaed 88l8riae uy be
paid in tWOlV* (12) SqUSl pSyBent8, WhiOh
Shell not lxossd the aoatrrot or the selsry
sahedulr, be Inning with September 18t of laah
fear. Srlsr f sa of Superintendent8 end Was-
tionel taaohera 68~ begin on July 1st r8ther
then September lab. All #Oh0018 of the so-
orodltod ola8o reoeiving aid shall provido 8
term of spproxlmstely aIn@ (9) months, and
8ahoOl8 of the uneoaredlted ala88 reoeiving
aid Shell provide 8 tell 01 IpprOXimetely
eight (8) months. An aaomdlted SOhOOl 18
herein defined as a aohool ta8ohlng elthsr
the elementary gradea, the oIementarg gad@8
plus two (2) years of high aahool, or the
elementary gad*8 end four (4) pmrr of high
sahool ana reoognlaed by the "tate Dep;$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 salaryaid
reaslved bf euah sahool di#triot shall be reduoed
by t&a amount of auoh lxOo88.*
Bon. mrl 2.. Lorolady, pee0 4
%ate Aid (as euoh) i6 a tmtter wIthin tb lagla-
1atire 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 oon-
aldered 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 lohoola 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? luoh lxoeaa.
fa tiaw 0r the roree:oing, it la th0 0 inion of
tbla departsent that asid additional four ($L.OOP dollars par
oa ita apportlonmant rust be listed as reoelpta in the budge.
Ue! thor 080 any aahool dlatrlot eligible to reaelro salary ald,
am.. now provided by law, blarogar& tha sa la r y lohadulo sad
laagth oi term prori~lone of Eeotlon 2, Art. f, B. B. 1.76, 46th
&gialataro, lbavo quoted.
Vary truly yours
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion