Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

Honorable T. If.Trlmblt, Flret ~salntdnt State SuperlntwnIcnt or Public frutruction Au8tIn, Texm Dar sirt oprnion o-5794’ Rot Would it be obligatory for the Lubboak Xtadrpeadsnt School Di#trlot, O~rrting 8ehool bum8 for whit. children to 8180 tran8port aegro ehildnnt ok a0lma1oq.p Poooat48tolarid)h~ quotodlrttertrw)Ir. A.C.Jadmm,Wuuwr BWnagoP of Iubboek Indeg+rk&ntSohool Dlatrlet, whloh lett8r mat& u follwBt 've have a quatioa in thi8 dlstriat th8t ha8 8riaen thet I would like for you to furrlirnh me with M qrlnloarirea the Attorttq Ouwtr8l ngmdtrtg it, if youlwe a reo8nt opinion that uoul4 ruff%e. Thofaot8a.twthe8ot "A. The Lubbeek IndependentSahool Dlatrlot u~l*btg appPoxipto1~ kn die* 8quare oporata mo&ool bu8r.m for the whit+ ohildrea llvin# throo mllos c ROPO -the mheola. "c. u* hnve no fw111t1ea for tPatmportat1an of m ohll4roa. *What remld like to know 16 whether the SvaPd, h8vl lrtablirhd 8 pollcr~of tX'U-P@-ing 2 theuhlt*ahl4nn,~ ltobl~tQ@yan -*part totx'anopaa'ttho aergoohll4ron. I ,, ~mmomb1. T. II.Trlmblo m P md 611 colomU ohildrut ln tJ# dratrlct &we be6n 6tkndln~ theac achmla. ‘It re as-e gbllgated t9 ::runaport colored cnl,l-Ix-en can they be transported alone ufth the vhltc children or whether ltpamtc traJuIportat1orl wrruldtutc t-3be provided? ‘finy lnfcmration that you say be able to g:ve me relative. t3 t>ls will be appreciated.” Replying to the foregoing letter, we call your attention to Artlale VII. s~tlon 7 of the Conatltutim or Texas and to ~rtlalt 2900 Revlaed Statutea, rhlcll are OS followat *sec.’ 7. Sepurtcr school8 ah611 be prwidcd tar the white and colored ctalldz-e~,~and lapertlal prOri8ion 8hall be made for both. yAPtlole2s)oo. All rv6llablo public school fuw36 oi thla SMte 8h6ll k 8pproprl&ted ln e8ch aouaty for the edwatiw alllceef white end oobrd ahll&8a, u&d lqmrtlal povi*iam ah&l1 be maw far bath Pnooa. no uhlte ehildlwn 8kll 6tt6M rchado wppox%d for 801~1-64ahil&r6a, aor 6h611 oolinwd ehildrrntt~nd 6bho6186upportd far uhito ohildma. Th6 t6rn 'odor& x-608'md 'aolomd ahlldrm,* 66 ~- ~~'npclt&~~~~ of mlttd . Xt ~111 be obaeved that both the Cometltutlon emd t& 8tatuto cited ebwe require the “imp8rtU pre~l81om lhallbmde forboth~rme8. SInea tfu Uxbbatk a&hod dirtrlet has made prorlmlaa folr tram~lttg whlto ohildroa uholir+ront?nnthmmll~ fiathe luhoela,it follow thattair Ifam aotboen ~lrlprovlDlmunlew 8 llmllar plwi8lal ir a&e for e&?mpwtlmg th aolerod ehildna UbOllVOran:~~~Il8Sicr~tbOir.MhOOl. ram thonfoa'wt~toolernd ehllQraar0 oat1tledto ttm w roP tmJt&portationto aad fmm fikallitloa Mhoa aa m ublto Obildma. Hbthe~atah Aqertbl faelltlea is tacayof bui tmmpwtatsonuosieodblbyirnaichiall~~bunoo~ tbetuermwa,arbypaarib~Pm=th8u8eofthesembuaby ttm oRlldron of both rem, la a atter not gowmod by my 8tafUtg law. It16 6mxtter tokdekmlndbyth61ec61 oohml alt~tla.