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.