OFFICE OF THE A?TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
tioh we Quot., ln
en (I&) mInIat. during the
. ID the noon hour oondder-
ostho rahool6a~~
'I am *loo iaiormed that thlr ‘relligiour lnrtruo-
tion, 18 OS 8 Qwt1ouhr dbzia8inbtloa OP 8QOt ox-
oluriroly, end 18 aot merely 6OXWti lnrtrwtloa ln
PO11&$Oa. T h 8M g u lalheolhour8uw
r framSto0
A.M. to 4tOO P.M. during the day.*
Pou rtrtb thet you uw Informed that the lnrtruotlon
18 Of e PWtiOti- dmcnniMtiOlL '2hi8 OpiniOl3 i8 OQrO8Bl~
Honorbblo Joha 0. Yarbur@r, Q~O /a
rritka On th. a88UQtiOA tbnt suoh iniMtiOn 18 oomot,
end It la rooordirrgly
oo llmlted.
It 18 wu ~IIOWII
that 0~ Of th0 6PUIO8 Of the 20-8
rp;,ia ~a8 the aforoed MtlOnrJ r8llgloaof the Rapubllo
A8 l 8OMOQUMIO0, b@rh%Ih ~OVi81OIh8. WOOP• inO~U6-
ld la OUF*~Oll8titUtiOtt to dlromr th8 rhurah f&8 tho dkta
and to @wantee abrolute reli OU8 hsednr. 88otion8 6 and
7 ot ow Bill of alghta(Artlo 1 of the Tuaa Corutltutlon)
r@tLd2'88peOti+@~ a8 iO33OTS@
,688. 6. All am hat. a aetuml uad Indo-
t to wrr8hlp Alalghtr God aboord-
Oat08 Of theil,Om eOKl801OtIOO8.
MO man ahall be ooxt~elledto attoad, rreot or
mlppo~t any plao. of WOr8hip, or to rul.mtaln
tinyminirt~ e@i.xUt hl8 OOn8.t. IO hymn
~uthorlt ought, In aq oap* mhatevot, to oon-
trelor In tbrfWr with the right8 of,ooarotenco
In utter8 of relligion,and n0 pretwonoe rhlll
6ver be given by law to any r~ellglou5 society or
mode or uorshlp. But it shall be tka dut of'
tb ~~i8letUW to p&58 ruoh &LU8 88 mrj L
Ii40088W~ t0 pZ?OteCtl Q-u W8m Zeli&OW
duuu8iaation ia thd paoeab 1 0 l njoymeat of it8
om mod& or pub110 worahlp.o
%*o. 7. Ho MDOJ ahall be appropriated, or
dim rp0raw ~r~8 uqs the benoilt OS y
8eOt; or Z+miOU8 800 0 , ~tiO&Oti Or M
1161OU8 8-l MC proport bolong3ag
to the state be approprlahdror any 8u0h pur-
jm808.W
bootion 6 OS Artlcla VII, aonrtltutlon of Texar, pro-
VidO8, in &MI+, &I fOuOV8:
’ 04 l And no law &all ever bo maoted ap
oay pert oi the poraenent or arall-
fUXbdtO~otber~8. tit.Wsri
Eono~ Johll 0. mrbwgrr, page #S
aar dmll the ume, or
U& 8W&5Uic80f#01J l 0 l “. 8U a180 &tie
, . . .
ThW p~0~i8101i8 ~0~0 bOfOF0 thr sU~r8W GOId Of
T-8 ia tb U8a Of -Oh eta l. ta h r llOOl
kt ti., 1 09
6.1. ll.6. Ia that U(LM It RI hold in *Shot that the hold-
ingo imc dnglxmalrer ln t&o pbllo 8oh0018 8hloh oon-
8lrtd of tuedlag by the
tuohor rlthout ooameat of .non800-
Wirn UtreOt8 irao th0 Blblo, &nd th, 8lnglrr&Of aPPrOoprl-
mugs, in uhloh the pap118 were lntlkd but aot rsqulrad
to jola, wu eotlonablo uader the abow quoted prori-
81OPI Of tb 8u al80 Na.ffes t8 Board 0r
Eduaetlon (Wish.), 77 f. U. P60~ People u ml. Oollmar ve
S~.U~OJ (Cola. , eb6 ?. 610~ mOk5tt fe Brook8vlll0 (Iraded
6ohoOl Wit., IIQ.), 87 8. I. 798) ~tO~WI8OlI 1, Fi8nyon, 7 k.
Dirt. 1. 666. H0WW.P~ th0 OOUPt splphrtioall~8tim88Od t&O
p o la ttb ettblx~~I~s~o~~~~l~lno~o~r. w*
QUO- the f~llo~lng from th8 opinion of the oourt:
’ l + l It 8O8 tb5 PUrpOW Of th0 cOll5titU-
tlolr
to forbid Uie u6e of publlofund8 for tha
8uppO?t of any pertiotier dmKdnatiOn of ro-
li&orU PO 10, Wh0-r th’3J b8 OhPi8tirn, OF
of otbr lpoP lgfoa.e."
mdri6r0, 8XWOi808 ThiCh would holUd0 UiJ OXQl'O88iOXl
reptmeaWt6tho peoullaror dl8tinatlntlew.6rdo6wot uy
Hot or duurirution would not ba taon8eoteriath Such lXWOiU8
would ba ia +lol~tlon
OS our Conrtltution.
ItkcCorQtl8
&Pi8 (&fOl'JMle, p-08 w, 913) it 18 8trt-
ld that tbm 18 aom a tmdeno both ln oonrtltutlonE1 prorl-
810~~8and In judloal oon8truot 3 on to exeludr any rollglou8 in-
8tZ’UOtiOfl lIlth0 pub110 8OhO018. See r380 16 C. J., No. 604.
&U supnV aOUFt in the mlb~k Oa#O ha8 not 6OM tbrt tOr,
but it definitely omaultted ltaelfto the doutrlnethat If ro-
li&iOW UWO18.8 @PO hrld, they EUBt b 8tl’iotly nOMOOt~;eIi
in ehamato?. You rtrto that the ln8truotlozr Is .of a partlou-
Lu dwnmlmtioa or 8eot erolwlr~l~ and Ir not merely general
lwtrwtlaa in r*llgloP.' Your first quartionIs, therefore,
uu~med b tha negatlvo.
l.!
YOU S8k tithSF thS LlooLI hOW 18 PU’t Of thb 8OhOO1
day. There doubt thatunderArt1010R906,Retl8ed
ou1 bo DO
OiViL.8titUt@8, it IS. 800 that pert of Artlole 0906 whioh
provide81
.A .OhOO~ mOZ&h 8hdl OOIlli8t Oi tlOt 1088 thrn
tibatr 8ohooldrp8, lnoluslto of h0lld~78, and
shall bs tau& for not 1088 thaa 8woa hours
ilItOti88iOn8 & ~eOOUb8.0
gL$iEi: sii$$Fif
However, won without this statute ss think that ths
noonhourmuldbs a QIst of ths 8ShooldAy. ThO baud of frw-
tee6 drtWmin.8 th6 time U.d tOZl&h Of Z'tJOOS8O8~and thr 8tU-
dents sre SubjeOt t0 tie SUpOmi8iOn Ot t&O 8OhOOl authoritior.
Tour 8eoond question IS, ttrsreioro, uurered in tie afilrmatlYe.
You ark the ooMeotion
rsoond with the ot-
qu.stion in
iWing of X’S1iglOUS i.MtZUOtiOa
sohool. in m
W@ think it
propw to 8ktS ths lolloring rule uznounoed by the Supreme
how
Court In Joralgen v. F'laley, 90 Tu. 206, 58 S. 7i. 24, in con-
stzwlng that part OS Saotion 6, Art1010 vxx of the Constitution
tioh we heye heretofor. qtlotodc
sThs Lsglsleture osnnot do by lmllrootlon
whst It oamot do dlrsotly.m
W* think
thl8 r ulinglppllos to all three.of the oon-
8titUtiOti proYl8lon8 under oon8ideratlon. In other 8Orb8,
th8 rohool oennot ofrer religlow inrtruotlon of a seotarlen
ohsractar ragerdlu8 0r when or how It 18 oftered. The 00h001
osmot do by lndireotlon whst It oennotdo dlreotl7.
Wr wish to thank you tar your very able brief.
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion