OFFICE OF THE ATTORNRYGENERAL OF TEXAE
AUSTIN
EonorableBen 0. Oneal,Prerddrnt
Mate Board of Bduoation
Auetin, Tsxae
bar sirr
whiah you ask t
above oaptioned
a, Vernont8 knaotawa
hereby @a,,
You are interslrtedin ths.inte p tati n ot the
olausb”*l .provfdearurther, that suoh fiu&r hfgh aohoel
textbook8shell be fumiahad trsr only to suah eahool6tstenM
aa maintain junior high 8ohoolorgenieations, a& oertified
by the proper oohool authoritierrto the State Board of
Eduoation.*
XonorablsBen Oq Oneel, Prtmidont,Page 8
Yo ul8k wðerunder the sbotr p u0wa seotionthe
Board of Eauostionnay adopt textbooksto be wed ror inrtruotlon
In gradesabots the junior hi&h sob001 levels. ~Thissootion
s~th~rtiee the SaOptf0S 0r tsttbookeo&y r0r junior high
eohools. 'POhold that it applieoto other sohoolswould be
oontreryto the plain w0Mieg of th Statute. xt 18 ntdrsrt
that grsdes above the juniorh&h sohoollore18would not bs
per@ or the juniorhii@ sahoolr It r0iiotte thitt yocr question
must be SWJWS~a in the iM@QtiVS. 39 ‘hX. fW. 1%X.
You also ask whether textbooksmay ba sdoptrd fer
eaes seven, eight, and nine in sohoolanot hsvb orgnniwd
rWar hQh sahools. It 18 Our opfnlonthat ual.ess 8 junior
high school is aUslnistretltsly sst up aaa operatedas mob,
8eo0lon8 or ArtloloINMa has no appllortlon. It it Is ao
#et up and Opttrated, than SOOtiOna would apply to the adop-
tion of tartbooks. JY it is not, t&on thr adoptionof text-
books would be goreanad by other statutory provislons. See
Artiolre2813; pB44, SS44a, SsotloaI+
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ATTORNEYGENERALOF TEXAS