OFFICE'OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AU8TlN
Eonorable Harry Bhulta
aouuty AttOl%My
Dallam aolurtp
Palhart, Texas
a fur
hool
t.
F4 are In ceoel er of 84pt4mbor 10,
1040, recjursti~ the opin artment, uhiehklot-
ter read8 ill pert, a(I to1
sohool bur t6
1t uoul4 have
The thr4s &d.ldrea are the
i~1n.g nithlnthkdiatriot 8Itmted
iatenae from the soheol w l'r&a
es Xn the past tuo or .three pear8
!lave beoIl pying to tl?c fath4r
anmdly @lO.OO per pup11 and the tether haa
sent these ohlldrsn to a mlatlvs cm the south
plains, mine lcoomlles dfatamo, whhere the
ar4 being;sOhooleOr The iathes hes reoont I y
demanded that the allWanae be fsoreaseb to
the sun of $l.&OO per pqM. par month* In aU-
dltion, it tarpeers thet he enumeratad the ohil-
drsn In the sob001 dlstriot ez1 the mttth plains
whiah t?:ey have been attending, for the past
two or thr44 yeem The %ru4t44e er4 wdlllagg
flonoreble Xnrry Sofiult~, Faga 8
to nake srlch additional edvanaanmnt and ln faot
are BOW questioning t%Ir authority to pay any
man towsrd the sduoatlon or support oi thore
aklldren,
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'fTlmT10~~: (a) Ar4 the tr~sttearof euah
OOEGEOB40-00 dlatrlat wsdor the a%ma isot
legally p3rmltted to make any payrmnt toward
t?le education or support of thacn ohll.drenMB
thoul;h thy were enumerated In thati own aounty?
*(b) If so, what amunt rlll the trurtaaa
be pernlttedto pey pat pupil?
*'(a) Xi anwsrated,in the oount whara
they were attendlag aoho@-s?m 800 inI lan dim-
tnnoa iron their home, may thn~~trustaoct legally
pay any SLWIout OS the clohoolfund8 tcmards the
eduostlon or support of s&t ~ehllbran? ff so,
what amountP"
Wlthout attarapting to enuraareta all ths varloua
stetuted bearing upon the pusstian, our sohool lawa oonkma-
plate thet 4 studant ahall attand'aoheol in the dimtriat of
hfr resideme. ~rovlslo~ haa baen maWIn oartain lnataaoar
for pupils ettendlng sahool In othar dlrtrlota.
krtlcrls 8696 RievlrrdCivil Statute* lW!5, pro-
vldas for tDc tranefsr o4 a ohtld iroar one dlsdot to @Bother
dlstrlot ln ttl4 sass 0ouaty. Xn suoh eases tbs aoholaatlo*a
per oaglte a;?pmtloment crrevbe tmasiarrad tc the rnoeitlng:
dlstriot. Art1014 &69?, R. a. Eirt 1985, provld4s tor the
transfer of a ohlld to nn edjoining dlatrlot In anothar oounty,
when it in shown to the Cuunty 3uparlntendant that WH dir-
trlot in -&ioh mob ahlld reaidaa, on aooocnt of &%tahaa~or
OOBLO uneontrollobla ox dsngercw sbataola is lnaooemalblr to
ouoh a5lld." Thin atstuts tnskaa no provlaion far the dlo-
trlot in -blah the child rssldsr aontrlbutin6 to the eduaetlcm
or sup;ort of nuah ahlld, other t&an for the tranefsr of t&l
St*te per ospltn e~.prtl0nnsnt~ tsuoh tranrfsra or ar aapits
appatloament 4~4 ~34 te.the roarlvlng dlstrlot en1 not to
the parent.
ustlale ~Q~ZL, Vernon's Texas ~11~113tatutas, euthor-
iree and requires t?m home diiatrlat to pay tile tultlon of lta
fionoratrle I!amy 3ohultz, ?age S
transterred !A?!: sohool atmlanta, not to exooed $7.50 par
mnt2, when the rupll*s ~,rada Is not tau&ht In tba hcnaa die-
triot. ?hls tuition Taynent Is llkawlaa made to the regaIv-
j,n!~ dlstriot on& not tc the ohilb or parsnt. ?he feats pm-
sented in your letter, however, do not ocw within this sta-
tute. 7rovfaion be been mile fm pepcnt of tuition to
sohools In e4,joiaIng states under oortaIn fasts. %a Art.
w30@g,Vernoava Texas SIvil Statuter. "'e are not aware of
any lagisletive enaotaent whloh would authorlae the trmataes
to expend sohool zoneys for tha ;urposee mentionad In your
letter. Set ArtiOle 8027; Roviesc? Civil Gtatutes 19a5,
1lElit1n; ma ;jtjrpSes for whlah pub110 fS80 SOhOd f-48
may be uasd.
Filth raterenoe to the eaum&ation of the ohlldni
In qusetion sea Artiole %Wi, R. 0. S., 1985, whIoh requires
tkat a ohlld be snumratsd In the distriot of hla rerIU+n9a
and dlrapts the oenms trustaa Co rec;nIre the parson rander-
Ing the oh116 to swear to the.information OOatained in the
0enm.mreport. If these ahIldran ware properly emUaerated
then they do not real&s In the ooacmn sohool dl6trIOt In Dallam
cotlatg .
It ia our opinion that questiona (a) and (0) lrhould
be answered in the negstivs and In view oi the ioregolng,quea-
tioa (b) dooar not require an anaw@rr
Your8 very truly
ALip u.
Oeo 1 9. Oawaaok
Aaslstant
APPR~)VEI;OCT
3, 1940