501
OFFtCE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
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Honorable I. A. ?R?od8
statr Superintendent of Tub110 Instruation'
metin, Texas
Dear Sir: 0glnlon x0. ..o-8510
Reo Hi@& of--6tudezItto m-
tibitreanqntior,fuitlon
e ~901, R. C. S., lPSS, reads a8 follawrr
+%verp ahil6 In thl,sSteto ai eoholastlo
age shall be pealttsC to attend the public
free sohools of the dl8tridi or in0rrpeabent
dietriot in wtiat it reaslde~et the the It atplls8
for adudsaion, notwl&atancllng that lt may have
i
502
HcnortibleL. A. %ood6, page 8
bean lnumerttrd 6166wher6, or map ha?e attended
school alaewhore part of the yew.*
Article 2902, 8. C. 50, 192%. provides 66 ?ollow6t
"All ohlldr6n, without regard to color, over
51x per8 of 6g* on4 und6r elghtsea years o? age
at the beginning of any roholastio year, shall be
inoluded ia the 5ohola8tl5 5on6u6 6n4 *hell b6 on-
titled to the benefit of tbo pub110 6obool fund ?or
thrt yeer. The bocnrdo? rabool trustee6 of any oity
or town or Independent or oomon 6ohool dirtriot 6bisll
adzoltto the bneflts of the pub110 6ohoolr 6n~ par-
non over eix and not ovef twenty-on6 year5 old 6t tha
brglnnlng of tlxeseholartlo yeei‘,if &oh persoa or
his parent5 or logal gumNan retdaO wxthin 5aia osfZy,
town ox aietrlot,-
Artiole 2696, R. C. 6.. 1925, luthorlzor the tranrfer
of rtud5ntr
from one dirtriot t%anoth6r by the County Suporln-
temleat upon proper appliobtion being fll6a and prorldo6 for an
appeel to the aounty Board of Truates6 Who rhall have the right
to annul and oanosl the trmm?er allewetlby the oounty superln-
tandent."
Artiol6 2922L (1) Vernon~5 T5x55 Cl711 St5tut55 pro-
rides in part:
*Eeo. 1. 336 board of truetees of cay
oomnmn or lnbependeslt5ohool dlstricb, whether
organimd by timr61 or ElproislZaw, uhioh lmie6
and eolleots a Icalntenanoetax for the purpo66 of
8uppltientlng the available school ?und rsoeiml
~from t&6 St&o anQ aounty rhell e&it iuta the
pub110 aohoole o? the distrlot fX-66o? tuition,
all psr6one who arm over 61x (8) and not over
twenty-one (21) gaara 018 st the begin&$ of the
aaholaastioyeer, i? ouch perron or his paPent or
leg51 guardian meld* wltaln 5ald oomm or md5-
ponuent *ah001 418tffot.
*MY pupil betwean the sgo of 61x (6) and
twenty-one (21) re8idlag in 6 rural dIetrio
or other district. whioh ~erlsm 5 loo61 main-
h;zle tax, who ha6 bs6n promoted to a high
&ml6 not taught in hi6 hcme dlatriaf,
Ronorebla L. A. Wood6, peg. 3
shell hare ths right to QttQnd a atandardizQd,
cleasifis8, or efflllated high school in his
hoEa OOUdy or in any Otb%r COWIty at thQ
QX~WSQ of his home aahool Uiatriot, ii su,oh
distriot 88 4QtQrn;inedby ita budgQtQ6 QX-
pmdlturea aooording to tha GQwral EudgQt
far i8 riIMXN#ieilyabiQ t0 prOVi&Q tuftiOn, Or
OthQr*iQQ et the exp%nis~ Of the Stats of Texas.
“Ii the Ii6iU.QOf auoh D appears on thr
QQUSUS mu. Of his hOZQ diQ end if tha
pupil attend5 a hi& eohoal in the aountg
Of his ~8i~%QSlttQ hia Sts\tQ and county per
ceplte funds ahai1 k trenatsrradto tha ce-
oaitlng dietriot und~s tha Ueneral l.ews~;ov~rn-
%I@ tha transfer of pupile. Xi tha pupll~s
mm8 appears On th.6oQn5ua X-0~1Of his hOEQ dl6triOt
end if he ettanda a high rrhool ln a oountp
other then that of his ~s~QQ~oQ, his looel
diatrlotahell pay to thQ aohool whioh he attsnda
en amount Q'JtliVelQIlt to t?iai3ttatQ ana county
par eepite epportlanmrnt. ThQ l=OOQiVing
dlatriot shall alloswauoh pupils to ettand
school tar es long a time es thQ Bteta on4 OOUQI
ty eveflebla funds will operQtQ thQ publio
aohoula of the rho8 to whPah euah tranafamd
pupil balongs, such Pna aohool tam tar auah
pupil te bQiTigwith the aatQ auoh trenafarrQd
&t;~f;a'"t%r8the aohool of the r%oa~rin$ &I#-
After thQ lXFiretiOn Of the tkaQ
that tt State sad county eVsilablQ fplld~~will
OpQrat8 the frQQ rohoola of thQ bittriot, thQ
rao~ivlng dletrlot cap ohargQ auoh pup11
tuition et a ratQ fixed~by thQ Merd of hueteas
of the r~aelvi~ &iatrlcf, end approv~tlby
t&Q t%stQ DepdrttEQnt Or EdUeetiOn, euoh PltQ
to be based upon the budgeted rxgqd.turee far
meintsnancs of ths ,hlgh Qohool grades of thQ
zwoeivln@ diatriet for the current aohoal year,
8xOlUsivQ of bono8 aad interset thenOn.
*It the nen~ OS auoh u 11 la imt on tha
oQnau8 -11 of his h-&t ha nay
attend B hi& aohool undsr the &a tsrm# as
the above pupilr, 8raQpt that his home tlistriot
end the EItQ will be obligated for the pay-
ment or tuition ?or the eatirs the of him
attendance In the receiving 3iotrlct. mo-
d.4~4, tinyobligutloas Cf t’;le
Stat6 of Telhf3
es hereln~r%?erre4 to In thin Aot okall be
paid frcmtha Rural Aid Fukl from th% sum or
sums set aeid~ ?or rural high school tuition
in se14 law. It la further provided that,In
no instance shall the Stste be abligtteC to
Fey out o? the funds a2proprletsU for this
purpose fstuition rate in 8x0080 of Seven
!.MlluSSUld ?i?ty OQnt8 ($7.50) per aOIltb
par pupil. movided further, that this pro-
vIelon ahcll not ru1tcror 1lsit t::aOpQratlOn
in any county whloh hea by ageclal Aot orzt;ta4
a Oounty Hqualieatlon Fund end whore said Fund
la now belug us%4 to deity in wl?olacr In
part, rursl high Bohoo1 tultlfn ?eee."
(FndQracorlu~ of Qtatutea ours)
Our aohool statutes OontemplstQ thet StudQnta Sh%ll
ettaad the sohool o? their hams illatrlet. A receiving die-
triot may ohsrg$sstudente who retsianin another dlatrlot a
reasonable tuition. Opinion No. O-2177,e oopy of r;hlch lo an-
olomsd herawith. ~rovl~lon is re4e for the transf'sror e stu-
dent to a dletrlct other then his residenoe, together with the
stat& per ceplte apportionment for such soholaatlo. The Oounty
Boer4 of Tmetaea lr veatQd with atatutory authority to oen-
0~1 and aat eaida tranafQr8 upon appeal, and the board having
mrulaQd its diaaretlon, its eatlon la not open to puQatlon
by this dapsrtmmt.
Artlclr ZO&BL, eusr6, rQoogniaaa thet in osrtaln
atrouuiatancea~!LQhem district ahould be obllgetad to
furnlah tuition for its reei4ent scholzstlaa to attend the
aohoole of other districts end in thQ ~vsnt the home dia-
trlct la Unable to pay such tultlon it xsy b% Xld by the
Stete in proper c~zae8. Thl~aobll&atIon upon the haae die-
trlot to pay tuition ior its 6mholaatlcs is 0ourln%d to 6tu-
dents whose grude la not tau&ht by tbe home 4Ietrlot.
Ronoreble L. 6. loode, pe8e %
It Is our opinion thet undrr the fcrctastated e
rtudent lo not entitled to rehbweement for transporta-
tic% and tuition paid in ettezidin(J
e #JQ~OO~ not in the die-
tmt or hia ~6iaen00.
very truly you-r
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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