OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Maroh 20, 1939
Xonorablo T. IL Trlmble
Yirrt Amletant State SUpOrintennd@t
Auetln, Texarr
Dear Sir:
eblr than to
sohools.
Uaroh lb, 1999, where-
), or th&~$f-ay~i;lon as to whether suoh pujlle may at-
tend o he aoorad ad igb schools and have thrir tuition aid out
11 Ho. 185, belug ths Rural Aid and Equalization
Yund **propX$$2 $11 ror tbs current blrnnlun, is Chapter 474,
found at page and Spaoial Laws d the 45th
or the Geneurcrl
Legislature, Regular Ses~l~. section 10 thereof reads as follows:
“High School Tuttion. It is hereby expressly pro-
vided that a sufrlolentamunt or rumis appropriated by
this Aot ahall be used ror the paymant or hi@i school Wl-
tlon not to exoeed Seven and 60/100 ($7.500)Dollam per ‘.
pupil per month. High School tuition shall ba mid ao-
oordlng to the provision8 of Xouee Bill No. 158, General
Hon. T. Y; Triable, &oh 20, 1939, Page 2
Law8, Regular Se88lon, Forty-fourth Legislature, and
subjlot to the llmltation and restrlotion proridrd In
Seotlon?d of thir Aot lmporlng tax obllgatlon8 on eend-
lng dietriot. Providing that the prorlrlo~ or thi8
Seotlon shell not apply to -grantingof 8ld under teram
;;l;~~nSeotlon for vocational eduoatlon or orlpgled
It In rurther provided that high rohool tui-
tion aid: a8 ebwe ret out, 8hall be granted for pup118
tranrferred to outride high rohool8 rrotathe Waoo State
Home at Waoo, ald from the Alabama and Couehattl Indian
Reaervatlon near Llrlngrton; provided the aid 80 granted
shall not exoeed the per oaplta tuition obarged other
8ohool.s'tranaierred high rohool pupil8 by the high
8ohooln arrected thereby."
House Bill No. 158, General Law8, Regular Seeslon 44th
Leglelature, referred to in-said Seotlon 10, cohstltutss Art&Id
29221 (l), Revised Civil Statuterr,a8 amsnded, and a reading there-
or disclose8 authority for the payment oi tuition for a high 8ohool
pup11 who Is traneferred from one dlstrlot to another on acoount ot
the tact that the grade to which such pupil has been promoted 18
not taught In the home dlstrlot. We a8su8m rrom your letter that
the p&per grades are taught in the Training Sohool.
A8 the law la now wrltten, there is no authority for the
paymsnt or tuition ror the pup118 you Inquire about out or the
State Equalization Fund, and your questlca must be answered in the
negative.
Your8 very truly
A!l'TORREYGEbIERALO?TEXAS
Se
(SIONED)
BY
Glenn R. Lewis
AssIstant
GRL:N
A;'PROVZD
GEAxLDC.M (SIGNED)
Ai-TORNXYGENHiuL OF TEXA+