OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
RonorSble LsVcra I. Ilccsnn
county Attormy
Rockle;lCounty
LIIOllSnd, 'hxas
Dear sirs iaplnlon lo. O-7217
A
Ro: 3. B. 167, 6th
3888 .-hunrportati
for a pupil rho
fez-redfrca his
triot rh8n the
Ye lm in recSipt of en oplnl0n upon
the sbors subject setter.,,
ur request by 8
ing comlse they
8r0 here oopled 88
School District
Anton Sohool.
8 student's hw
01 Bus to glrr trans-
hers h8d to go out
ration 18~ 88 pessed by the 1SSt
up "tam most ~oanGlSlcalsystea" of
crrslblosod In doing tranrtmmd tha
Student to tb Anton Sahools. The grade vhlch this
Student rtteodod in the Anton School was 8180 t8ught
lu thr student's ho(R dlstriot.
Honorrblo I* Vorn I. I(ocsnn - P8go 2
“Th,lotlon o? kh8 sohool bo8rd in sottllrgup
tha trsnsporktlcm syst8a VII approved by tha Stat.
Borrd Or Sducatloa 8ld oocfLnrd by tb L8glsl8tlv8
A00 o M tsnt l Th8 County School Board then spplled
for tmmsportatlon aid vhloh tha Stat8 Board of Pdu-
ortloa donlad baosus8 of 8 sktrrmnt la the 18v
vhloh sr~s *in no fastam BIJ old b8 granted to
pupils trrnrported vho rttord 8 grad8 ln saotbr
sohool, vhloh gr8d8 18 taught in suah pupils hem
dirtriot.
l
Argua8nt
Slrgsrdless of tin lbov8 statamnt, it is olmsr
th8t thr lnt8nt OS th8 lrv 1s that t& County Sohool
Bo8rd 1s to "sat up th8 ma r t
loonoalosl syst8o pos-
slblog. It is 8vldent that rim8 this must k don8
SMlul- that 18 must ba don8 b8rom transportation
sfd ls'to b8 gr&wd. In other vords to set up ‘the
most eaoaot~loelsyst8inporslb18g is 8 promqulslt be-
fore trscuportrtloa old 1s to b8 granted. It 88oms
olasr that tha lav lntandsd this to apply for ohlldmn
vho had to trsnsi8r from on8 dlstrlot to soothar.
*In this mspaot tkn 18v stake that It 1s ior
th8 purpose or tranrportlng both pupil~s from thalr
dlstrlots and vlthln t&lr dlstrlot. Furbr thst
money 18 to tm plXTror thosr vho sttrnd th8 most
oonv8nleat sohool.
'A number of ins~m88 exist in vhloh rid 1s to
bo doalad. (rly swh lnakm818 'ioa'r pupil balag
transported out of his hema dlltrlct 8 4 l unlers th8
bu8 routa through s.wh Sohool Dirtriot have been ap-
proved br th8 Stat8 Departmnt of Zduastloa lp;loon-
flrm8d by th8 Esglsl8ttin Aooouatsnt." If follcws
fro8 tha above strtaaant that lS ttm bur rouks bre
been spprcwrd by swh agonol88, rid 18 to b8 grrnted.
*To strlotl~ oon8tm8 tha follwing *In no ln-
stsaor ry aid b8 granted for pup118 transportedvho
lttand 8 grad8 in another sohool, vhiah gndo is uught
in simh ~upll's hma dlrtrlot,' vould b8 dai88tlng #a
entim purpoa* of tb8 lav vhlob 18 to sot up tha most
8oonollloslSP~+B Og tr8nsporktlon posslblo. This
rppsawnt aimfllot lvldentlr sppll8s only to 8 student
.
Bonorsblr LS v8rO 1. wc8Oll - P8g8 3
fi0 18 tnMf8l'Md OUt Of hi8 hw dlstrlot 1D
0~18t.O dlsregrrd to tti@tMMpWkttOn Syst8=
set up bl the County Sohool Bo8rd 8nd rpprOY8d
by the roqulmd Sg~Wi*S:
Your sr@msnt8 f8Vming the gr8ntlog at sizoh8ld 88 PM-
sentad by you or8 puM118Slv8 but not OOn81LUlv8.
YOU QllWItiO~08118 tW l OOIlStnu,tiOU c b &tiOl8 v g -c -
Lug ~SMpaP?t8tiOn Aid ubdar tin8k Bill g'~nb8?167, Cbptar 361 -
the sp roprlstlon for school aid Of th8 49th Lsglslstur8 (OatUral
L-8, i 9th Leg. Rag. Seas. pi 639-640). me lnqul~, therazore, is
aasvered in the light of teaili8r ml88 of sktuto?y 00rwtFawtiOn.
This d8pSrtSWlt h98 jurt rs18888d Its Opinion )lO.O-7241
(8 oopy of vhlohv8 h8ti youbsmlth) lnvhlohw lnno umedtha
goner81 rule af oonstrwtion lnvolred in tb lm8dlat8 oonsld8rstlou,
that opltion &tl8lf d8alitQ vlth th8 ldontlo81 Artlolr uf rbow
rceatlon8dlpproprlatlon 8ot. bf8 mare saldt
"The intention of the Ugls1stuPe, 8s dls-
cWar8d trOa thC Aot, 18 the 0118uai8i11w rUl8
for oonstruing any statotory 80t . That lntantloa
1s to be gsth8r8d from th8 four 0Orn8ro of th8 rot
es s vhole, v&n read in the light Gf th8 purport
as oonklmd in th8 titl8, and in th8 light of laoh
8Dd 8v8ry prrt of th8 Act oonsld8r8d oOll.Otiwly
8rd DapePat81y, OOIlStrUf~ ths PrtS, VhOM pCasibl8,
in swh vay thet aaoh and 8vvry part m8y stati 88
valid, rnd that no part thereof any k strlok8n out
or lgnored.n
Ml18 th8 lnqulry th8r8 lnvolv8d 8 oautnmtlon OS dlf-
fOnnt rrtlol88 of th8 rot th8 present lrrqulrylnvolv~r only th8
oonstruutlon af 8 psrtloulrr.lrtlolo, thrt is Artlole V, the prln-
alp10 above quoted tram our Oplnlon O-7211 1s rppliorble in full
iwoe, howrrr, Ln that ~8 8hould glv8 to lv8ry p8rt af Artiolo V
a mS811h1g Li posslb18, Do tit uo pB& tbmoh may k dlrngarded
but tbt ovary prrt m8y b8 rrgsrd8d to 8oocmpllsh th8 W8r411
iuJoy; of th8 L8glslrtur8 la th8 lruotlng of th8 p8rtloulsr
l
lia th e p r wlsio a th a t th e %o unty Superlntmdant a nd
County Suhool Boslds of th8 88v8r81 oountlas subjoot to th8 ap-
PFov81 of th8 Stat8 Supwlnt8nd8nt of Public Inrtruotlon, am
h8r8by ruthorlsrd to 8unu8lly 88t up tlm most 8oonc~~loslsyst88
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