Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

TEE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Xowrablo f. A’. Trimbk Firs1 A8~lStmt Stat. Supuldonduit ol Public lnetratioa AusU8 11. ToRna Gpialon Blo. 0-6813 61.r PbpYlo~ of traupor*uoR aId ordrr Rue1 Aid 0111 (SW. 1 d Art. 1, chap. 341, Acts 1945. Rq. ala.) on SchdUUcr Of Altom Indo- peadmlatSehoot rmtrlct CID- tracted to a~larton smd6pa&b ant Bcheol Dlatrtct. Yo u r r ec entc o mmuniu u a a to th l.dOp u tm6d r ea d8 l * rollasr ‘Uadrr tk protisio~ d Artlclo 1. Sec(ioa I, ol 8. d. Ho. 167; aa Act eL the 49th La&el*twe ‘All lbaoi dtetrlcts Lntbta rbto rhlch have rocdvad traasper@- Uoa aid ealy am & traruportetloa budget, dwia# the bl- lIr r Ja lnd4 m Aug*rt 31. 1HS, wwltbntalluu# ray a# the provbiona d my procodla~ or 8uibsoqwat prevl810a of thlr Act. a&l1 bo l?t&Iaed to recaiw tka - qpa ef aid wblch lt formerly received te t.tmeuterpt of Two Dolhro ($2.00) per month per pupil en puptls aettily trubsported who llva twe md oakwlkslf (24) mlka or nor0 fr o m lc&ool te rhlch they ue t*Uuportod, peovldod th e it can rhcn truuportetion budeet4rg md thrrlor,’ Uw &.lsrlon $ehool Distrkt ruatvor trwuportdon bid oaky o n *tud*a W wh o l o trmmported more thoa 24 rail08 from sr;&ool. ‘Follewtm# tb provlaioms of ArUclo VIll of the &et momtleaod above, the 8oud of Tmmters of the b~lsston Independent S&o01 Dtstrict ceatrreted wttb thr Altoo la- dopodest School Dtrtrlct. The ctam~s roll& 4 the two Hewnhlo T. b.’. TWnbl.. ps@e 2 Ustrlctm kn bmmrcombhod. tbmpr up10 lp p Or - uo R m o *d b o th uo tr lets a nk la s #o dto th h a ’l8- sloe ldrpwlomt School Dlstrkt. s& tbs Los& temes of both dlstrlcte we turned over to madm&dnlstuod by the rocelvla@ dlotrlct. ‘IO rll respects tbs .cklldron of the Altor briepemd- l*t school Dbtrlet kvo boea consLd.red, for the durm- es08 of the eoer8ct. &a students d tha h*lsalom hdepelld- *a dcbol Dlstrlcl, In fl~urlahg t&e traasportauoa 8ld which tha b-Irolom Wepmdent School Dbtrkt la to r*- calve from the hte ICqusllntlon Fund, my;IH comald- l tb t.. lsrloa ladopendoat School Dlrtrlct es lthrwd for the lchool par 194%1946 through cosdr8ctunl s@ree- mud with thmAltoa 1ad.peSulemtSchool Dlstrlct. sad my trauportntloa std only be peld 01 the Altoa prplls at tha mm0 bmslmlo for thmpeplls 8t the b~lsslor Iado- peadert *hoe1 Dlatrlct under the tenms J Artlcle I, Soctlon 1. qwtod abow. l * l” Ia lu Oplaloa No. 0415% approved Sopbmbu 24.1942. w h e ld t sondhg Uatrlet th a l ws mot dostroyod by tbo trmamfmrti its emtlro lchokstk larollmeJ to mothor dlotrtet. Tb traamfor dents of tke rocelvlq dbtrlct ‘luehr as the paymeat ai trrupmr- tatlom al4 l* coacerad.o ‘(Udoracorlry l*pliM) fho Core@84 opblon was ksod on the Iollowiq hctsr 00 do mbor 10. 1941, th shsti11n @depede* School ~lrtrlct ln 8e IF Couty ceatrscted its lrtlrr luo llmoto a the t Belt00 Iadqoadoat School Dbtrkt ln uld C-WY. Aftor uld opl8ba wu rondorod, lt doveIo+d that prior to August 1. 19dL twe prpils ro- sldly lm uld Shamklla Mstrlct wuo. by peroti lpplkmtiom, trams- ferrod to Salado, atso l Boll County scbeol district, e trmmmfor vu offoeted la lc eo r da mewltb tko provlsleu ef ArUclo 2696. Yumm’* Anwtatod Clvll stntutor. Re lrdisg the st8tus ei -1d twe peplls, w hoU la Cspla- lor No. 0 -J is-A. approved October 7. 1942. tkt thq wuo mt residents 04 the Bolt08 district for say pupore. The sr~rtt* wa s th a thdr r ea so n t umes wuo ut ma th a luo Ua ea t0lth e Sbnklir Dlmtrlct lt t& data of comtrmctuml trmrfer to Belton. Our Opldoa He. 04916, lpprwod Octeber 22, lH2, held t&t the coatrrctlry reeoivi~~ dlstrld beeomos the house distrkt ofIu*- ceuaYo ro11s Y sand4 dlstvlct ‘haotu es se syme~ et t.%sportatloa &d by-orned.* (Underrcui~ sup- ad) the next to t&e l&U pmagnph OI wld oplmba roads as fol- LW,* wsy lffoct the rlaht ‘Thlr cos~~lusloa would. la OLD ad power ta treader endor the seaera law. ld w&d la ao my vWls+e y em& trbnfu. ke ArtlaIr 2b94, Vemom’s Annotated ClvU Ststutes. It would effect only the wmtly of tr*msportetlemaid. !a other words where + s traufer 1s anode rad the census rolls combined radar Sactloa 2 a Article VUX, transportatloa ald may not be gnated for l upll on such rolls w&olttemdsl pade Ir l school d&t rLt other th8a the rorelvl~ Ustrlct umder the transfer lgroecnoal lf sech Iredo km bqht ln the re- eel*trl dlstrkt. Sectlom 2. Article V. K b. 284, Act* 47th La&. it. 8.” Reerdlw the bounduSes of csatractlrg recelvlIpI dlstrlcts. their effect q unoeat ef tr~porWloa eid, tbe followly parr&rrphs are quoted from OplrJoa No. O-I%@-Ar ‘It 1s to,& royetted thet tke ~e~lmleture did wt lxpre~o its Lahation moro cteuly In ArUclo S, Sot- lion 1 of C& tar 373. Actr 48th L.qisl*tor*. whuetn l* for& the PolloWl* layul.1 “...provldodfurthertMteilsckoo1Ue- Mets colacr(~ oae buadrod sqeue mile0 d tertitwy or mere or hu Iem thea me (I) lmmoreted scholsstlc per square rnlie may rocoivo m rW&rsUJ Tw~-flve CMI ($23) per m3oti per pupil es tr*oepo*Uon lU wk o a th e m IS l wed do wa therotor U .p +Tib d herelr.‘ -Evidently tke te#shture kd la nrlad the ova to be served and Ud met tatend te restriot tbo lpplfca- Uon of the proviso to leaally crested lehool districts. ‘There wodd be ,m soed rusea to my tLt 8 dls- trlct cortrldng 100 sqlure mile8 my receive $L.LI per mooth per pupil sad t&m to uy that lf such dlstrlct coatmete te teach lll of the pupils roUdly la rddl- tlorvl woe of $0 squsre mller. the recelvlag district W receive 0rIy $1.75 per month fer trsnsportlag the pupils resldtn8 la such ldditloasl territory. it Is l . mbk 1. M. Trlmbk. -8. d r u leo f c o ~~tr u c tlo ~that U l atabatelo unblpouo ad 1s suscepttble d two meambqsa oau d rblcb l*~loglul a ndr o m~b le ld th other leada to aa abauUty, t&t rnw vueh la &qlcal ua ieaseuble will be Ip vo a Il.wo th la l c eutr u c u o svhlc b vo a u udt the rppUcrtLw et tka st8tute to re@uly croatad mchool dlotrteta would lead toar ab@uUv. We tblak that the le~slrrture latetiod k make the proviso applicable to up tmcbly ualt roprdboe a8 whathw lt b l censol- ldate4 Ustrict, w l district grouped by the CoruJI Scheol Boudo8by~Wideoatrut. “Ulr~relethettkelnte8tiemJtbetel(s- k tue. o nc e luiuWna d. L th e b v.’ Lo a m 8hr flu Co. v. Strto, iS3 1. W. (U) Ml492 (SW. c-4 ‘We roaffirm our prevlouo k&Id4 h oplnl0n No. O-1740 that the trammfer of W tire lcbolmtlc onroll- ~memtd-8 m& coutttute a ceuolldatbm d the ho Us- tr lete,b ut o p b luNo . O-574is 0mo dUled to th elx to mt that ve hold that the teglrkture htwhd to provldo th 8tlty toultry umlt coatalnlq 100 ywre mllee or mu0ma ync o ivoenldlti~l SO# per meWh per pap& fw trrnspertMloa rid her tkuo ls a med 8hwn thui- for a8 pmwtdod k the Stata Ald law, reprdles8 d ‘whether the UstHcta are vouped by ceruoU4aUen. by ltloa d the Cow&y She01 Baud or by nlld eoa- tMcu: ” - The truidu k ktlre dlstrlcts by coatnet uo aovorned by slmlhr, lf sot ldo&lcal. provlrlo~ of the Rural Aid bU& of the 47t4 40th ad 49th Lo@dduree. Tke oome la-1 prlmctfles apply te rnd rootit from -etaal tumdu8 df*ctU wdu etthor of uld bl1ls lmdu u tnnsm#ar a&d Is eucerud. Yew qao8e Uon6rom~i SoctWalotS 1) N A07 4VthLo~dMue,lm verbatim, W whl mt k rep&tdln”~ &alon. The hagear quoted la claw Ua uabmbl tract*1 l~eemert. Tbo area servo&by the hils8lon DlMrlct 1s #ufid, but tke Dletrtct lo aot. SabJoct te tbls quallflutlwn, aad provtded forther. J coaroo. that the h~issloa Dlstrlet can show tru~~portatiom budgetary need re~rdlq the Altem pplls. the qws- tloa submlttod ls lmsvered 1s the rttlrnuttve. - , fi)’ (‘lpked) L. I+. *~lewrlloP ’ AB8L8t4Q8 -HF:E:;;:mwb