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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Dear sir 1
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“Ifs@ 18 noooooory ior tbr coull8~
Boar6 of sohoof Twtooo to Oeoura
the OonBMt or ttn tnlotoro of the
lndI+l4url aomn oohool dlrtrlrto
boron the oouoty booti of who01
8ruotMo Oould arroop thea 0-n
lohool-61mtr1.80 Involrod into l
rural hi& oohool Uo8rIo8t In
other wordo, df.4 tho oouotf boar4
o ilohool truotoro hors t&n 10~1
rilht to group tboo ofmmn oohool
Uotrloto late l hi& l0tmo1 &lo-
8rIot without 8ho oonooas or a0
t2ti0h0 or tb OO~~O~~OO~~~O-
trlotot '"
Your Oonolwion umt in 8h# tonrt1oa of tlu dIotrlr8
lt was no8 arooorary ibr the Oount~ Bon14 of Tmotaro to obtai8
tha oonorat or th8 Tmote~o or tba owrro1 aomoa 0oh00i dlotrioto
18 amply #wtOInrd br th# lu8hOrItloo 01t.l l8 th. &let whIoh
you haw lubmtttrd la amiaotlon titb your quartion.
Art1010 2922o,Ymma~o Cltll Btotukr, proridoo:
an mob or8onlwa oount~ k thlr bkk and
In iny wontr whlrh shall harootkr by oqpniood,
tha oountr lohOol two8too Oh011 horr thr lcr8horIQ
to fora OILIor mom rOra1 hl&& sohO dlotrloto, b,)
o o n8Quo aomoa
oo lohool dlo8rlo8o furl4
fzF#!? n toor boadrr( rohototlo po lUoa la6
lndoporkdoat rohool dlotrioto hoti- !F 00 than two
hundred ~6 tlf8 ooholOrtlo populotIon for 8ho
purpose of ootab I lobI rnb o rotiu roral hm
rohool#, provldrd tir that & oouatr rohOo1
8ruoto~o MV w on0 or more oomo8 s&+01 Us-
trloto or OARor a8ro ladtpnAont #rho01 4lo8tio8o
horliqj lror thOn two hundrd ld fiftr Hholrrt~o
p0ptmt10n 80 0 (010ll00h00a abtrii8 ha4 iw
h u nb n( or;mm0lobokotlo poppla8I*a Or 80 08 In-
aopoobrnt alotrl@8 botlly 8m0 hua~*d ona flitt or
80rO robolmtlo popllrtlon up00 tlu rp rOv81 of tbr
bOmda.or tmotroo of roob loh001 dlotr tot lfYo o 8dj
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Eon. John 0. Yarhuraor, h@O 3
UnAOrtho lbmo quoted 88etutOr~ protlolono, thrro
;?4~ uthodo by uhloh ?UrOl hQjh #Oh001UotrIoto my br
1. m YOUDV oon8Ig~ooo o mwa lohool
AIotrloto (hatln~i loo than four hundred ooholr~-
tie po latlon) and ln4oponAmt AlotrIoto brrla~
8 lohor ootlo p o p o lo tio n OS looo thoa two
laoh
hundnd fifty ooholrotloo;
2. subjoe: 80 lpprorol or tho BoorA of
7Tuotrro of oroh AlotrIot atiootrd, br lnnautloq
of one or more oomon oohool dIotrloto or ona or
more InArpwiAont Sohool AIotrioto jio+In~ looo than
two hun6wA fIf8y ooholro8Ioo to a won oehool
AIotrlot horing mow thou four humlrrd loholoo8Ioo
or by lm*IatIOn of ouoh AIo8rIoto to la lndrpond-
ant lohool Alotrlot jwIa6 8 ooholartIo populatloa
in ~~0180 of two hunAroA fltDyj Doll vs. Kirkland
41 8.; W. (24) 443 (Tex. Cit. App. error nfurrd)
THORthe ltokmnt ooalioI~A In lour lottor, It lo
lppannt that tha Oountl BOWA of Sohool Truo8oro of Fayatto
County ln thr ro8obllohmont of the Alotrlot ln quortIon woo
lxoroloInA thr flrot of the oboto AooorlboA powore, ~18, that
of &roupItu tho orrrrol o-on soho Alotrlo8o In80 8 rural
h ig h lohool AIo8rIot. T h ep o wo rto group so wo n lohool Alo-
trloto harlly lroo thmr four hudrrd loholootloo lo o h IO
wotod by law ln tha Oounty BOarA, and IO la no rloo ArpmA-
oat u p o th n rlpprwol or oi ?ruoto8o of tha rffoo-
tad AIotrloto. 21 6. u. (2A) 76 (TM. Clr.
App., error ro rohal& (Tex. Clr. App.) 32
S. WI.(2~) 496 no u a tha powrr oonfarrrd
on t& Oountl Board to group ouoh Alotr ‘1” 080 ora thooo nroribod
by Artiolo 29220, Y~rnom’o Olvll dtatuteo. Thot ArtI s 0 pro-
r:Aoo 8hat la tho lvoat a rural high oohool AIOtriOt 10 pro-
poord to bo lotablirhod so 08 to sontale an arae In lxoooo of
ono hrmdrod o~uon milro, tha ootlon of tho Ooaaty Borrd of
TWO$WO mot bo luthOriaoA br a TOto Of a mJOrlt7 Of Oh8
lllflra toters or the ropoooA Alotrlotj MA la thr own:
r lo propoord 80 lo8obl ! oh l rural hiAh oohoel AIotrlrt
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Eon. John 0. Ylrburgor, Podo 4
oaMinina aora thurSOTORllo unto e188r1080~
r~ 8h0 propor
RUB: b elpptotae br +ok or 0 wJorl8~ or tk qrulifiO4 v0:oro
in 040h 0s th0 l lrarnlrr~ el0tri080 dtbin th* prop0004 rural
hI& o~hool Alo8rio8. Solthor or tho00 llnl8otiono lo l~pllo-
lblo to the oi8uotl0A dooOribod 1B you? lottrr~
fours nrt truly
OIZW~RAL01 TPXAS
Oofnor It0ne0il
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