OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Texas
‘Dear sir:
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Laer
r
aad reeds-as Sollowsr
n Cfm? county
be @a&h3 are
BT% not oonti.e?;uous
to a%
Yd,qsyhave been routedto the IJaples EL& .Scho$l-by
the Countr Board of Cass County since 19Z34~~RAd-~hBVe
not the opportunity to attend high school in Cass CourGy,
If tine Attorney-General wo~&d not rule that these pupils
could be transferred by the County Superistend&nt of
Cass County to tne Wa~l8s Indepandent District.
"The Naplas Independent ;ichoclXotrict needs to
apply for salary aid, and we need theao fifty-two pup3J.s
in order to help count up our teachar-oupil load. I
will appreciate it if you vjillget an Ittorney-Generalls
ruling for zl6on this question."
Arttale 2696, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes,
provLdes the method ror tramferring students frm one dis-
triet 60 another within the sase c?ouaty. Article 2697,
Vernon's Atmotet& Civil Statutes, provides tho,method of
tranafering students from a district of one oouuty to a
&if&riot of another oounty. Said Article reads as follows;
wAny ohild speoified itithe, preeeUlng artloU,
and its portion of the school C&d; lnay be tranaf8m%d
to an adjoining dietriot in akmothePQounty, in the
msnner provided in said artLe3.e. It must be aho%& to
the county super+ntetendentthat the ecrhoolin the dis-
triut in wb.ioQ tieh ohlld relMee, on~.aomnzit oC.dis-
tame og Soti& unooatro2labis ad &~.@TQuu~ obutaale,,
lo inaa~~8ible ta tmh sh&ldt* (&@a&& ami) '.
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FIRST ASSI%NT Lee Shoptaw
ATTORNEY Gf!X?ERAL Assistant