OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS
AUSTIN
8 of Texas, pratidmi as rot
prorldcd, sach tsaoher prln-
ent employed in the pub110 fiba
State ahall use the English lanqzags
the omduot of tho work af the 8ahoeJ.a
and exmalses of the sohool irhal.I be
(Tuap3,rindthe trustees
a far trlaxwmtary pedaa
provided, however, that it
1 to pravfda text books, as now povid-
od by law, for and to tsaeh any mdarn language in
the oltmentary grndea of the publla We schools
f&w3 thQ second Grade, and 1s~ the Xi& 3ahool qacies
as outlined in the Ztate Course of L;tudyiprovided,
hawaver, that it &ml1 bs lawful to povlde text
hoc&s for md to taaah the Zpuiish lank~a&e In
..aluEiautnry
g-mdss in tho pblio ires eahools ln
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Ron. L. A. Xo.ila,pnGQ 2
Countins b?rdar& OIIthe bcundary llna hutwasn
the Unlted Stats8 snd tho 'iopublloof &xlco and
hayin,?a city or eltles of flvo tWusnnd (5,000)
or :30x=0
inhabitantssacordlngto the Lhited :Xates
Census for the gear 1920. It is lawful to tsaoh
laGIn and Gruek ao 8 brsnoh of study in ths Xl,*
Sahool grados as outlined In the State Course of
Study. Any suah toachsr, prinoipti, Suptwlntend-
ant, trustee, or other sohool orrioik2 having
tesponslblllty,In the oonduot of the work oi suoh
schools rho tails t0 Omply with ths pr~islo~s of
this Artlole shall be fined not Less than Twauty-
Flvs Dollar8 (325.00) nor more thnn one Iiundred
DoUars ($lOO.OO),oancellation OS esrtlfloatssor
removal from offiae, or both fins and suoh c~oel-
latlon or fine and removal from otflo~.~
k alose readIn of'the above Aat reveal that it
does not prohibit tha teaohing of any itiom langwig‘ In
grades above ths sromd, nor the f'uznlshing of text books
theretor. Turthcmore, the teaahlng of Spaulah and tho pro-
vision of teS:tbooks for toachina ,thsssm %a not prohibited
1~ any of the alsmentaryerradosIn oertain counties along the
~T~x~s-~~x~OO b0tmafu-y. 2%~ proximity of the :Xnte of 'Texas
to the '?spublioof !~fsxlco undoubtedly aooouuts ~Porthis
provieo relntfnp:to the provision ni text booke for and the
ton&ins ai the +anlsh lsn@m~o.
In our opinion your quostlon should be nnswerod
in the nemtlve,
Yotm3 voxy truly
(S) Klraohle Johnson
Hlrschle Johnson
AsslstMt