Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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iiocarable L. A. &'oods, page 8
i$88tlen13 protidina: for ths appltoatlon reada,
in pert, em iollowsr
under ths dlnotlor,, of the foisti
L~#lslnt Pma hdvisOrY UO&dtt98 uuy, sub eat te the pro-
TlUiOnS Of this AOt grutc to the 80h00f su0h an u&our&
of this fund a8 uili, with the Sat8 ad Csuntp avallabl*
funds, tagether with the Zooal -8, maintain the @ma1
r0r a toma not to oxowd nlna (9) moat&mrQP ohr~lri~d
or nrriliabed high rohooln end apprmirsabaly elgbt (s)
month@ for u.aeotedlt~dhi@& mhoolr p%wldad that ti
thb raheol hns surfialent State and Aewty arallab1,
iundo to maintain tbr sobaol far aa rl&t (8) aronthkm
aooording to tha salary sehodulr
Board of Xduoatlon rm the rahool
itr looal maintsnanes
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Hoslanblr 2. A. Koobo, psee a
* The WAmnt of moaoygm!ltmI roxetit;yp*
of aid ;xi.;t hia sohool tuition shall be OH up as a
~siPMLk.eooount bF the dlotrlot nooivlw MIM Md
diebnmggt8 rrom wld aooauntu rhru ba ti oplp
rOOrtb OiiiO ~ucpo~ fOT WEloh AIQh WW#&UR -ted.
. . . It lr provided that all ummed obligatrd bahnoeo
in mrel Ala i?uada in any dlrtrlot oa Auguot81, ohall
be nturned to theStateTPUUWOP uxd by him oro<a4
$0 th0 &ppEQprhtiOa rn# *hiOh it MJ&O#. . ."
@xtkotary wed aa the tmsrerrd Mate aid
fm~llaatlong~ . l .* (Emphasis added)
376
XaAOrablo 1. A. mods, pegs 6
mprovldsd that if there be no oonvmimt aofrodibod high
ash001 that suoh pupil nay obtiin liks ald under the
provi~~onr of thla ~Ssotion &em atbendi% a4 mar hi&
aohool of h&he? olasritLcetion ~!.EUZtte senbiug 0lstriot
whsn designated. by the Gount~ Board, provided that e,ll
sohtml dlstrloto oonteining O&Ohundrsd (100) square nllss ’
0r bsrritoru or mre mm rsoafvs “fvo 3ollars (:SZ.OO) oar
g\rpil'S hOA43 6htriGt. . . .*
Rsadlng Beotion 9, sf X. 8. 280. 933, Aebs 49th a-
h&r%, an4 8. I). XQ. 168, A%%844611Ls~sla$un, tagethar,T t
f,ltzsr$ that $WOehIiS@bs entar into bhs pqsenb Of tuition
c Nrsb, the W ebud apenma urd reoefpt~ of the
#n4ine dlrbrlot mast be aorta
Y dema to daturnb ubdhar wah
UsWlsb is finamfallg abtc b&pay taftlon, uafl lr not, such
btibioa or a part bhenof is paid by the $t+aatier E)swid, trhb
pro ntr oost or tmiohing ia the rcsoeirlng dirtxlab must be
dobennined in $lxil?e: bha rabr. Thir awv or buit:on la plid
by the 3Sake to reimburaa the rsooivlng 434 ~,briot for ths sost
ef baUJha;l~ St3bolr~%is~ iron other dl6$~izf6 whm% high s&ma1
grada are not taught at hoas, and papittnt is made althat@
the x-sosiving dlstrlct may no% ba a m&xy *i& or transporbab~~~
aid sshool. IF. m~oh aauos the bslanal&% of bhe rsasloing dir
brlotts budmt may not enbor into aonsid6ratien. Xouwsr, wk65
a sohool entitled to tultlon iron the atate sesks ths abhor
bSAUrfb8 of the rural aid law aad tlnsnaial aaa5.rtanos tie nunin-
tab its schools for the prssarlbed 1s@h it bd%m, it than
s8mme8 bhm bUdsA of showin& ths qosrsiby for swh riaaaaiaL
a8mlstaAos. The etatote requirrs that it 8ubmi.t a bud&s%ibarair-
la& ib8 oxJmndlturss and 1ts WOtdDbS to substantiats itll 0ld.m
that it is opmetiag at a d6fieIt.
3eotlon 9 pIw5&ss thati %r the aohool is paid ealary
aid, Prhioh is the aaslsbanae dotsx&in%d first la point of tiau,
the tuition to whloh it would hers othsr~~e bean entitlsd shall
be nduced to an wunt 8Wflaient to baltums Its budgrb. TlbkO
is bub another way of providing that w% m&~+y ait% benefits
shall not emmad a balanecsd budgetwhen a11 available amej? to
mhtaiA the 1~4h00lis 06n*iderad a* a resour e or rseelpt,
inaludiai; tuition eared. The reauaia iox thl a provisIon bea0Bi4IE
obvious shen it is noted that un&r S~tiozl 4 bhW@ trmafof8
are lnoluded in dotarmltin~ the Wacbr - p+qil load gonrtimg
salary old aod’gxairanbe PLduplloa~~ia~ af the ooa% at’ taaahlw
a partlcmlar pupil.