The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25] Page: 275 of 1,111
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GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS. 259
CLASSIFICATION OF ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS
-FREE TUITION IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
H. B. No. 463.] CHAPTER 181.
An Act providing for the classification of elementary and high schools
by the county board of school trustees; providing for free tuition
for certain high school students; repealing Art. 2678, R. S. 1925, and
all other laws in conflict herewith and declaring an emergency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas:
SECTION 1. The County board of school trustees shall classify
the schools of the county in accordance with such regulations as
the State Superintendent may prescribe, into elementary schools
and high schools for the purpose of promoting the efficiency of
the elementary schools and of establishing and promoting high
schools at convenient and suitable places. In classifying the
schools and in establishing high schools, said trustees shall give
due regard to schools already located, to the distribution of population
and to the advancement of the students in their studies.
In the event any school is so classified that a resident high school
student within the free school age cannot receive instruction in
his home district, his tuition for the number of months attended
in any other high school recognized by either county or State,
shall be paid by warrants drawn by the local trustees on funds
of said district and approved by the county superintendent. Provided,
that if said student. after having completed the course
of study offered in his home district is not prepared to enter a
high school recognized by either the county or State, the superintendent
of the school district which maintains the high school
he desires to attend, shall place said student in the proper grade
and said district shall be entitled to receive tuition for said student
in the same manner as if said student should attend the
high school of said district. If the high school attended, receives
the transfer of State and county funds for said student,
credit shall be given for the amount of same. The rate of tuition
charged said pupil shall be based upon the actual cost of
teaching service in the high school attended exclusive of all other
current or fixed charges and in no event shall said tuition rate
exceed five dollars per month. In the event the funds of the
local district are not sufficient to maintain the elementary
schools of said district for the desired length of term and also
pay the tuition of resident high school students the said local
district shall receive reimbursement on July first of each year
from the State of Texas, for such tuition as has been paid on
sworn statement of the trustees, approved by the County Superintendent
and the County Board of School Trustees, by warrant
drawn by the Comptroller at the request of the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction on any funds appropriated by the
Legislature for this purpose.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1927 [Volume 25], book, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth16125/m1/275/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .