The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31] Page: 254 of 1,313

                                
1976           GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
"Sec. 8. Salary Schedule. No part of the aid herein provided
shall be used for increasing the monthly salary of any
teacher, except as herein authorized, but the funds provided for
in this Act shall be used for the exclusive purpose of extending
the length of the school term of the schools situated in the district
receiving such aid on the basis of a schedule of teachers'
salaries to be determined by the State Superintendent of Public
Instruction with the approval of the State Board of Education,
provided, however, that said agencies shall allow an increase
of not more than twenty (20) per cent for salaries less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100) per month allowed in schedules
heretofore adopted and may allow not more than fifteen (15)
per cent increase on salary schedules in excess of One Hundred
Dollars ($100) per month allowed for the last preceding year.
However, the basic pay in no event shall not be less than Eightyfive
Dollars ($85) per month on eight months' basis; provided
that in no case shall aid be granted a school in excess of the
amounts specified in the teacher's salary contract on file in the
office of the county superintendent.
"Section 9. Length of Term. All schools of the unaffiliated
class receiving aid shall provide a term of approximately eight
months. These schools shall be so classified by the County
Board so as to provide as nearly as possible an eight (8) months
term out of State, county, and local funds. Should there not
be sufficient funds to maintain the schools as herein stated,
then aid may be granted subject to the other provisions of this
Act. Should any school district eligible to receive aid under the
provisions of this Act maintain a salary schedule in excess of
the salary schedule as determined by the State Superintendent
with the approval of the State Board of Education, the amount
of aid received by such school district shall be reduced by the
amount of such excess.
"Nothing in this Act shall be construed as forcing the consolidation
of any schools, nor shall any aid be withheld from
any school for its failure to consolidate.
"Section 10. High School Tuition. It is hereby expressly
provided that a sufficient amount of funds allocated by this
Act shall be used for the payment of high school tuition not to
exceed Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($7.50) per pupil per
month. High School tuition shall be paid according to the provisions
of House Bill No. 158, General Laws, Regular Session,
Forty-fourth Legislature, as amended, and subject to the limitation
and restriction provided in this Act for each of the years
of this biennium. Providing that the provisions of this Section
shall not apply to granting of aid under terms of this Section
for vocational education or crippled children. It is further pr'ovided
that high school tuition aid, as above set out, shall be
granted for pupils transferred to outside high schools for the
Waco State Home at Waco, and from the Alabama and Coushatti
Indian Reservation near Livingston; provided the aid so granted
shall not exceed the per capita tuition charged other schools'