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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Honorable Jos. B Dart
County Attorney
Kendall County
Boerne, Texas
Dear Sirt Opinion Io e53
Res Scho a o children.
This is in reply to your letter, in h u sayt
"Our County Judge, HonB. Balser, has
asked me to advise hit on e 11 ug natterI
"We have within t liQto t Boerne
Independent School Distr t 1 n o children,
children of transient var worker I e have a
school building v a vas ad several years ago
for colored oih en bt no p vi on has been
made for a to Be antAt kw if it ia
obligatory o Soh I ard t urnish a
teacher for he e four ol ed children.
"Art. 290 R. pr id that '. . . pub-
lict o funds of ' St e shall be appro-
pri@ed in aoh a tfo the education alike
o Vcolore ah dren, and impartial proe
a n a ade or both races. No vbte
hi en a11 t tend schools supported for
oaor 4 chil on nor shall any colored qhild-
re at n nd a s o supported for white children.
. 1 provides that 'Every child in
this Stat.e of scholastic age shall be permitted
to attend the public tree schools of the dis-
triot or independent district in which it re-
sides at the time it applies for admission,
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: O-5359, text, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth262630/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.