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Hon. H. A. Hull, Page 2 (V- 784)
tofore, so that each school is to receive the same
proportionate share of this supplemental appropria-
tion, and the amounts prorated to each school out
of this supplemental appropriation together with the
amounts heretofore appropriated for salary aid in
House Bill No. 295 is hereby designated to be in full
and complete payment of any claim made by any
school for salary aid under House Bill No. 295 for
the first year of the current bienniun i1947-1948.
"Sec. 3. All applications for Siarir aid in
order to be eligible to participate in the provisions
of this Act, shall be eligible for aid under the prov-
sions of House Bill No. 295 of the Acts of the Regu-
lar Session of the 50th Legislature."
The 50th Legislature in Article XIII of H. B. 295, the
State aid school law for the biennium 1947-49, made the following ap-
propriation:
"Section 1. Appropriation. For the purpose
of promoting the equalization of educational opporr-
tunities afforded by the State of Texa sto all enu-
merated scholastics within the State"as hereinabove
set out, there is hereby appropriated out of the Gen-
erl Revenue Fund of the State of Texas, not other-
wise appropriated, the sum of Eighteen Million Dol-
lars ($18,000,000) for the fiscal year ending August
31, 1948, and Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000)'
for the fiscal year ending August 31, 1949, or so much
thereof as may be nece, sary for the biennium ending
August 31, 1949, to be allocated and expended under
the provisions of this Act by the State Department of
Education and under the supervision of the Legisla-
tive Accountant..
"Sec. 2. Allocation. It is hepebyspecifically
provided that out of the money appropriated for each
school year of the biennium, the sum of Ten Million,
Seven Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars '($10,770,
000) is hereby set aside for salary aid . . ."
It has developed that the 50th Lgislature underesti-
mPated the total valid claims of eligible school districts fhr teacher138
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-784, text, March 11, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth265603/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.