Attorney General Opinion JM-0283

i JIM MAllOX Womey General suprem cowl SUlldlng 0. aor 12545 waon lx 75711.2545 51w75-25ol Telex Olof574-lS7 ‘hoopltf 512l475.0255 714 Julwn. SuIta 700 ~llao, ct. 752024505 !14n42aw4 I524 Albto6 Ave., sunt 150 ‘il Paso, TX 7wos2723 OlY53334M ..#a leas, !&IN. 700 Nourton. lx. 77002-2lll 71Y223am m5 srotaway. SUll@ 312 Lubbock TX. 7wQla472 3mf747.5225 4306 N. Tmth. SuIti B MCAIIWI, lx. 75501.1555 5law52-4547 200 MaI flua, Suit. 4w San Amdo. TX. 75205.2757 512/2254191 An Equal 0p~01IunlW AfflrmWw Actlon Employor The Attorney General of Texas Demmber 28. 1984 - Hr. Eerbert R. Cohen. tiecutive Director rexea Coameto1ogy Ccmmiaafon 1111 Rio Gr6ude Austin. Texaa 78701, Dear Mr. Cohen: Opinion No. JM-283 Re: Statua of contract high 6chool atudenta under the cosmetology Rcgulstory Act Tou heve requested our opinion regarding the status of contract high school atudentlt under the Coametology Reguletory Act. Your firat queation la vhether “contract high school atudenta” (ttudtnta vho receive cosmetology training from private beauty culture achoola with vhich their high achoola contr6ct) art private beeuty culture school student6 under the Qmmetology Rtgulatoxy Act. article 84516, V.T.C.S. If they 6rt eonafdtrred to be private beauty culture school 6tUdtnt6. you ask next if they muat complete 1500 hour6 of training instruction to quelifp for licrnaing in cosmetology, purauent to section 10(b) of article 8451a. Finally, you ask vhethtr these public school atudenta ere to be conaidere:d, in the ealcul6tion of l nrollm6nt for purpoaea of co6tputiag the atu&nt-instructor ratio for private beauty culture aehoela under aection 22(2) of article 8451e. Section 10(b) of 6rticle 84516 providea: (b) 6x1 l pplic8at for m operator license auat be at lemt 16 yeara of age, h6ve cowplettd the aevtnth grade or it6 equivalent. end beve eom- pleted 1 ,!iOO houra of instruction in a’ ‘licensed beauty culture school or 1,000 hour6 of inatruc- tion in beauty culture course6 and 500 hour6 of rtlettd b.igh school couraea pretcrlbed by the coadaaicn~ in 6 public school vocational program. Section 22(2) Imovidta that a private beauty culture school ahall (2) nointain on it6 ataff and on duty during buaintaa howa. not ltaa than tvo full-time lnatruct~xra licensed under this Act. except that ont inatzuctor vi11 be aufflcient vbenevtr the student er~rollmeot drops belov 15. p. 1256 Mr. Rtrberr E. Cohen - Page 2 (JM-283) Areiclt VII, aeccion B of rhe Texts Constitution veafa l dminia~ra~ivt l od auptrviaozy turhority for public education and public school atudentt lo the Srart Board of Educariou. Members of the State Board of gducarion art also members of rhe Sttte Board of Vocetiooel Education and rhe Ctnrral Educetlon Agency. See Educ. Code 1111.01. 11.41. Further, atctloo 11.02 of cht Educaeion~dt provides the f olloving: (e) The Ctntwl Educarion Agancy the11 exercise general control of rhe system of public education at the v:aCe level in accordance vith rht proviaiooa of this code. (b) Any activity vith persona under 21 years of age vhich is ccwritd on lo the aceet by other state or ftdertl a~~encltt, except higher education in approved collagta, shall be subject in its education eapecta to the rules tnd regulations of rhe Ctntral t!ductt Lon Agency. No ata~uCt dtltgacea he Scare Board of Educacion’e admioia~ra- tive end supervisory rtaponaibiliry for public education and public tchool arudeota tither to II privart rtchoical or trade school vith which e public school diatxicc cootracts, or to the licensing botrd that regularaa rhat privartr technical or trade school. Similarly, arrlcle EbSla, V.T.C.S.. doer ooC exprtaaly or implfedly confer oo the cosmetology comniaaion l upexvlaory or adminiatrarive aufhorlty for the public tducttion of public school etudeore. Article 8451t dote coofer on rht coamttology comiaaloo rht rtaponaibilicy to prescribe the 500 hours of rtlared high achoo:l courses to be taken by a,tudtnta enrolled in rht public school vocarlcmrl program. V.T.C.S. art. 84516. IlO( Adminiarrative bodice tmvt tmly those powers expreaely conferred on thcr by attture together vj.th those ntceaaarily implied from exprtaa powers and duties. Staufftr v. San Antonio. 344 S.W.Zd 158 (Ttx. 1961). -- Set also State Boax, of ttorticiana v. Corttz. 333 S.W.Zd 039 (Tax. 19&o). Therefore, a school district may not delegate Its raaponaibility for rht tductrioo of pub1.j.c school atudenra to a private beauty culture school or to the coamttology cocniaalon. See Pent v. Rio Grandt Iodeptndtoc School I~fatrict, 616 S.W.2d 658 (G. Civ. App. - Rtatlend 1981, no vric). Rot bee the cosmetology c~fasion beta given txpreaa or implied at,thority for the education of public school students. Seerion 21.1111(s) of the Education Cods expressly provides chat a school district p. 1257 Mr. tlerbtrr E. Cohen - Page ! (a-283) mey contract virh rnorhtr school dietrict or vlrh a public or privstt poet-ttcondary educational ioarlrution or trada’or ttchoical school, vhich ia regulated by the Wste, am deaignattd in the State Plen for Voutlonal Education to provide voca- tional claaaea for students la the district. Subsection (b) provides that: A pupil vho atttni~r vocational claaaea at another school pursuant to a contract authorirtd in Sub- section (a) shall be included In computetiona of average daily atttn~daoce by the school district in vhlch he ia regularly enrolled. Set also Educ. Code 116.15li:; Acts 1984; 66th Leg., ch. 28. at 3% (providing for basic allotment and vocational educational allotmtnta for atudtota torolled in vocational education programs). We conclude that atudtata who receive coamatology training from private beauty culture achoo1.a vith vhich their high schools contract arc public high school atudto.ta torolled in a public school vocational program. To be eligible fw: a cosmetology optraror'a liceoae uader article 84516, section 10(b), they must complete 1000 hours of instruction In beauty cultwt courses and 500 hours of related high school courses rather thar. 1500 hours solely in a private beauty culture school. See also !Lluc. Code 121.112; Acts 1984. 68th Leg.. ch. 28, at 449 wonal programa ahtll offer competency-baaed instruction. . . . Inatrwtion must be baaed on the tasencial tlamenta approved by the Stcu:e Board of Rducatioo . . ."). Finally, ve consider vhether. if rhtat students art deemed to be public school l tudeota vhc should be counted in the average daily attendance of their school illstrict, they mty be counted am enrolled in a private beauty culture school for purposes of calculating a student-instructor ratio. Section 22(2) of the Zoamttology Regulatory Act provides that a private beauty culture school shall maintain on .ita lit.aff and on duty during bualneaa hours oot ltaa t:hao rvo full-tlma instructors lictnatd under this Act, except chat one ioatructor vi11 be sufficient vhenever the student enrollment drops belov 15. We do not believe that thmk atatut of these students as pub~lic high school atudeota precludes them from being cooaidertd ta contract enrollees in a private beauty culture school for purposes of p. 1258 Mr. Rtrbart E. Cohen - Ptge 4 (m-283) ctleulating a student-lnatmctor ratio under atction 22(2). We beliavt the inreot of aectioa 22(2) it to provide for a reasonable student-lnatnrctor ricio thet trill ensure the prottcrion of the public safety tad velftrt by thorough rreining of proapecCivt cosmetology liceoaeta. Theraforo. ve con~::ludt &et ehe intent of rtctiou 22(2) la aatiafled by counting all wrollttr in l private beauty culture school. vhtther privete or Imblic school atudtnta, for purposes of calculating a student-inatiuccor ratio. Students who receive cosmetology rrainiog from private bteuty culture schools vith vhich their high schools contrmt are public school studeuro. m=Y art require!d, to take 1000 hours of inarructfon in be.wty culture couratt mod 500 hours of releted high school courtta in a public school vocetional prosram am prescribed by erticle 8451s. section 10(b). V.T.C.S. Cheracteriratioa of theme students am public school atudtota dote not preclude them froll being conridered em contract enrollees in a private beauty culture school for purpoaea of calculating l acudant- inatntceor ratio under section 22(2) of article 84516. V.T.C.S. JIM MATTOX Attorney Gtntral of Texas TQMGllEEN First Aaaiatant Attorney Gtocral DAVID R. RICHARDS Executive Assistant Attorney Gtotral RICK GILPIN Chatrman. Opinion Comnirtte Prepared by Rick Gllpln Ataittant Attorney Central Mr. Rerbcrt t. Cohen - Page 5 (JH-283) APPROVED: OPINION COWUTTER Rick Gilpin, Cheirmen Colill Cerl Susan Catrlron Tony Guillory Jim noellinger Jenriifcr Riggs Nancy Sutton p, 1260