Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICEOFTHE ATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN Sbelbyi lE*tensi rmphXtI#OUtOr A N&loatien soot1 tlon, ?ebruaxy 21- expenair be pal.43 Printing~Ftmdr a be paid fYom the Malntenauoe, Travsl'aab Prlntlng Fnadrr 0r khe zb3kmtrr orme.” : Honorable Qeorge~R. SheppaM, Page 2 The othur ir rmm Dwn shulby, rddms*ed to the slxtu ~o$~trbr, dumorlblng the purpowr Qr th6 propored trip aa “1 an 6aoloribg a lottur miii 8eo*t&y aspw of thr, Bwrd of Rogenti in vhieh they ha*6 approved 8 trLp vhbh I have plaamd to make to se0 Fraaois~ao to addrem the Adult Ndwmtlon metion or the Hational ikltwatloaAawclrtZonr Febmaavy a-26, 8xpamer to bo gei&'rraarthe Malabenoace,Travel end Prirrtlng mad of tht~flB``'80rme. I uadersteadthat in some 0~6s thwe trlgr, uhn vouahers ~hsvo baen dray21 agrlnnt stat0 Fa&d~,have besn dlssllovad. I UI, thez9fore,vritiag to got a zwllng on this mttor b&ore the trip In nude. Th6 ~follovingare the faots vlth referenceto the matter: % large portionor the Eztwiari ~rarvioo .ofthe tmlvsrsityof 40x8s aomw uadez.ths clar8Ufaetionof Adult Eduacrtloa, aad, in ordm that ve nay keep up.vith the best dovalopnantsin the field of Adult Eduaatlon,~ and may be able to rendm? the most effootivs wrvioe 3.n the war effort in th%s aoaaa&ilcm,it is Pot ealy de- sirsblobut necewary thrt those 0r w rerpoasfblefor thb pr0grmf ehs)cL w-a mtioslal oawing0 and 009 ~bst is bulag dose 3.a other institutioan and la othm Gates. I,regularly,hmm taught8 ooursein Adult Edusstiaa-in the UaJniveraity hwe, and, ror thu last two yeam, I have 'held, End rar this year am pli3lwng to hold, a southveot ?@&CUUl t%llftW6Xl66.oPAdult IfdUC8btiQlhFhi8, Of COUFBO, ahusaitater our keup2ng: up uith,thebest of the latest thoughts,’la this field, ,~ 'ASI k member ot the Bmartm~t &f Adulb~Eduaation of thenlfatloaal Eduaation Aash?lfitiqua, I 818rsked oa this progrmi to~,vork out ror the oomld6ration 0r thd group a plan iOr:i~JgrofeapiOnsl’Ad~lt ~ucatlOa #orkera Aaaooia- tioa, a ,X&ion-wide,order. I think It pan easily be aald, then, that this meetlag,snd.my part in it, ahou$dbe regspdod as m impertontaad ersent+l psti or the work that I am m%lledupon to do.” .’ Ia responseto our requestfor additionsl``lafommtioa regardingthe benefitsfrom the trip,IMan Shelbyhas vrlttea this deprtuent ‘eafollovsr HoaorableOeorgoFL Sheppard,Pagd 3 *I should1Ike to enlarge upen the v8lue to the U&er8Ity of suoh 8 mestIngas I am propodng to ot- Awstated in,theletter,I have beon takingthe leed&ship l&the southvest,not only fop Texas but even for Oklahomaand New Mexioo, In holding the tvo 3outhvestRegionalConSsreaoeeon Adult Educratlon. !Phe third of those Conferanoo5 la to ba held next month here at the University,Mwch.16, 17 wd 18. '?hiscon- rerenoeIs at$endec%byr&pzurentativeoof InstftutMns aud agenrrles In the states that are direotlyLutemeted IA Adult eduoatlon vork. ~The PammatTeethers* Aaeooia- tbn, the General Fedemrtionor Wuaenst Clubs, the W.P.A., t2mC.C.C. Program,the N.Y.A. Progrein, the oolleger and universities that two engagedIn Adult Education,and repneeseutetlves'oStha publio mhools in whIah Adult bduoatPonptigremsare belng oarrIedon. This list Is not exhaustive,but it vill give yeu eomo idee of the people vho vould be banefi?ttedby the Conferenoe. gTheprograrrthMyetr deals spaoIfI~l~vIththe problem,~Mult Eduaetlon,. How to Get the Job Dono, and ve vIll .oona#tmk mr attention largelyon problems fraa the point ,0r .mw -0s the oosmua*ty ittselr, and in airwt relst~to:thep~saatDefensopro;g‘*emin thebuLldIng up or oammnlty mom$le In buhalr or the War~effort. The y&in~I~ besag work9d out at thb time along thuu- f ml very definitely that the as8ooiatlonI til &aye vlth loadersfinthe ffeld In this RM.onrrlmeot- Sag will be of verg-,great,beaefit in,uorklagout otw om jwobi9at4 here In thir strrte.~. In ra0t,~vlrile,v0 oan red about hov 'theva&xu projeoto an bsiq owried,on, it is next to Impooslble~to have any very d.eSiiiite ldo~ vlthout talking to tho peopleswho are engaged 2n rimilw enter- I thIuk the dtreetbemflt, therefore,to the f6P6AW, and ag pslrtloipstionin the Conferenceprogram in i%u FrsnoIsco I$ unquestionable.Wbirtevetr X may 30 Able to give, the ~o~Sorenor myself,vhloh I 88``~9 you wfll bo snmll,Is nothing oomparedwith the benefitsvhIoh I, weelf, vi11 got Sor our ovn progmm heiaFs``In Texas." SUb80OtiOn,(3) of the generalriders to House Bill lo. 272, Aats of the 47th Legielature,the approprIatIon bIll,fOrthe educationalLastitutionaof bIgher IssrmIug,providesas Sollovar BonorableGeorgeIi.Sbopp~rd,Page 8 “fnatitutlonal Reoelptr. XQ paqmrty belong- to 6ny of the i.n8t1tutionahenln pPwid@d SOP, OP any agenoy thereot,rhall be mold 0~ dlapoaebOS with- out the aonseat‘bSits govern&agboard, fmd all pro- ceeds ~‘PCOI the salm of euch propmty, Sraa labor per- Sormd, frcllsthe sale OS materiala,ooopa and muppllee, Oth@P FeOeiDtB i37he proceed8OS la3 reoeiptsand Suudn. In roooml- aaae tith the nrovi``ionr~of thie Aat. auoh amountmam they shall de&iineoimsaryfor the.-i+ort, mititenance, eratlonand improvameat:sof said instltutione.Au lmlaesrcml6Lp121R to the eredlt Of lum Of ‘Mdi IrlrtL tutlonal local ticis at said lastltuti-maor in the State Treasuryat the end of any Skwal year we hereby reappawprinted for the above-mentioned purposesfor the suoo8edingyear.” WxF-- s-d) .~ Subseotion (6) of the generalridert oontstsathe Sol- lowsngrertriotion, “* * * Ho tmvel%ng .exptmsee ahall be lneumed by?baardme~ibe~s, head6 of .inatitution8,~ or by auy CkDiOY@8 of 6n~ of the sohoolr. OP other anenaies iikedhsreln, -hide oraztaldcVoSthe bounikrlecl of the st8tb of Tsxa8, exaept for State busineae, and a0 tr6vel sban be pexs3mmed outaids the state cxospt upon the advan~s~vrittcnaonsentof the rchool’aBoard of RegentsOP directora. Tim term QnrA.ntcn6aoe~,smy lnoludethe travelingexpeure.* +,*“(!&@a018 added) ~Tvo3,egislativepurposesare apparentfrom theseprovi- sl.one.Oca that the expenditureof inrtitutional reoeiptsaballbe pHnmrlly uade~ the dlreotlonarndcontrolOS the governingboard of the educationalinstitutions, th4.Boardof Regentaof the Uhmiver- sity oS Texas IIIthe matter before us. The other that,notvithstand- iag the lnvemtmentof control In the governing board, na tmweling expense&all be allovsdexoept it be Sor ctatmbuainssm. Honorable Oeorga B. 6heppard, ?aagS5 Xt affirmativelyapporrr that the Boa& of Regents of the Unlverait;y has authorlaed the propored trip by Dwa Shelby and he8 direatod..Qmpaymeat of hf8 tmvoling lpease froa the a8medfIand8. By aooerrary lmplioatloa the Board of Regent8 ha8 sound th6t the oaiv~r8lt~ or Taxa8 vould be bwMrlted by the trip sad that It 18 oao rhloh 8hould bo mdo for the bottomeat OS a dlvirion of th, ln8tltutlon. See Folq '18.Benedi.at,55 s. w. (20) 8058 Opinion #a. O-1167 by thlr dapsrtwat. TGD1v101oa of BxtoMl0a of tlw utlber8lty o? '%x68 ,hambetoaem integral p8rt of tha laatltutional pro~um rinoe 1909. It hold8 momberahip in the Rational Bduaation A88oolatlon. The vital servlae rendered by the dlVl8iOlaand It8 varlow bumaw to tho unlver8ity,tuldto the people of Tex48, i8 vol1luKmI. see oplnlon no. ..a-1047 by thu deqetmoat. A.s the head 0r thf.8 dlvlslon,Dean Shelby 18 &barged vlth it8 propem eperatlon and ma- tinued dsve2opeaL Pawgre88tvolBlpP0vewnt and tirs1y arrvlo.8 result from nev pl6a8, mPethod8and programs. A &nwleflga of th6 expelrleaoe and re8\iltrof other eduoatlolul~lartltutioa8 is of great lmpo~t6ace. Par8oPsl ooafmenaer and the intercb6ngs of ideas areca8eatial. There advaatagor exist ¶.nmeeting8 8uah a8 the subjeat 0ne of th BlatlgnalHduoatlan h88oa¶.ation. Thor0 a0aslcbratlolu, and 6a waluatloa of tha xmtterm de8orlbed la the 1Qttem iMla Dean Shelby, damon8trete,Zn our opinion, that the propoaed trip vou2d oolultituteatate bwiness 6ndtheexpen8er inoi~tthentoMybealloped``Mvithin tha liaitatloarothozwlwt premribed In Xowo Bill Ho.,272, Aot8 oi the k7thLeglrlatuse. 'xotlP8vePy tPuly P.S.: We return herewith the enclosures accompanying your letter.