Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

, 74 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN queststhe opinioli 8 whloh may be oon- u&g grior npproa- the Attorney Oem.raX,, rips lRYolYing txav- the Hiate, OQ the part eduoational inetitu- College upon the.an!iual meeting or the Amerioan Asaooiation 0r University women at Topeka, xansae, may bo approved and paid by the State Comptroller. I Honorable S. A. Bill, Pago E There Is no requirement In HOUSO Bill m, ‘a- pse, that tbo approval of the State Conptroller, t& At- toiney General, or other 8tate ofrloer,shall be -6 prior to the making of any trip by emplo~emsof tb atate eduoatlonal inrtitutlons of higher loamking, lml&.I5g the prmldent, ln~olring traveli5g expenres payable by the State, otherrise allowable. Or ooume, the state oomptrolhm, berore payment of any olai.8rm a5y *a fund8 is made, mu8t nooeasarlly approve auoh, and ny, i5 detsrmiPlng the question of pcryment, oeoure the o~iz&aa 0r the Attorwby Genera& a8 to the legality or such jey- mnt . The tinal approval, however, resta not apoa the abeenoe or etlstenoe of a prior approval beiora the a- Dense8 are lnourred, but upon the legality or tb e.Uin itrelr. By way ot parenthesfe, we me~ntlo5 that nrk prior approval 18 required in Oertsiin instanoes mdu the Departmental Appropriation Bill pertainingto Uquzaaat~ or Itate, whioh, of oourse, ha8 no applioatlonto m in- 8tltutlon. There are eertaln requIremMt8 In House 3U.l 255, 8tlpa, a8 to the Rppt'OYal Oi trip8 and expensss br t3e goveming olflOial8 0r the instltutlo58, with rhiek N am 8Ilre you RM familiar and oonoerning whioh you m 5o via- W-Y. ror oxample,~yNo. traveling expenses hall k ix- ourred by any employee 0r any 0r the 80hools, or othsr agenole6 named herein, outeide of the bOU5darie6 of fb State of Texas, exoept ror State business, a5d u-5 l 9m advanoe written oonsent oi the 8ohool*8 Board of Kege5ta or DireOtOrs." A& again, The expanroa or Regeetts, prerldenta, and Auditor8 of those State edmatiomi tytl- tution8 and.agenoiee 8hould be approved by the Ccm~trollrr oi the State, Prealdent of the goveining board, Frtside5t or the Uollege or Inetltution and'college Auditor krsr8 payment irom either State or Looal funds.* With reference to your eeoond qwstlon, m qaote as iollows from your oo5mu.nioatlonr -would your ruling with rerarence to at- tendanoe at the Southern Aesooiation of Col- leg88 and Seeondery Sohools at Atlanta, Geow, be applloable aleo to our attendanos of the G- nual iaaetlng et the Amerioan Assoaiatios Or Dnlyerrlty Womenat Topeka, Kansas? This or- ganization, too, IS a atandardiziing age5cK; la2 'Bohorable J.A. Hill, Page 9 we have been aaewiate msmbers tar 8oms riftean Jears. Stxaq two or more pare ago m applied ior full msabership in this organization, and have reason to:be&ieve that our application will be a@proved eltZher ,this year or next, @ravided weean send our repreeeatatlve to oonrer with the officers of that organization about our in- stitution. and ita program. I should like to send otv Dean of Womanto that meet$ng.w In reply.to ourrequest for. additlonal:iuforma- hx~tauohing.t3& func~lon and slgaifloenoe of the hater- lain lssoole~l``~of~Unive~sity Women, we were, under date of Xay 20, idvised~ by you as f ollowsr -or your information, the AmerloamAaso- oiatlon of UniteraWiyWomen Is, as the#ium inn- plies, a~nation-wide organizatibn whioW&eks to pr.amotk.Wie standards for the eduoation or womun, and..%-pro&U aongenlal lacal and 8tqt.e units forkgpduet&s'of~reoogniaedoollegas and universities, The preelffent of the Texas branch of'that as8oclatlol~'fa &:Aana Irlon Powell, +?ofessor at Hi8tWy,tiorth 'km58 State Teacher8 College, Dento& Tsrae; and there are local branoh in .8haost every town in ~Texss. eV+omen graduatea~or a recognized instSt.utlon are eligible ror ma&srshlp in these local orgsn- 12at10lls. Graduateis of institutions which are uot accredite~d by the Uaerloan Assool&tion of University Wlomsn are not eligible to membership in the looaX A.Ad7.W. organizations. Eaturally our girls desire'to have the same recognfitiou as graduate8 of~other 'first class institutions, and rallura.to .gaIa admlgslon to any local uuit 13, omiPdem3djeckind 0r,~mm3ctian upon the ailsll- cant*s.alas nrerter,~;S!heae local unita are not-~ only soola2 but higbly~cultural orgsnlzatlons, aud undertake quite a.good number of educational projsots, suoh as the establishment of 'soholar- ships and loan funds-at institutions of higher learning. 'Y?he~larger organ&cstion sets up certain atandards~whiOh~mu& be met by an Institution &faze it oa+ be moqsgaiaod by the national body. Theso stsndarde haye to 40 ulth suah things a@ the eaholrslrahip of the tam&y, the cjorplfl;ory faaili- tieee, th4 nurdhal BBPeor students,the saolal ,pmae ml ~arbut3 c~thsr iaatcma that have to 0 with the quality af work whloh a oouege ar uQi* versity may do.” St is OUTwxle.rat8nding, also, that the oolleges.and UII~Y``E``~OS-EUVI 00t~bem Or the km0ax~1 ASSOO````JI or uni- vezslty mmen uo not pay dub theawto end have 00 valoe in or ofiliobal a%Sihatiti with such Assoodiok Rather, the Assswia- tian is :lna8gcndent of t&8 sohoole, &!mrely8ettlng up, 0% itselr, oerbain azbitrapp stawlarda touw the sahools whfoh are deter- minatzvs of thhs ctlfSibiJ.ity or .~tos therem r0r neraber- shlp:in tha looukunlts~ol the~basooiatloa. prola than8 raacrts, we are unable &tar aaraful oon- siderati& to. peeraeivvewhsrain the atten&mas by the Dean ot Somen of your institution upon the annual mWLng of the Amrloq hseoaistion of UaiooraityWmi at Topeka,Kanaaa, would hrvs auah a reasonable substantial or dlreat relntion to the %unetlan ai epvwnmnt entrusted to ymr institution ae~ to constitute atate business. St appears that the rooogni- tion oi your institution by this association, -with the advan- tagee pointed out by you, is not predlwated upon attenCanoe at its annuakPsetlngs by a repreoentativs, but only ugm~the minda.rb?l EIaintained by the ~Ohoolr 3x6fu3ly a~jmalate ymr dosire to aohteve for the graduatea of tho sohool this advaatfqp?~to then after grmlu6tio.n and 3ur waXi0r that the likelihood of the aohool@e b8w reoo$r~f sad by~tha q+saooi.a#on w1l.l ba Fseat-sr Lf the Ban of Womanie presentzt’this aaetinz to urgs tho ap proval 0r your Sast1tution. ~otwlthstanbi~ whioh, the iaot 2G4 &=imaWethat the oxpimditureinaldeatthsrdm ia not neooa- sarpto suahoad,and the *her faetthattio objootto be gpu.ned 40 sot, on8 d3,rootly relating ta the wldc of the sahoolitaolf,bu~rather am sslatingtotlst~&iahulll be open to the mia8a af'tox- they ohall Late lost the instl- ~&&a, pu?talnin& tynrslabertip in an indogmdmat wxanfm- . It ia Werefore, cnac mnsidorod inbnthatat- t&h8%eOtXJ#O&8 aqawl Eb88ta &tLbehB~ "E OWA8800iati01l 0% Uaiv~sity lflaarer, PC Topeka Eatmao, the Doen olt Uarpsn of t!aoWoetTe+ Stat0 L0lbea-aCo ZCSlOb