,’utad this plmnfar **another** five yews; **tlmretfora,** thi8 **: plulrill**  **k** -effect **uai Juw**  **so, 1947.**  **sbc*** **tb writ**  ing ofulim laag-tum San.4 plan, am &*ikktaIre haa 8galm8pdUully ar#d tb State Sap8rktsPdeat as the

. Eacoti*, **Oifker** d tkmState Board for Vocation81 Eduutim, a8 ia 8hmum la the rpproprktia, bill for tbia bi- .0&m the.ume u ia tb rppropriBuoa bill for qse **lad bhanhm.** **kiomorablr L**  **A. Wood&,** **proa 4** -- than was **appuprlatud** moaayfor n&rim, trawl4 expaws. aad cordingant fnmds for tb mpw8Uoa of tk **~mr** ious dlvhians. .i

‘i we&d like tosubmitfor yonrcommh3erdian and opiniamas fouowiag qaastieEar

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. @rrt of.tha! **Stat8 tiputmaat**  **of E&uatha,**  **as is**  **bdicatad** iathoapproprhtlonbllitSectlai 13ufadd Actrequires anyStd. inorder torcr~eiw

tkFcdrrrl approprldous **prdd*d** fos **fqymundsr.** to rppoSat, by Its leglshtlw authority. Us StateTrsuurer aa cnstndiua of said **Fcd err1**  **8pproptitionc.** El.B.LS9. Thktyilghtb Lqislsture. Chapter 131.which pmddu for tocatloaal almcattomim**Texas. myl.tha**  **uceptancr of**  **bamfita mdsr**  **the Smith-Hngbs**  **Act, wu**  **rppromd lfrrch**  **24.1923. and**  **kums** dfeetiw the same da-. TM8 If. B. 239rho rrlidstss pre*ioos ucept- , SUBS by th Stab ef such betasfits.amd desigr&es theState**Treuuur as**  **cuCodiso 04** **rll fund8** l **lhitad tb**  **Stata from**  **rppropriatianm under**  add Act. Italso des;lgahs the Stat. Roud of Edacmtioaas ths State Board # Voc#i~l~EdruU~~, %U%.meeeseaq 

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aad powor to cciopersts with tha Federal sad roqufnd by,UM M of TtstauotnidAct,uk4to4o . . rocdw t&i full heu8iits **tlbuoof. WhUs**  shhdEl.& 239dots motrpptu **k an+**  **Redsed &stubs.**  **U +a**  **bsea lupt**  **iu fmce**  **mad dfsct**  **ia Teas**  by,~ %aet@ 6 of ths Fhsl TN& themof. (Empl+s eus). -Thspurponofths&nitlL-~sAct,pu#dbycougrusin 19i7. was to prorfds for tk promot&nd voMti5asl rduG8ticni~ toop ,’ l rmtlonwith ths St&u i8 the fields abqricultrlre, horns eaaomlcs,

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ma csorge’DunAct# m riycalguss **udrppr8Tad** Joa* 8‘ 1936,and bsiag Publfs i.aw Ho. 673. ~dotmth collgrass, utao;iua **mpplunnf8ry appropr+ioaa**  for pmmothg oduaioab~ultirclrlbsma-. ti L,addu&aE utueto, dis-w OccaprtlaMl subjects.

., VocA~LRE~IIpstaTKuf**-(2) proTide**  **that ths**  **stats trasamr** *beap** poiuted u custodian of funds receiwd **ador** this Act from **tb Fadqal~~amuaant**  **+ +**  ***** **- (Em~ls**  **oars) EQ** **Actqd G29.**  **Ilst** **~i&sLtur*.** **1st CA.**  **p. 57.**  **Ck 23.**  **(Arti**- supsr~W~~ ud **dlrsctiuu** of ths Federal SecurityAdtnlmistrator and rppromd by t&aYrrsldent. **by** the anamtss.t totheSecretary of the Treuorey # thetwos of suc~~eucy + + l **to whom** **pymeut is**  **to bs** **made, end**  thesmeanttobe gmSd,* etc. (Emplmdc oars) Byrassa ofsaid previsionjustquoted.rL1 fundsprwtded for iu said parrgrmph3.alive referred to, must bs certified for pmyaumt b.

01 Septaher 25,1943. by Hmorsbie ENIll V. MWutt as Fedsral Security AduhMr8tar.d Cbsirmdp oftheWrr Manpower Commission. urd wsre approwd enSeptdmbsr25.1943, by tk Prssfdent. SscUoms r Zfi% tot62SI**inclusfw. of**  **s+i reg&atkq**  **are attdsr**  **ihe p**  **“ Food**  ~PmducUu War ¶!rahing Courses $kadackd **~Uudsr**&bditisien (3) of

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(c) Opiatos.No. O-5630,readeied h thi8Deprtmeat 011 Cdobr 9.1943, dam&withwutfoul **ada&ioa** mod **wcrtiOa8l** nhbUitati0a. 

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### l ppucrtion to the qU88tblS **oosl Udri**  **CW** 8tdWdOU, **Aad the** follariry ccebcksiau were redaed thercilu**, -**  **; RfAJ!** **‘ PLIG&%E**  **STATWTES**

### Hoearabk Le. A. Woods,page 13::..~..~ .z1.-

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L. A. Gooda) &.~::&a 15

It was further held therein that said article wae lnapplioable to biUplOyeO8 engaged in the vaaational education division6 and that suoh employeesare not olerks of the State Superiiitendent.Be was therein observed, the 'Jmployment oi pereonnel, under the atatutes and state-federalplans relative to VOCatiOA81 eduoation, is by SpOOfriO legislative reoognltlon the iunction or the State Sosrd for Vooational 3duoation. Nor i8 thb Stat0 i%Ip8rintendbnt required by said artiole to exa!ain8

and approve aooounts payable from appropriation8made ror the support

## 0r the vooational 8duoation program. It is al80 obvious that the 8Ohool iUnd8 r8rerred to in Artlole W366, against which the State Superintendent~8hallexamine and apprOV8 aGeoUnt.8, are the available sohool fund8 for the aupport an6 luiRt8IWiROO of th8 publio free 8OhOO18 or &Is State and 1 whfoh are **to** BQ paid by **thb** State ‘bwi8urer. (S8b 8~30.io Or So 2. 218, 29th Legl8lature, Chap. 

### 184,p. ?63; al80 Arts. 2663 and 2666, 8. S., 1925). State and/or federal funde appropriated for 'i rooational eduoation and rehabilitation are appropriated for those 8peOiriOpUrposea a8 provided by spb0iri0 legislation, and are not Under the-oontrol of the State Superintendentof Fubli8 Instruction. Artlola 2657 requires the State Superintendent to advise and 60anablwith the 8ChoO1 OrrfObS8 Of thb C%OllUtie8, bitib8 alld

tO*mS, aud 8ObDO1 diQtriOt8 a8 to the bent method8 of eondneting the publio 8Qfloo1#.

It aleo empower8 sat& Superintendent to iQ8Ue inetrU+ tlons'andregulations binding Sor the obaervanoe on all officers and teaohers in all case8 wherein the proviaiona or the 80hool 1aW may require interpretation,eto. By no rtretoh of imagination ~8x1 the '$rovibiio~~e

of this Article be apgiiad to the admini8tratioh of vooational eduoatioa and rehabilitation, thensubjectnow under consideration. DEPiiRTXENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL We will now oOnsid8r Oertain provision0 of S. B. 332, Chapter 400, wets of'the 48th Legi8lature, page 889, uhioh is the qurrent appropriationbill for the support and maintename of the Executive andAdminletrativeDepartment8 and Agenoiee of our State @e?ernment. Dader the heading "State Depart.ment of Eduoatfon,* we find on page8 *Z&924 of eaid Aets, varloua Iteima at appropriation for &he 

### VoaationalEducation Dlvlalon (out of Vocational Service8 Appropriation).* Cn pager 924-925 are listed items of appropriatfon for the "Voeational~Rehabilitati.on Divlslon (out of appropriation for Vocational k8habilitationj.v

### 538

The rider appearing at the end Of tbs aPpI'u?riationa for the,Voca$ional 'EduOatiOnDiVi8iOn ree8S a8 fOllOWa:

“All expendituree authorized In ‘oo&eotion with administeringVocational Eduaation Aid shall be matched with Federal Funda exoe,pt where euoh matohlng fs prohibited by Federal regulation8 and all St3t:;te

Expenditure8 shall bemad: ;ut,or tund8 ippropriatedror Vocational Aid, *Provided that the roregolng itemleed appropriations for salaries and expenses in the adminiatration 0r Vocational Eduoation e&311 be paid out. of the appropriationror Voaational Education Aid, and shall be prorated between the allocations ror Voos;tional

Agrloulture, Home Boonomloa and Trade*. and Induatrier in the proportions that the itemized appropriation6 npply to the reepeotive allocationa. The State Superintendent #hall, advise the Comptroller ‘inariting the suma to be set up out or eaoh or the .abovethree allocations to w~?er the administrative appropriations.” (Emphasiroure)

The rider rollowing the aqpropriatlonsror the Vooational Behabilitatlon Division is a8 rollonr:

“Subjeot to the limitatione set rqrth in the provfsion;ll appearing at the end or thin Aot, the iteains

above provided rer Vooational Rehabilitation shall be paid oat or the Speoial Appropriationmade ror Vooational Rehabilitetion Aid.”

The approprlationeror Vocational Bduoation and Behebilitation are provided ror in H. B. 219, Chapter 374, Acts or the 18th Legiel&ure, page 670.
Thus, while said Divisione or Vooatlonal Eduoation and VocationalRehabilitation are listed under the heading “Stategonortible L. 2,.cioods,

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papartmsnt, 

### or Bduoation" in said.appropriatfonbill, doe8 it rollow irOn 88ia ii8ting8 that raid division8 are unit8 of the State-Departmentof Eduoation‘i We think not. For the same reason8 advanced in our prerioue Opinion Bo. O-5650, hereinbefore referred to and dieoussed, and ror the additional reason8 hereinbefore set 

### rorth, we feel that th8 Legislature did not thu8 intend to change the law under whloh the State of Texas ;;z;pted Federal fund8 ior vocational education and tehabilitaorriier

It knew that the State Superintendent wa8 tlm Exeoutive of the State Board of Vaoational Eduoation by appointnunt or aaid Board. It evidently Intended, **by** It8 referenoe to the State Superintendent in the rirst rider above quoted, to refer to him as such Executive Officer or eaia Board, and that his acts would be in aooordanoe with the plans and with the approval or 8aid Board. Al80, we must look to the purpo808 for whioh:appropriations are made, rather than to their lietings. Theee appropriatioluwere made for rooational eduoation and voaational rehabilitation,the adminietrstion of whioh had theretofore .beendelegated by the Legislature to the State Board of Vooational Eauoation. Any deviation or inooneirtenoy in their placem8nt in the appropriation bill oould not change the purpose8 for which they were maae or th8 adminletrationof 8aid mld8. It 18 rearonablo to as8dme that auoh lirtingswere 80 

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### of the taot that the State Superintendenthad theretQrOY0 been appointed by aaid Board a8 it8 Bxeeutire Offloer. If we are in error ar to thi8, it rurrioea to say that improper lletin&I Or appropriation item8 oannot and doe8 not ohange the ptlfpose8 for whioh they are made or their admini8tration.

Based on the rore&oing oonolu8ion8,your question8 in the order eubmitted are an8wered a8 tollown:

1. Yes. It is beyond queetion that our Legislature has the power to amend previou8 etatutes provided suoh amendment8 do not oonflict with any or the provisions of our State and Federal Conatitutione.Bonorable L. A. Roods, page 18 

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2.

3.

4. 2-a.

6.

6. In raet, all legielative power in Texas not WithhOld expre88ly or by impliOatiOnby said Conetitution8 is Vested in our Legislature. Brown v. City OP Galveston, (Sup. Ct. OP Texas) 75 S. W. 4SS; Vinoent t. State, (Corn. App., adopted by Sup. Ct.) SSS 9. W. 1084; Art. 8, Sea. 1, State Conetitution. But these general statute8 relating to vocational education and rehabilitationhave not been amended or repealed. They are, therePore, in Pull roroe and ePPect, and their provision6must be respected.

No.

No answer required.

Yes. By its recent adoption 

## or the reeolutions Babmitted to us, in your Piret oo&%uuioation,the Board ror Vooational Bduoation has provided ror ita approval oP all tuture administrativedisbursements from either State or pederal funds. 

## It ha8 d8Q provided

## r0r Its approval of all rutur8 item8 or expense and payments to be made as well a8 other neoessarg expendlturss ot the ofiice or State Direotor OP Homemaking Edu,cetion. It has likewiee provided for its approval

## 0r all item8

## or expense and payxIBnt8,

a8 **W8l.l,** aa other neaessarp expenditures or the OPPiae oP the State Director OP Behabilitation Bauoation. Thi8 question is therefore answered in the negative.

AS generally understood, they are separate entitles.

The Vocational Di~islon is not a part of the State Department of Bduaation. It is an entity oP the State Department ot Vooational Eauoation.The State Stiperlntendent of Pub110 Instruction ir responrible

## r0r the 

## daa3tr~tion 0r au dirlalone 

## 0r the Office of State Superintendent. EIeie not responeible for the administration of the rooatlonal dlrisionr. Such reoponeibllity ia Teeted in the State Board of Vooatlonal ?4duoatlon.

The State Superintendent hao the authority to "employ such **olerka** to perform the duties of hiedfloe ae may be authorized **by** appropriation8 ther6ror.w (Artiols 2058, B. S., 1926) (Xapha*in oars).

It not being olear just what ia meant by the olaurre “and oontrol their educational aotirities,~ no answer ic givsn in oozueotiontherewith. Very truly your0 Al'TORHEYYEI'YZRALOFTEXAS

Hb BY
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