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OFFICE OFTHE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Q- 0. kUNN 

I-OPIl?onorable L. A. Woods 

stats 3uperlntondeat or 

mblio m8truotun 

Au8t in, Texas 

Dew Sin 

,tatcd. in 

eat for M op%Jllcm, 

your 

ts lor stuck&8 In 

the uaited state8 Oovemraiabg or ma&era 0r the 

pwtaen0 or alcatlon ju6tffle8 

the state Camptrallor or Pub110 

of &SO per year for thcma 8tuIartmAotion the pedambl oovema#at 

alw providea ‘oompulwtbnl?* 

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**DC. I.. h. Vuoda, Stats superlntandsnt 

of Public fLIstnactlon, presided over a mwtlng of 

WIS AdvlSOrJr COmalttw, compowl of repres6ntattvu 

or 

i 

ua0r ~0udg68, 86n~0r CO~B~SS. ati ~60~16 rra 

VU OUS p&6868 Or tXWd68 aad %ZIdUStF~, UhO Y6N 

Oa%lOd tOg6thW t0 d6rfn6 th6 iltWXlh&J Or tb6 tdJ-RS- 

‘VOWtiOtUl aIIa/Or ternips). 6dUCIctiOn’, a8 ,U86d ia 

S. 1). Uo. 163, an A@t of the Irolrty-setatth L&slatur6, vhlcl ppropriat*s h $325,000.00 to b6 dlstrfbated on a par 6aplta bash to the junior, 

cOlhge8 &a1886 thsrein. 

“‘&ft6P disau88ion by WlrioUa rspr686ntattvos of th6 comaittw th6 r0mving aotion uaa ma6 

by Da. John E. oray, rm6otor 0r th6 LSm8.r union 

nmlor collegcr at maumnt, Bums, mad 86aoaded by 

Dwa S. B. Bards OE tbs Bwth Tuas 8tak 2eaotmrs 

Cullrge or Denton, funs - 'thatthl6group r66- 

to * stak mpert#at 0r s4boatw that tb tam 

‘YOWtfd and/or t6-u 6dUO8tbkS', U $wd in 

tLu JuniOP C&16&6 LW, tM C~StMl6d t0 WcbuL COUl’868 

~lr w rta48 0r - 

1. tnuiaess, 

2 Era&s sad inclurtry, 

1 

': hcmmiaking,aod 

. @*lcultwu - 

SU& OWS68 to load to OWUQ8tiOxWd a~ustwnt 6t the 

Wd Uf tVU YUFS OF 1688 Or COiiSg6 tw-’ 

"Thh 7sotlua anrrisd unuIfmOualg.* 

YOU ah&t irmmbh8d US Vlth 8 60~7 Or thr fOm8 Of 

OQBtZ’SOt t&t YU rad6 b6tU6.a the tlBlt6d Bt6tOS Ojv6FWWnt 

md tkU j~&lOr QOuOgeS in qU68tlOB. ThO fOX% Of GOntWCt 

&ov8 that tha tluinkor OS th4 kwd poror8 l ttaadfng t&m aol1 a8 f#&.r W trrr, Qf th6 OODtNat do not t6k6 th6 OrdN 

co ‘f kgr aourwo ud t&at #ytMularly thmy dQ not take w 

“YOWtiQld’ OC ‘tititi WWHS, tOWit, OOUFWS ia bpU~h688, 

tmdas and ln&astrf, haas-, amI agrhwltuw, leablng to 

occup*tiomi ‘adjustaunt at t&6 6n5 af tvo y6ara. Th6 aontraat 
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G.96 

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shove tbrat they t&4 only a total Or 280 hours 31 york &&i&led 

Solely *to ~rspare tralneas both aontslly and p&yoioally for 

~t~tlSiv* PilOt tHliIllIl& i&3 WM tiVUX36d rli&ht COUPSUN, Wd 

that the York is divided into cnurs68 IS irrllowac mathematics, 

physics, ei*ll air r6gulatioa8, nsvtgatlon, g6ner61 wrvio~, 

-8 0pe332tm 0r aimtdt, code, tilltary aad physical ,trslniIIg, airWArt ~dQIItir:CtttfQZI, silftwy SCi6nC6 and dfSCipli~, 

and msta3rolo~. 

Tlu ody authorfty row the payment ot 

oapita by the Hat6 to junfo~ cone 68 Is the antha rt 

50.00 we 

fn S6Mt13 Bf.rl SO. 163, Acts 1942, $ 

ty gruat68 

7th. X,6&, pari Of Vhfah 

18 aodlried as wticl6 28l5j-1, Vsrnon's htUaOtat6d cl~ll Statute* 

0r 48,~~. Part or raid seaats 9111 made as rollova; 

a,a3atioo 1. There shall b6 approprlst6d 

bI6uaIsJ.ly fr6a mnmyr In tb6 Sat6 Trusuq tbot 

oth6mfIs6 approprfatrd an auount rufffcient to 

6u@pl6mlt lo6aL runds in th6 progsr support, &a&nt6IWlO6, op6ratIon and lz8proY6mnt ,ot th6 ?ub&ia 

-0P COll6g88 Of fUa8, vhfch Ob6t th4 StS&6rbS 

a8 h6r6l.n prorldad; rurd said sua shall b6 rlloaated 

On 6 basla aad In a -6f h6refnrlteo &WoYM6d. 

*sea . Yo b e l afglbl~ fez uato MWLYO 

a proporttanato shan 0r thfs appropriation, a 

Public JunLor mlkSg6 rulst b6 a6CMdited a8 6 flret 

class Junior Collsge by the stat6 Dcrprrrtmnt of 

6duoatign, und ths skte Dqawaent or muoatbn 1s 

hervby author?rsd to wt up -60 and provIslc+M 

by vhlah PublSa Junior Colleges pay b6 lnspeot6d 

and accred:ted. And providsrd further that to be 

l ligIbl6 to partlaipata ln 6ny bLenula1 appmprtatlaa, each PublLo JunLor Collegs shall OffOr a rLn3 

of tventy-few (24) s6alest6r howr or *0crt1t?aal 

OP t6S"JS&d OOUL’WS. md proYld6d rWth6? tit 

ln oml6r to b6 l l&Ibla to partfoIpat6 In any bl61ualal ap 

hav6 P 

rqwlatfm 6aah Public Jualar CoUsga 6haU 

oomp led vlth all *tisttng lava, rules 6ml 

M@lbtbSlS OY6e the 68+.4kb&trhPlrat rad 9d.t4tOnanao or Mb f la Junior UolLag*r. It rhru ba mudatory that 6a6h laatltutton p6rtlalpatIng La th6 

fuads h6rvIn provLd6d she&l1 aoll6at from 6a6h pupil 

anrollaa, mRtrlculatSon and othw astrfnn i608 not 

lsss than the 6amnts provld6d for by l6v 6nd by 

other atata suppoa-ted institutions of higtmr l6arnI.q~ 
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s?n. L. A. Woods - ?,a 4 

a8 provided in Articke 2654A, 2654!3, yrd 265&C, Rarlaad civtl atetutaa or rexst. 

*36c, 3. . . . Prmidad that each of the 

rbov. Public JunLor Collageb ahall qu@llfy vithim 

tha nquframenta of thla let) and wovlded furthor 

‘that ttm fuuda here appropriated ahall be dieburred 

to end dlrtclbuted w the ?ubliu -or College8 

whlah uu8lLfy to neelrr It Qp tb baa18 ot fifty 

‘Ezat p6r 8 

00) Dalla&Ya per caplf4 for esch Tull trae 

a ah 0 lwtie ynIP# and pco*idlq that 

‘full $Im student’ aa heretn uoed la defined aa a 

l tud6nt do- fLftem 

and that ttn twmbw of 

(15 

ml 

aewat6r hour8 of work, 

1 tM6 atudente enrolLed 

in say a&o01 to be benefited bJ thla Act rhsll be 

datwdrmd by dlvidLog the total number of amater 

hour at work camled w all l tudent~ oi fhs whool, 

l s of ~ovembor lat In my ftecti year, by fitteam 

(15) .- 

We call attsatLoa to the provlaLoa in the Bill uhioh 

ppovider that eaah “junior aell6igo ball offer: a si of twelxtyfour (24)~ l mrtelr howr al ~ocatlonal ax&or tamlml CQWMI” 

uxl to the p~vlalon Mioh provider that the funda appropriated 

‘ah611 be diaburaed to and diatrlbutad emorq tb gublle juetor 

collegoa . l . an a brai 0r fifty ($5o,oo) dollsre par capita 

for sa o h full time rtudent p a r l aholartia y o u, a nd p e~hfhg 

t&et %ll time student’ iu heac)Zn used ia’d6ffned as a student 

doing riftoen (15) aaaeate~ hawe of York." 

llftesa (15 

lie undaratud that the vomla ‘a etude& doing 

rePrater hour8 of vopII”.wena a student taking 

claoeaa tha 1 tot&l 15 houra a veek for a ameater, a emetsr 

berry a ten of 18 veeka. TImWow, b atudent dofag 15 s&water 

how-a of work vould attwd claasaa for a total of 233 houra, If he 

ampleted hla VoFk. Xovever the tmlnesa under tho Oovornmoxkt 

contract lm qwrtion tab oaiy 240 howr of worlrj ti, thecCrfor0, 

they uu not rtudenta doing G remmiter, houra of voa?k. 

Uo be1i.v. t&t a readS.q of nld entlze Bernto 

till 163 8hcw8 milt the trunode tnuag uork In t&a juni.or 

collegea undslr the term of said Oovamnt contraat we not 

“fill tima l tudmta” wlthkn the mew of the Bill. 

A reailing 0s tJu 6at1rO Bill8 ahovr that )a0 l tu4enta 
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x~rr. L. A. Woods - Pry;0 5 

referrod to In the Bill are 'collage students* Ln the orUIna,-y 

sense of those mrda. Ther e ~orornment l rlatlon tralnma 

are not “college students” at that term ?a ordtrurl~ used. 

Uh~n vo take into ocxaaldemtion that fact, and the further 

fact that they ape not *full time atudsntsw w?thln the definition o? th6 at& uo do not boliote tho LogL*l~tum tntondod tht aucb trdne68 should be inoluded 4mmg those 

studenta on which the $m.OO per capita paid by the Stats to 

the Junior eolLqea is c&leulMad. 

Our, an*ver to y’ouc qusatlon La tihat the Strte 

Dqemtuanl of li&oatidO is not juat~led In aorttify* to tha 

State Ccmptrollor of Public Acoounxa payment of 

y68r foe those ~raSnoe8 mcedt* lnotructiom UJ 

z.O$eper 

terms of the Fedem Ooremment aontract Umuut whiti you bak. 

y~tare very truly 

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