Court Opinion

ID: 4139848
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-02-18 02:52:17.436967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:46:29.484047
License: Public Domain

OFFICE   OF THE   ATTORNEY GENERAL   OF TEXAS
                                  AUSTIN
 GROVER    SELLERS
*TTORNEY    GENER*L
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       @X90888  Of thi8    Aat.              Tba
                                    2rmaurer of th8                       State
       Of 2OXa8 8tUlW   my   Out 8u Wr   8rd fundr  pro-
       vided for thi8 A46 Ugoo proper Uarratlt i88Wd by
       th4 Comptroller 0r tb8 stat43of Team -800     ugoo
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       eatha   ti   c&m DlpaUtmot               of xdwati4a   ahali report
       arurually to tb8 04UUEoOr              aDOUBt         rooolved   and u-
       pmded         ti      rak     uao@iaJwd.

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       .81m Of tb Stat0 a&WtrPrllt Of B&I48ti4a 18 4PI
       pouerod aad dlreated to W   alI latlw arceroary
        to ~4~118h   tbb pR4848 ymvldod 4? -1-d        by
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       qmratloo   iltb all aat rrlatl.oe to rehablUta-
       tl4n of crippled         8OM OQV & lffe4t 4U OM4ted
       io th8 fUttb8.’    r -8i8      OUVI)

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ti0~ Of Ih8 above Uti4b3    Uh8tbW   th0 8qOow8iOti    Of th8 phy8i-
cal ro8t4ratloo 8orvl40 for crippled ohlldreo 18 Luafbr the stat8
Board OS Vocatlo6al Edwatlon OF the Sate Dqartmnt of %duca-
tioa. UO My thi8 bo4au84 t& Aat Pf3fW8 to 844h 8OrVl40 b4-
14~ created la t& Reh8blUtatloo Dlvl8loa, W&h boar8 remab-
&Q40 to tlm Y44atlo441 RobabilltatlooMV181a         0r tbs state
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thir divl8lo4 a8 b Oil.q
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Sducatlm, but rather of the‘Bt(~teDeparCmot of &luaatlon. Iio
fiad   fwtbrr         leoguage       14 th8 44t it Is “the dt84rotl45  0r ttb8
Sat0 Dspwtmnt of                   isducatlca~ to podde  r08 tranapcwtat1on,
appllanoo8, bra408, sod meteri   aecas8ary in th8 proper bandl-
w   of orlppled ahildron. ye rurther find that tb Llrputosat
5f   xdwatioo prurarlb88                tb   ruler uad rogulatim8          u     to the
Oar0 aml treate8at of those chlldrea uhore ymrolrtruo ablo to
By ior 8Wh 8WVi4e8.     Wofurther ootl44 that the &at0 a-
WrtlWUt         Of   %dWatiOQ         18 lUttrori.SOd   t0   appOi46    a 8p4kl      8lQOr-
Viaor to aury out th8 provi8i4a8 of thhi8 Act U&Or the dlxo4-
tloa of TV, stata Supwviror of V~atloaal   Rohrbllltatloo, and
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thl8    A46.

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bdgt8htPT8 latemded 60 8UpUVi88  thi8  Aot.               2hl8 A46 &a~ k44
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alal    oplalotu vrlttoa 00     thl8   quetloa.      18 la llu4y8 pop8r
aId       ~8Wl81V4      t0 8OU8Ldrr tbs d4~LPlOta~44MtrU4tlOa
fzrlW&9""             AOtifAtb rlbnwo
                                 ,      Of MJ   judicw   d84i8iO48
          .

          liehr. imm 8dvlwd that it ha8 baea th8 praetlo8
4ndom8tru4tlw     of klm Daparteeatof Rdu4atim tht thy ruper-
vi40 lib8admlairtratlon of the wl pled 4&lldr44. They do all
th8    hlriog,firi4&Uld~OV~        04 ga3'ROn8            8od   th8     St8to         zk-
pal?tmnt    Of VO48tiOMl ISdW8tiOo ha8 44thlw             uht808VW              t0 do
with tin adalal8tratloa. 4hl8 18 dew oV@a    th4u& the DlVO4tor
0r ths V44atl44al Roh8bllltatlo~ DiV181Oth of t&l D8gnrtlseatof
Vwatlopal Rdu4atlon l8 th8 director of t&8 Crippled Children
DiV18104. fill8 18 r8quired U&U   344tiOU 5 Of Artl4k %?6nj.
Jiouover,th18 18 mvnly aa added duty to hl8 Offloe.    2hL8 COO-
rtrwtloa 18 follouod  la tb rggropriatl4t.i blll.
          Zherefore, u8 hold that  tb4 wMlnl8tratloa of Crippled
chl1droa I#V181Ol%18 uad4r th8 State Dspwtmeacof %dwatlorr.
Thir 18 8 raparate oatltp 5r gov4rnmsat froa the Stat0 Board
of Vocatlori81Rducatlm 8lldar a 4cuu4qwn44    th4lXOf, 00 4ro of
t& opbim     that t&w VocratlOrUlRohabllitatlm Dlv~8loa 18 a
dl8tliXttdLVi8104 Of g4VerrPrsPt from th8 Crlpplsd CJslldr8aDi-
VtltOO.
          ~8 4411 your attoatloa, hovwev, to ths fact that  lt
18 aa added duty to the ofti4e 0r zb  Superviror of th8 Voca-
tlooal Robabl)ltatloaD1vl810a to b4 Dliu4tof of ths Crlp&&d
Chlldroa aad that thl8 duty 4azwot b8 dlvorcdd uithout 4a Act
Of th8 ~~8&tWO.
                                                  vary     truly you~8

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