Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN W. E. Lowq, Exaoutite Dlrrotor
Honorable Stat.0 Board for Vooational Quoatlon
P. 0. Drawer BB
liurtln 11, Tour
Opinion Eo. O-6667
Dear Sir:
18 quoted in run below:
Toxa8 or rirty to on* approximately one hun- rlod or mvon or right tration and the Stats atlon am aware that thl8 at.4 In order that ln8truo- n, Agrloultura, Trade and oatlon, and HemmakIng may brought of ax-rsrrloemen *ho de8ire to enroll lnetruotlon without laavlng their
plW8t?Ult OO~Ullit~. the State Board ror Vooational
“(1) Mar Muoation sntar into the above de8- orlbed oontraot?
Eonorablr W. B. Lowry - Pago 2
"At the proront tlma, 8om thirty-fira rorty Or the aborr typo 8OhOO18 ham boon organizrd throu& thr oooporatlre rrrortr or thr Vetoram Adminlrtra- tlon, the Stat0 Board ror Vooatlonal Pduoatlon, the Governor*8 Approving Ccmmlttro, and thr looal rohool board8.
“(2) Should the amwar to quo8tlcm No. 1 be airlrmatlre, would the aborr oontraot thO8. rooatlonal 8OhOOl8 0r apply 1088 than junior oollrgr grad. whloh hare boon organlmrd under tho oondltlonr sot out in paragraph 1 and whloh arm now be- ginning to operato undsr olty and oounty board8 or eduoation in oltlor rarloulr Pnd OCUnti.8 thrOUghOUt TlE387 "St 18 the Intention or the Veterans Adnlnl8tratlon and or the State Board ror Vooational Eduoatlon that 8Xi8t- lag oontraotll botwoon the Veteran8 Abmini8tratiOn and oer- taln junior oolleger, oollegrr, and unlrerrItle8 be not di8turb.d any ruling raque8ted in the aborr paragraph8.*
We ,undorstand that the Stat8 of Texa8, through the State Board for Vooatlonal Eduoatlon, ha8 been ooopsratlng with the rsderal gorernment ror many rear8 in providing vooatlonal rduoation and rahabllitatlon. The to&oral rtatutar on rooation- al qduoatlon (U. S. C. A., Tltlr 20, oh. 21, onaoted in 1917 amondsd, provide fedora1 iUXid8 to aid the and 8Ub8eqUently in oonduotlng vooationcii rduoation, rubjeet to oertain State8 oonditionr,, one oi ruoh oondI%lon8 being that the State, through it8 Legirlaturo, l o o o pt the prorI8lonr the rrdaral law and oroatr a State board with all moemary power to oooperata in law. 20 u. s. c. A. ho. 16, roderal admlnl8terl Another oond Y tion i8 that the State board mhali prepare plan8, rhowing the kind8 of rooational eduoatlon to bs oonduotecl, OOUr808 methods Of 8UOh p1=8 Or 8tUw, in8truOtiOll, OtO., atId 8Ubdt to the Federal Board ror Vooatlonal Eduoation (now todrral Se- ourlty Agenoy) ror approval. 20 U. S. C. A., Sea. 16.
H. B. No. 239, Thirty-Eighth L@8latUre, ohaptor 131, whlah booam siirotlre Maroh 24 1923, aooept8, rlrma prior ooeptanoes Or, the prorlrionr or the above
Honorable U. R. Lowry - Page
da8orlbad is&era1 law, da8ignata8 the Stats Traarurar a8 ourto&- Ian or all fUBd8 allotted to the Stats or Taxar rrom 8816 radaral l pproprl8tion8, 688igMt48 8nd ampOwer th8 Stats Board of Vooationti Rduoation to ooop4rata with the is&era1 boar& in a&- miB18tSrIng raid Aot and to do a11 thing8 B40488W~ to ra4aIra the full bSnSiit8 thereof, and pr48Orib.8 the W#AirUlWBt8 iOr rahoolr to woura the benefit8 of the Aot urd the dutlar or the 8tat8 board In oonn8otion therewith. Althou& thir law w48 not InOludad in the RaTi8ed oitil of 1925, 8ktUt.8 it i8 provided in the tlml Title, 840. that 'no law l ff4OtiB g Federal 816 for rooational l duoatim in th18 8tat8, 8hall be l r raotad by the rapaallng olaura of thlr title, l xoapt *era or amandad by the Ravl8ad Statuta8.W alkrld
The radaral rtatutar on rooatlonal rehabilitation or parronr dI8ablad in Indurtry or othanl8a (29 U. 8. 0. A., Saor. /l-44), l naotad in and 8Ub84qUSBtly l mrndad, provide federal fund8 ror ~84 the Statar, 8ubjaot to oartaln InOiUdiDg 8WAt4hlIkg Of rSd4~ IpDBSr, 8Ubi88iOn ditiOn8, Oi plan8 by the Stats board to the Pa&err1 Saourlt~ Aganoy ror 8pprova1, aooaptanoa br the Stats, through the Laglrlatura, of the radaral rtatutar, and authorlcation 0r the Stats Board ror Vooational Eduoation (oraatad to OOOpSratS under Title 20 dir- ou88ad above) to oooparata in the l dmini8tr4tion of thlr iad- are1 law.
Artlola 2675-l. Varnont8 Annotated Civil Statuta8,
l n4otad in 1929 8nd rubrrquantl~ amended, aooapt8 the prori8Ion8 or the above xmtltmad rooatlon8l rahabllitation law8 (29 8408. 31-44), ampOwer the Stats Board of Vo- U. S. C. A., oatlonal Bduoatlon oooparata with the term8 oondition8 l xpra88ad therein, and authorizer the Stats Traarurar to ra- oa1ta and 618bUr84 run68 appropriated thereunder.
9. B. No. 120, forty-Ninth Lagl8latura, oh. 359,
l pprwad Suns 22, 1945, made an appropriation for the biennium the purpora of praaotlng pub110 ending Augu8t 31, 1947, vor 84hOO1 intSr48t8 and matohing ~adaml fun&r,” the rUIid8 80 appro- priatad *to be allotted and l xpandad br Stats Board for Vooatlonal RduoatIon.W Th18 Aot of the LSgi8htW8 further prOvlda8 that ruoh iUBd8 rha11 xpandad in ooordnnoa With all Faderal law8 Mb regulation8 governing VOOatiXml SdUOatiOB~ Saotlon 4 Aot read8 aI rOilOW8?
2!!?
Honorable W. B. Lowry- Page lb
wSao. 4. The State Board ior Vooatlonal gdu- rarpon- ooordanoa oation, Dy autllorlzaa with plan8 aooaptabla to the . . t&l’OUgh . _. to r4041v4 ana dl8bur84 ln baoutIra it8 _ _. _ hara- Orrioar, ~adaral aganoy, all Fadaral money8 that rib18 are nude available to the Stats Of Taxar iOr ruoh purpO848 a8 training p4r80~41 ?Or MtIOn8l datan8a IndU8tri48, and for rush other aotivitia8 a8 ooma under the authority of the State Board ror Vooatlonal E&uoation.”
Saotlon 5 of the Aot allooataa rundr to partloular rooational ranioas, and oontains the following addltlonal pro- vI8lon:
Tna proper orrloar or orrioar4 or any Stats Departments, buraau8, or divI8IOn8 Of State Aganoias are hereby authorized to make appll- oatlon ror and aooapt any gIft8, grants, or allotments from the United States government to ba uead on Stats Cooparatira and other Federal projaots and programs in Tax.88, in- oludlng oon8truotion of pub110 bulldlnge, ra- pair8 and improvaxuante. Any of suoh Federal fund8 as may be deposited In the State Traas- ury are hereby appropriated to the 8pSOiriO purpoaa authorized by the Federal Qovarnmant, 8fbia$t, to the lImIt4tIon8 plaoad In thi8 Aot.
(A rimilar provision lb oontainad in the approprl- atlon bill for Stats Departments. Sea Aots 1945, 49th Lagls- latura, ohaptar 378, p. 810, at p. 941.)
Pub110 Law 78th Congress, a8 amended, proridae ror vocational rahabIlItatIon of disabled veteran8 of World War II a8 prasorlbad by the Adminirtrator of Vataran81 Af- fairs. Saotion 2 authorize8 the Admini8trator to utilize the taollltlar of “any other governmental aganoy a8 wall a8 thora maintained by joint Federal and Stats oontributlon; and, In addItlon, ha may, agreement or oontraot with pub- 110 or private inetitutions or @8t4bl18hm4ntSe provide for ru4h additional training r,aoilltla8 a8 may suitable and ooompli8h the pUrpO848 Of the A4t. naoa8e.ary*~
We undaratand from your latter and from ooniarano48 that you propose to negotiate a oontraot with the Veteran8 *5 Honorable W. E. Lowry - Page 5 whereby you will provide
Admlnlrtratlon rooatlonti mhabili- roved by the Vatsran tation training for rataran8 tie are ap AdminI8tration under Pub110 Law 78t i 8uoh Oongra88, to 8paOlfy tba 00Ur848 oi Inrtruotion the aharga8 traot . tharafOr to be paid by the Vataran8 AdmIni8tration. We fur- ther undarrtand that neither the ore&it nor the pub110 fund8 or the stat4 of Taxa are to be pladgad o r l xpandad by ruoh oontraot br the aduoational program oonduotad thara- oort will be paid out of the ohargar under, but that the antlra in the oontraot. We further undarrtand that all rpaolfiad training provided ror in the oontraot will be oonduotad by approved looal rohool8, under your 8uparYi8ion, and that you will raoaira the payments tharaior from the Veteran8 Adminla- trotion and dIrbur88 same to ruoh looal 8OhOOl8 in aooordanoa with plan8 aooaptabla to the Veteran8 AdmInIetration.
Subjaot to the above 8tatamant of our UndarrtandIng t 18 our opinion that the State Board for ~~0KS”~~~~~iin ha8 the authority, under the rtatuta8 &i8ou88ad above, to m&a 8uoh a oontraot with the Veteran8 Admlnlstratlon.
We ‘are uncertain a4 to the meaning of your saoond question quoted above. Whathar a oontraot “nould apply” to partioular 8OhOOl8 would dapand upon the term8 of the oontraot, If you mean to a8k whether you oould, oontraot, legally 8upareada and terminate valid oontraots may now axlet tiioh the Vatarana Administration and looal 8ohool8, our between an8war I8 that you oannot, axoapt with the oonaant of the looal 8OhOOl8. But existing oontraots may be terminated by agraa- ment ol the pertIa8, and any such sohool may, with your par- mireion, qualiry to give the training under your plan. We oonstrua your question, however, to a8k whether the State Board ror Vooational Eduoation ha8 authority, by ag?aemant with ruch looal rohools, to utilize raoilItla8 ror rurnlrhlng their rooatlonal training to ratarans under Pub110 Law as pro- vided in raid oontraot and to di8bUr84 the money8 raoaIrad from the Veterans Administration to auoh 10041 8ohools in payment ror suoh training. Under the provlalons of the ap- mantlonad above, the Board 18 axpra84ly propriation bill authorized “to raoaiva and dI8bUr84 in aooordanoa with plan8 aooaptabla to the raspon8ibla Bademal aganoy, all Federal money8 that are made arallabla to the Stats Of Tax48 . . . .
ror auoh other aotlrltiar a8 ooma under authority Of the Stat4 Board for Vooatlonal EduoatIon.w HSrS, th4 r@8POn8ibl*
299 gonorabla W. B. Lowry - Page
~adaral l ganoy vataran8 Adminirtration. The utili- ration or ruoh looal tadaral rona~ 8ohool8 and di8bur8unant for in the oontraot with Veteran8 to tham, if pro?1686 will *in l ooordanoa with plan8 aooap- AduInlrtratlon, to ruoh ganoy. The aotlYitJ, that providing table” 18 0114 that OOQ88 UBd8r tho authority yOO8tiOBal UhOatiOIl, the Board. Tharafora, we an8war your raoond qua8tlon, a8 ra8tatad, in the ifbaatiYa.
mi8 opi~lon 488uIIL48, without daoIdIng, that the yooational 8OhOOl8 oontamplatad by your propo8ad oontraot may partorm the raqulrad ba legally organized, with authority training and to raoai?a and di8bur8a the rpaoitiad paymanta.
Your8 vary truly ATTORNXY GENERAL OF -TEXAS