Case Information
*1 ‘. 837 OFFICE OF THE.ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
Kooorable F. C. 3oltoa
Aoting President Agricultural and Eeotanloal College Texas
Collage Station, Texas
rear sir:
onirrenoe of Ec?;ool ore and Tea&era 2, 1944, raeda 8s rollowa:
ta td Conp- aooounta of ssreral & !i. College cover- &dance on the aid- dalniatratora and he State Superintend- The aooountr bear the nt’of the College and the The Sta to i 0r th090 to rrseatsd that tbs expense ~3 incurred the transaotloa of *Stste business’, and that it naa definitely the responsibility and duty of the A. k EL. College to send oertsln membere of Its -. The Agricultural and stair to the oonferenoe. ‘ureohanloal College of Texaa is part of the eduoa- system of the State of Tsxae snd as such tloml *2 Honoxuble P. 0. Bolton. Psge 8
baa rraponaIbIllty ror proper partlolpstlon any program ror the Improvement or sauoatlon In Tssas, particularly whoa suoh proijcrsr Is uda or- fIOIa1 bJ balng pmasntoa as tha orrlolal program or our State Department or E6uoatIon Tans.
This rosponsIbilIt~ or Eha Collags wsuld nko it for thoaa wmberr of this atafi moat naooaauy
olosely l aaoaIsted with ths gonsrsl sduoatlonal
program or tba State, and responsible tor ths r0dti00 ana 00nau0t or outioula ror trmining tosohera, to bo rully ii3r0ma oono*m1ng suoh and to tht
psogu; ena, to attend such OQIL- r0r=000 aa tbls. *Thin was aonfueneo not only oi l ohool
l dmlnl#taWOr~, but OS ‘TwBhw TMlnuS.' TU kaoherr la put or thm rsrenti61 ro- train1 spcmalb lity of the Collo(o. Tbo work or thl8 “f p o rtbmlu o onfuonoe related l spooial1y to tin
Inalurion 0s rtarlals in our pablto l ohool our- rloula rolatIn& to auoh
raw relations war s.rv!z”% a*~::tz;“2!* on thd wtia w,&itati rdlriaatlon or
ph8i8 prnotiors OD ths put oi teaahu-tnlniag instl- 8na nd t0 b4~0 th0 00dmSti0n or tutiolu, both dminlstrators and teaobn l otual Ohargo
or lnatrurtlon. tbrt this a*60 is oleuly
-wa tea ootorod by your Opinion Wo. O-ub'l, and tht thr tnrol
hating baon portorad In aaeordaaoe with tha rulS8 the mud or Dlnatora or the OollOgo, th0 Ox- fr pmapuly oharasabls l pinrt stat* pmso thsrsor tar.
*Th e fadi~itIu8lS wh ess .xpWSe l OOOU5ta al-0 Involvd sro;
‘Th b.@n 0r the Sob001 or Arta 8nb so1snos, undo= rhoss l uporvision wurses In Wuoatlon 8r* alvoa.
-Tha 8ad 0f th8 Dogartiment or~Agriaultura1 Mua&- Mon.
Ifonorable r’. C. Bolton, Faye 3
“The Xead of the 2e,psrtnont of Agronorag, undsr whose euperrfsion the College offers oourses la soil oonservatioa,
“I wculd sppreolate ycur opinion oi the natter.R
Aa you know, the ourrent appropriation bill permits the payment of trarelll~ erpsnses of State offioiala and ea- ployses on17 when such expsneer am incurred while trsvsllIn& As we sald our Cpinlon Ho. O-4167: on “State busineaa.* W93tate business* the aooomplish- signifies sent governmental It requires iunction; that the mans an4 method adopted should ba rea-
son8 bly nsoessary; it Implies that the particular function lnvolrsd be one direotly en- govsrnmental dsartment assuming trusted to the Inetltutlon its aooo?Pplishmemt.w
Is our Cpialon No. O-4%$7, sddreseed to your Colle&o, we pointed out that the governing boards of tbr various aduca- tlonal institutions porssss oonslderable discretion with respeot to the seleotloa of the mans snd methods by whlob the functions of their instftutions are to be aoooapllabed, and that their choice or a wrticular menns or method will not ba questioned by tbe oourts or by this department unless it 1s clearly sh0.m that this aisoretlon has booa abueed.
Tested by these standards, we feel that ths facts statsd your letter reveal that the faaulty mmbera mentlomd therein were on State business while attending the mid-winter oonference of Sohool AdEinfstrmt,ors and ‘leaobers Trainers. It ID our opinion the srpense aooounts under oonridaratlon that should be a;prored.
Trusting that the foregoing satisfsotori~y nnswer8 your inquiry, we are
Yours very truly r nrrnuJED\