OFFICE OF
THE ATTOIWEY GENERAL v
AVSTIN.TEXIB
Honoreble T. M. Wimbla
First Assistant Stat. Superintendent
State Department or Education
Austin, Texas
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Dear Mr. Trimble: Opinion No. O-2522
Re: Vocational Educa-
tion TTaining.
We are in reoript of your letter of July 6, 1940,
whloh reads, in part, a8 20110~s:
WPursuant to a request OS the United States
Office of gduoation, we are requesting an opin-
ion as to the authorization for the State of
Texas through Its State Board whioh administers
vooational education to conduot such oourses of
vg;;ational training as are required by P.L.No.
Seventy-sixth Congress, Chapter 437, Third
Ses&on, Title One, under the heading Office oi
Educetion, that said State is authorized to omn-
ply in all respects with said law and that the
State Tressurer of said State is authorized to
receive ; act as custodian of, and disburse, as
trustee, upon the requisition of the State Board
which administers vocational education, all suma
of money whioh may be paid to said State pursu-
ant to said law.
“These funds , set up as part 0r a vocation?
al training program ior national defense, are to
be used to oonduct such training programs through
the use of looal publio sohool facilities now in
existence through utilizing such facllitles in
hours outside of reguler school work. It is an-
tioipated that these funds shall be deposited with
the State Treasurer and be disbursed upon requial- v
tion by the State Board for Vocational Eduoation
in accordance with the State plans ior voaational
training for national defense as set up and ap-
proved by the State Board for Vocational Educa-
tion and the Unlted State Office of Education
and in aooordanoe with the Federal requirements.
Attached la a copy of the telegram received from
Mr. J. W. Studebaker, Commissioner of Education,
United States Office of Education.*
The 8tate of Texas has been cooperating for many
Eon. T. Y. Trimble, Page 2
yrarr with the Federal government in eatabllshing. and min-
taining oourees of instruotlon, and a program of vooational
training through the public rohool8 ai Texas, said training
having barn direoted by the State Board of Xduoation aoting
as the State Board of V’ooa onal Rduoation of thie State.
We have been turniahed a l&e ographod pamphlet by thr Fed-
eral Srourity Aganry, U. 9: Rlfloe of Rdnoatlon, MIao. 2390,
aontalning l x o er pfrom
t0R.R. 10104 relating to 0rri00 0s ldta-
cation, paared by Oongreaa June 22, 1940, whioh wa as8uma
omreotly states the subrtanor and purpose oi P.L. lo. 66g,
Seventy-rlrth Oongreas, Chapter 437, Third Oalled Session,
Title I.
We hare also been advised verbally by repreaanta-
tires or your department that this program in faot reprs-
senta an expansion or supplementation of the vooatlonal sdu- v
oation training now oondnoted by the Stat. in oooperation
with the Federal government, and that partioular emphasis
is to be plaoed upon vooational training in industries es- ,/’
sentlal to national dafenao. The entire oost or this ex-
panded program is to be borne by the Fedoral government. \/
Senate Bill No. 427, Aota of Regular Session of v,
the Forty-sixth Legislature of Texas, authorizes the proper I.
offioiala of State departments to aooept grants from the
Federal government to be used on State oooperative and
other Federal projects and programs in Texas, and author-
izes such funds to be deposited in the State weasury, whioh ‘I
funds are appropriated for the speoitlo purpbse authorized
by the Federal government. /
Based upon our understanding of the purposes and.
provisiona of the Federal Aot In question, it is our opin- ‘_
ion that the State of Texas, through its State Board of
Vooational Eduoation, is authorized to oonduot auoh ooursea
of vooatlonal training as are required by P.L. Ro. 668, 0
Seventy-sixth Oongress, Chapter 437, Third Session, Title
I, under the headlngROffioe of Eduoationw, and that aaid
Bard is authorized to oomply in all reapeots with aaid
law; and that the Treasurer of the State of Texas la au-
thorized to receive, act aa custodian of, and disburse, s
upon the reqmmper State offioers,
%?-* sums of money whioh may be deposited in the State Treas-
ury pursuant to said law. :I
Yours very truly
ATTCRNEYGENERALLTEXAS
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Aaeietant
APPROVED JULY 6, 1940
/a/ Glenn R. Lewis
ACTING ATT(RNJVYGRNXRALOF TEXAS APPROVEDOPIWI’XVOOh!MlTl!ER
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