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Roscoe Pound Award
(Cont. from P. 1)
the largest outmoded training
schools, improved institutional
programs, and created a continuum
of community-based programs and
alternatives. He has consistently
fought to retain a rehabilitative at-
mosphere in all TYC programs, in-
stituted a strong youth rights
program within the agency, includ-
ing full-time youth rights advocates
at each institution, and a model sys-
tem for youth grievances and ap-
peals."
The award is named after former
honorary President of NCCD and dis-
tinguished legal philosopher Roscoe
Pound. His jurisprudence has been
called "the most comprehensive,
coherent and original philosophy of
law yet produced in the United
States." Former recipients of the
Roscoe Pound Award include Alvin
Bronstein, founder of the National
Prison Project and Kenneth Schoen,
former Commissioner of Correc-
tions, Minnesota and now Director
of the Justice Program at the Edna
McConnell Clark Foundation.
The National Council on Crime and
Delinquency conducts research and
initiates programs and policies to
reduce crime and delinquency.
NCCD seeks to influence public
policies that affect the nature of
crime and delinquency and the fu-
ture of the justice system.
North Region Youth
Succeeding
Texas Youth Commission North
Region staff attended the graduation
of Michael Robinson from the Texas
Workforce Development Center in
Dallas on November 17. The center is
a contract program in the North
Re gion. Michael hopes to go into
welding and will participate in the
center's Job placement program serv-
ing as rol e model and quest speaker in
future recruitment activities. Michael
attributes his success to Debbi Ennis,
parole officer in the Dallas office, by
helping him get through school.
James Jacobs, another North Region
youth who lives at the Azleway Foster
Home in Tyler, participated in his high
school's football play-off game at
Texas Stadium in Irving on November
25. James plays second string nose
guard for the Chapel Hill High School
in Tyler.1989 Commitments
(Cont. from P. 1)
Whiletotal commitmentsto the agen-
cy increased by 88 youth from the pre-
vious year's level, commitments from
Dallas and Harris counties collectively
increased by 192 during this period,
and represented a third of the total
number of youth sent to TYC in fiscal
year 1989. "The remaining counties
combined actually reduced their num-
ber of commitments in 1989," added
Jeffords. The most pronounced
decrease occurred in Bexar county
which reduced commitments 39%
from 160 youth in fiscal year 1988to97
youth in fiscal year 1989. El Paso coun-
ty also reduced commitments by 29%,
sending 112 youth in fiscal year 1989
compared to 158 youth in fiscal year
1988.
Another significant trend is the con-
tinued increase in the percent of
minority youth sent to the state's
juvenile correctional agency. While
the percentage of Hispanic youth sent
to TYC declined from 42% of total
commitments in fiscal year 1989 to
37% last year, the percentage of Black
commitments rose from 28% of com-
m itments to 36%. Anglos represented
28% of all commitments in fiscal year
1988, but only 2% n fiscal year 1989
The increase in the percentages of
minority youth committed to the state
is not unique to Texas. Nationally, a
higher percentage of minority youth
are placed into state custody than
their percentage of the general
population.
The Youth Commission continues to
experience an up and down fluctua-
tion in the number of youth sent to our
agency. As an example, from fiscal
year 1984 to 1985, commitments in-
creased 21% from the previous year.
Commitments decreased 17% in fiscal
year 1986, increased by 15% in 1987,
decreased 14% in 1988, and have now
risen 5%. These fluctuations make it
difficult to maintain the budgeted
populations in our facilities that are
necessary to comply with mandated
staff-to-student ratios.State Exempt from Hotel
Tax
Effective September 1, 1989, state
employees on travel status are exempt
from all hotel taxes. The Comp-
troller's Office will reject travel
vouchers claiming these taxes. In
order to receive this exemption, an
employee must present a current ex-
emption certificate. If the hotel will
not honor the certificate or will ex-
empt the employee from only part of
the tax, the employee may claim the
tax as an incidental expense. The
employee must state on the travel
voucher that the hotel would not
honor the certificate. The Comp-
troller's Office will contact the hotel
to verify this information and explain
the state employee tax exemption.
Employees should contact their busi-
ness manager or the Central Office fis-
cal department if they have any
questions.
Loyaza to serve on
committee
Roberto Loyaza, coordinator for the
"Academic Excellence" federal bilin-
gual dissemination grant at the Gid-
dings State School, has been selected
to serve on the state Textbook
Proclamation Advisory Committee
for basal readers, grades 1-5, S anish.
Loyaza was nominated by Wil Davis,
State School of Education member,
and wasconfirmed during the board's
November 11 meeting.
Gary D. Compton
(Cont. from P. 1)
Counsel. He is past director of the In-
dependent Petroleum Association of
America and has served as a special
legal advisor to the Texas Railroad
Commission Blue Ribbon Natural Gas
Rules Committee.
Compton presently serves as a mem-
ber of the Executive Committee of the
Panhandle Producers and Royalty
Owners Association, is a member of
the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Government Affairs Council, serves as
chairman of the Chamber's State Af-
fairs Committee, a West Texas State
University Foundation Member and is
a board member of the Foundation
for a Drug Free Environment for the
Amarillo and Canyon area.
Compton is a member of the Amaril-
lo, Texas, American and Federal Bar
Associations. His wife, Diana, is Presi-
dent of Compco Energy Company of
Amarillo.2
jra 1 1990
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