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TIiE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SOF TEXAS
AUSTIN, TEXAs 7S7 1
ATTORNEY O]E~NRAL
May 9, 1967
Honorable J. W. Edgar Opinion No. M-71
Commissioner of Education
Texas Education Agency Re: The authority of the Texas
Austin, Texas Education Agency to allocate
federal and State funds to
hospital districts for the
purpose of carrying out the
State's plan for vocational
Dear Dr. Edgar: rehabilitation in said area.
Your request for an opinion states that the Amarillo
Hospital District, which is coextensive with the boundaries of
the City of Amarillo, created pursuant to Section 5, Article IX
of the Constitution of Texas, is interested in the possibility
of the district being designated as a local administration re-
habilitation agency under the supervision of the Texas Central
Education Agency, pursuant to the State Plan for administration
of the program of Vocational Rehabilitation in Texas. Your re-
quest on the authority of the Amarillo Hospital District to be
designated as a local administration rehabilitation agency reads,
in part, as follows:
"For the several years past and at the
present time, the Texas Education Agency has
not provided for administration of such Pro-
gram by a political subdivision, a local rehabilita-
tion agency. Section 4.7, State Plan, copy forwarded
herewith. Currentl, the entire Program is adminis-
tered pursuant /Fo7 an approved State Plan, directly
by the designatFdState Agency through its central
and several field offices; financed by federal and
state funds appropriated. House Bill 12, Acts 59th
Leg., R.S., 1965, Article IV, at pages 177-181. See
also: Articles 2675-1, as amended; 2654-1, Sections
1, 3; and 2654-3, Sections 1 and 2.
"Only recently have the federal laws been
amended to allow for a flexibility in State ad-- 322 -
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: M-71, text, May 9, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth269290/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.