Page 12AThe Battalion/Friday, February 17, 1984
Suit money will support education
United Press International
‘ AUSTIN — Gov. Mark
j White said Thursday that $300
, millionawarded to the state un-
, der a federal-court ruling
would be used to support public
education, with some of the
funds perhaps available for a
special legislative session next
summer.
The award, which Land
Commissioner Garry Mauro
said could reach $315 million,
was ordered by U.S. District
Judge Robert Parker of Beau
mont in his ruling on a case
filed by the state against the
U.S. department of Interior.
White, who originally filed
the suit when he served as attor
ney general, said the state had
argued that the increased value
of four federal oil and gas tracts
off the Texas coast was due to
the state’s aggressive efforts to
develop oil leases on its own
nearby offshore lands.
“The judge accepted the
state’s argument that federal
OCS leases increased in value
by $430 million as a direct result
of escalating bonuses earned
from nearby state offshore
leases,” the governor said.
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White said the value of the
federal tracts went up only after
Texas had proved there was oil
on its adjacent land and had se
cured 45 percent to 50 percent
production royalties from oil
and gas companies developing
its tracts.
Parker awarded half of the
enhanced value, or $215 mil
lion, to the state as well as $85
million in interest and royalties
that had accrued since the case
began in 1979.
The money currently is being
held in escrow by the Interior
Department, White said, and
could be transferred to the state
immediately should the federal
goverment not appeal Parker’s
ruling.
However both he and Attor
ney General Jim Mattox said an
ajjpeal probably was unavoid-
White credited former Land
Commissioner Bob Armstrong
with aggressively promoting
offshore development of Texas
lands, thereby pushing up the
value of adjacent federal oil
tracts.
Mattox also called Parker’s
order a “major precedent” be
cause it supported Texas’ inter
pretation of a federal statute
that says the federal govern
ment and the states will share
revenues on oil and gas leases
along the border between state-
owned and federal-owned off
shore lands.
“This is an extremely signifi
cant opinion and will have a ma
jor impact for many states con
cerning the division of revenues
between the sea coast states and
the federal government.” Mat
tox said. “We are very pleased
with this landmark case.”
White and Mattox said the
$215 million automatically
would go into Texas Permanent
School Fund, an endowment
that produces interest income
used to defray the cost of public
schooling.
The $85 million in interest
and royalties, they said, proba
bly would go directly to educa
tion and could free up additio
nal funds to be used for
funding White’s promise of
higher teacher salaries.
Mattox also noted his office
has made a similar claim against
$135 million in revenue pro
duced by the federal govern
ment’s sale of leases on three
other offshore tracts near the
state lands.
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UIL recommends limiting absences
due to sports to five days per year
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AUSTIN — A study commit
tee of the University Interscho
lastic League Thursday recom
mended that participants in
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ited to five absences per year to
cut down on time lost from
classroom work.
The five days of absences per
year would apply to students
who participate in swimming,
track, golf, tennis, speech and
drama and literary programs.
The recommendation on ab
sences by the Loss of School
Time Committee followed by
five days the state Board of Ed
ucation committee’s approval of
five excused absences per year
for extra-curricular activities.
But UIL assistant athletic Di
rector Susan Zinn said the
Board of Education’s proposed
rule is more restrictive since it
does not apply only to UIL-
sanctioned activities.
No action was taken to re
strict football and basketball,
Zinn said, because a UIL survey
showed those sports were not
causing excessive classroom!
sences.
The UIL panel also reed
mended several other chans bond an
in UIL rules to address grow
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• Limit non-varsity con% ua i
to one school night per week p a ny n
• Eliminate activities jfbrerunn
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• Set up a trial program!| ee ^ end
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• A maroon Western F‘ l ^ Louisi
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from the Bolton Hallbikefl- 1 ton and
• A red Scourcher 10-sf : tofe,’’ sh,
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of Rudder Tower.
• A Fluke brand voW |
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• A citizens band radio
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