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Bryan said Wednesday that he will
ask Attorney General Jim Mattox to
issue an opinion declaring the Texas
Legislature’s elimination of faculty
sick leave unconstitutional.
State Rep. Wilhelmina Delco,
chairman of the House Committee
on Higher Education, said she al
ready has sent a letter requesting an
opinion on the issue, which affects
approximately 1,700 Texas A&M
faculty members. Texas A&M Fac
ulty Senate Speaker Jaan Laane told
faculty senators Monday that he has
done the same.
Caperton said he doesn’t expect a
response from the attorney general’s
office for about two months.
Will Clark of the attorney gener
al’s office said Mattox received l)el-
co’s letter and the issue is being in
vestigated. He said he’s unsure how
much time the process may take.
“On something important like
this, we might expedite it,’’ he said.
Delco said it Mattox issues an
opinion declaring the legislation un
constitutional, the class-action suit
proposed by members of A&M’s
Faculty Senate will be unnecessary
because universities and colleges will
continue to offer sick leave to fac
ulty.
Delco, Caperton and Laane are
protesting legislation passed this
summer as a rider to an appropria
tions bill under the recommendation
of the state auditor. Until the law
Wc- don't know whether or nil
we will p, meed with the lawsuit j
Gaston said, “or use the attornJ
general's opinion as a data point it [
the case.’ -
During the Oct. 4 meeting of lit I
Council of Faculty Governance C
gani/ations, Delco urged univenitiI
administrations not to begin implt |M
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menting new sick leave prog*
until after Mattox has issued In
opinion. Delco later told I heBaiut
ByKA
State Sen. Kent Caperton
went into effect Sept. 1, all faculty
members accumulated one day of
sick leave per month. Now proles
sors with nine- and lO'/x-month con
tracts — about 70 percent of A&M’s
faculty — are ineligible to use their
accumulated sick leave.
In addition, these faculty mem
bers aren’t given regular sick leave.
When they are sick, they must have
their colleagues teach their classes to
keep from losing a day’s pay.
In September, the Faculty Senate
voted unanimously to take legal ac
tion against the state to redress the
grievances of the faculty affected by
the sick leave elimination. Jerry Gas
ton, chairman of the ad hoc commit
tee formed to handle the issue, said
the committee hasn’t recommended
that the Faculty Senate executive
committee pursue the lawsuit
against the Legislature for passing
an ex post facto law and denying the
faculty due process of law.
ion that universities legally arejuai
tied in waiting for the opinion i*
cause denial of sick leave
introduced only as a rider to
propriations bill and thereioreoi
only lx* regarded as a suggestion
the administrations.
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they always have, anyway,’
said.
Gaston said President Frank Vai l
diver has Ix-en helpful.
"My personal view is that Dr. Va
diver is going to do everythinglM h “
can to help us,” Gaston said."BwltK j ssue
can’t override the auditor's opinion |L r q
Vandiver said he would workw;BL a j ns t |
the faculty and grant emergent) att j n
leave on a e ase-by-case basis. L,- u; s[or
Richard Robertson of the;
tor’s office said his office
the rider because of abuses in I
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Funds falling short for water plan
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Associated Press
AUSTIN — Fund raising for the
statewide water plan campaign has
fallen far short of the initial S1.25
million goal. Gov. Mark White ac
knowledged Thursday, although he
still predicted voters will approve the
proposal.
White said the campaign will raise
“in the neighborhood of a half-mil
lion dollars” to push for adoption of
the two proposed constitutional
amendments that make up the water
plan.
Campaign advertisements and
television commercials are prepared,
although they haven’t been used yet.
“In the next week or so, we ll start
seeing those,” White told a news con
ference.
He also voiced hope that ques-
n will
allowed to hold mayoral and city
council elections won't cut turnout
there and jeopardize the water pro
posals.
tions over whether Houston will b
The SL43 billion water plan is
contained in Amendments I and 2
that will lx? before 1 exas volets in
the Nov. 5 general election.
Amendment 1 would authorize
the issuance of $9H0 million in bonds
for construction of reservoirs, pipe
lines, treatment plants and Ihxxl-
control projects throughout the
state. It also would create a $250 mil
lion state insurance fund to guar
antee water bonds issued by cities
and other local governments.
Amendment 2 would authorize
$200 million in bonds for low-inter
est loans to farmers wanting to buy
water-saving irrigation equipment.
1 he governor said he and other
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net:
slate leaders will continue a» it’s easy ti
paigning for the water package, pfnpeccal
“We re going to continue to uirj
every person in Texas to voteanda
vote for the plan,” White said.
White disputed suggestions ikl
failure to meet f und-raisinggoji ByREJ'
dicates shallow public supporting
the plan. Endorsements such it
those from the AFL-C10, LeagudHP ^ P* 1
Women Voters and regional QuDliP lesem
Ikm s of Commerce may haveledpw 1
tential donors to believe the om 05 ^ 0111
paign is over, he said. Bckets f
“I think the support is there,Ttl!|6inad’
endorsements are broad-based, ptlfreebei
said. "The fact is, there's a cerail the frat
amount ol apathy in thinkingliblrthe Musi
this thing is already so wiaelyiBand Le
cepied. why do we havetodomortlljcation i
“I’m gomg to continue to iirji|
that we do more. 1 he campaign*
lx well-publicized.”
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