Friday, September 25, 1987/The Battalion/Page 7
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lorney urges
ideral action
lainst schools
DALLAS (AP) — An attorney in a
|®|g-running suit protesting condi
tions at 13 Texas state schools for
Ithe mentally retarded has urged that
fthe federal government cut off
Iraoney to the facilities,
ifpavid Ferleger of Philadelphia
Jso asked U.S. District Judge Bare-
[foot Sanders on Wednesday to name
^■pecial master to run the Fort
[Worth State School for at least a year
[and to impose a series of escalating
Hs against the state.
Ferleger is the plaintiffs’ attorney
Tie suit.
landers ruled on Aug. 20 that
onditions at the Fort Worth school
the U.S. Constitution, state
Sand federal laws and a 1983 court
/order.
In the ruling, Sanders said that
fcspite the staffs efforts, a lack of
|money led to substandard medical
care unsafe conditions and harm to
Mnts.
^^bout half of the $248 million
[budget of the state schools is feder-
jally funded, along with about the
^Te portion of the Fort Worth fa-
|ality’s$16 million budget.
^■erleger urged fines against the
Fort Worth school for various prob
lems of up to $70,000 per day until
■uirements are met. He also en
couraged further fines of up to $2
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