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AUSTIN (AP) — Supporters of a
lawsuit which says the state’s method
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onstitutional because it discrimi-
lates against poor schools praised
he Texas Supreme Court’s decision
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Trear-old lawsuit on July 5.
I Richard Kirkpatrick of Copperas
Cove, chairman of a group of 55
school districts who intervened in
the lawsuit, said, “I’m elated. We’re
optimistic that the Texas courts will
do what’s right for Texas children.”
The court’s decision drew a
guarded reaction from House edu
cation leaders.
“I would certainly hope the court
would not involve itself in the direct
operation of the schools,” said
House Education Committee Chair
woman Ernestine Glossbrenner.
But Glossbrenner, D-Alice, and a
former schoolteacher, said, “I’m ter
rified,” of that occurring.
Poor school districts say they can
not raise enough local property tax
revenues to enrich education fund
ing to the same extent that wealthy
districts can. School financing in
Texas is funded through a mixture
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.
I’hil Gramm asked the Senate Immi-
ration subcommittee Wednesday to
ack legislation that would require
Central American refugees to apply
asylum before they reach the
S. border.
“Our policy encourages people to
tell everything they own, head out
in the highway, where they’re likely
:o be murdered and robbed, and 90
:o 95 percent are denied asylum
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ptates,” Gramm said.
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:arian,” he told the Senate Judiciary
subcommittee on immigration and
refugee policy.
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at would require Central and
South American refugees to apply
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xcept in the Americas,” Gramm
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said. “The situation is different be
cause the geography is different.”
Gramm said the costs of handling
the crush of Central American refu
gees passing through South Texas
earlier this year have severely
stretched the Justice Department’s
budget.
Cutbacks in Border Patrol operat
ing expenses have been as great as
50 percent in some locations “be
cause we’re spending money on this
problem,” Gramm said.
“This is not in personnel or pen
sions, but in operating costs,”
Gramm said after the hearing.
He said the cutbacks have the po
tential “of affecting our ability to
keep drugs out of the country, to
protect the integrity of our border.”
“People want to come to America
to have economic freedom and polit
ical freedom and that’s unlikely to
change,” Gramm said. “Our system
is not working because of geog
raphy.”
Wade J. Henderson, associate di
rector of the Washington national
office of the American Civil Liber
ties Union, said Gramm’s bill would
reduce the ability of undocumented
Salvadorans and Nicaraguans to ap
ply for asylum in the United States.
“Henceforth, they would have but
one interview with an INS (Immi
gration and Naturalization Service)
employee,” Henderson said. “The
alien would have to prove that he or
She had a ‘well-founded fear of per
secution’ or face immediate deporta
tion.”
of state and local funds.
In 1987, the poor school districts
won a round in the battle when a
state district judge held the state’s
funding system as unconstitutional,
saying it denied equal access to edu
cation funds, which he termed a fun
damental right.
But on Dec. 14, 1988, the 3rd
Court of Appeals in Austin reversed
that ruling. The poor school districts
then appealed to the state Supreme
Court.
Since then, Gov. Bill Clements
signed into law a $450 million school
finance bill for the 1990-91 budget
period designed to help close the
gap between poor and wealthy
schools.
Sid Pruitt, president of the Equity
Center, which was formed to rep
resent students in property-poor dis
tricts said that amount is inadequate.
Pruitt, who also is superintendent
of the Alvarado school district near
Fort Worth, said his district is having
to raise the property tax rate by 20
cents in order to meet state-required
education mandates.
“That ought to tell the story
enough,” Pruitt said.
Bayoud confirmed by Senate
as Texas secretary of state
AUSTIN (AP) — George Bayoud
Jr., a longtime associate of Gov. Bill
Clements, was confirmed by the Sen
ate as the 96th secretary of state.
The Senate approved Bayoud
without dissent Wednesday.
“The Senate’s confidence is
greatly appreciated and I pledge to
do my utmost to live up to their ex
pectations and the governor’s,” said
Bayoud, 34.
He succeeds Jack Rains, who had
held the position since January,
1987. Rains, who is considering run
ning for the Republican guberna
torial nomination, resigned Friday.
Bayoud, of Dallas, served as
Clements’ chief of staff before the
governor appointed him secretary of
state. He had been an executive in a
development and investment firm in
Dallas prior to heading up Clements’
1986 election campaign.
The secretary of state is Texas’
chief election officer and the gover
nor’s top appointment. The office
also is responsible for all corporate,
business and debt filings in the state.
“The responsibilities of this office
are great, but with the support of my
many good friends I am confident
that I can carry out my duties in the
best interest of the state.” Bayoud
said.
Brooks says Wright
should forget race
for seat in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
dean of the Texas congressional
delegation said Wednesday for
mer House Speaker Jim Wright
should forget about seeking polit
ical vindication by running again
for his Fort Worth seat.
Rep. Jack Brooks, who led
Wright’s defense during an ethics
investigation that led to the Dem
ocrat’s fall from power, said
Wright should not attempt to re
capture his 12th District seat in a
special election later this
year.
Instead, Wright should return
to Fort Worth, where he could
“give a couple of speeches, serve
on a couple of boards, write a
couple of books, make a lot of
money. It’d be a good life,”
Brooks said after a luncheon of
Texas Democrats, where behind
closed doors they discussed strat
egy and fund-raising for the race
to fill Wright’s seat.
Rep. Michael Andrews of
Houston said his fellow Texas
Democrats agree with Brooks,
chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee, that Wright should
not run.
“I would be startled if Jim
Wright ran for Congress,” An
drews said. “I am confident he
will retire from the House.”
Other Democrats suggested
Wright was enjoying the attention
of constituents who are urging
him to seek the seat he has held
for three decades.
On Tuesday, Wright suggested
he might attempt a corheback,
saying he would consider run
ning if there were “an absolutely
genuine draft of a bipartisan na
ture.”
“It’s got to feel good to be
stroked by the people who have
sent him here for 34 years, after
the tremendous beating he has
taken up here,” said Rep. Jim
Chapman, a Sulphur Springs
Democrat.
Chapman suggested the atten
tion of his constituents “has got to
be a tremendous boost to his ego.
It’s probably something he needs
to hear.”
Brooks, a Beaumont Demo
crat, said he talked to Wright on
Wednesday morning and that the
former speaker must enjoy hear
ing that people back home
“would re-elect him tomorrow.
“It’d make anybody feel bet
ter,” he said. “But personally, I
think he won’t run.”
Said Chapman: “The general
feeling of the Texas delegation is
that Jim Wright is about to retire
from Congress. Jim Wright is not
going to run in an election for a
job he already has.”
Gov. Bill Clements will set a
date for the special elec
tion.
Texas Democrats were plan
ning strategy for that race at their
weekly luncheon Wednesday,
meeting with Rep. Beryl Anthony
Jr., chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, to discuss fund-raising for
the party’s candidate.
Chapman said Pete Geren, a
Fort Worth attorney and former
aide to Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-
Texas, would be the party’s
strongest candidate, “our most at
tractive candidate.”
When he announced he was
stepping down as speaker,
Wright said he would leave the
House by the end of J une.
Other Texans said Wright had
not consulted with them about a
possible change in plans.
“We don’t know what he’s
going to do,” said Rep. Mickey
Leland, who has described him
self as one of Wright’s closest al
lies. “We don’t know what Jim is
thinking.”
“I’ve given it no thought,” said
Rep. John Bryant, a Dallas Demo
crat. “I’ve had no conversation
with him.”
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