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that it would be possible for the board of such an insti-

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tution, as a community college, would it be possible for

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the board of a community college to take the money appro-

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priated by the General Assembly for faculty salaries and

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use it for landscaping the stadium?

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DELEGATE LORD: I think that the principle that

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you have stated is certainly true, and the answer would

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have to be Yes . I have some reservation about landscaping

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a stadium to the extent that it may be a capital improve-

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ment, and it is my understanding that the capital improve-

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ment budget may not be tampered with by these institutions;

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but certainly they could reduce and slash faculty salaries,

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use the money to create entirely new programs that were

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not in the budget as submitted and approved by the General

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Assembly, yes.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kathleen Robie.

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DELEGATE ROBIE: Mr. Chairman, since the

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Minority opinion has come from most of the lawyers, who were

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on our Committee, and since you have professed a rather

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naive knowledge of the difference between the State Board

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powers and the local boards of education powers, I am