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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Maurer.
DELEGATE MAURER: I have a ques-
tion for Delegate Lord, please.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord, do you
respond to a question?
DELEGATE LORD: Yes, sir.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Maurer.
DELEGATE MAURER: I think it is im-
portant that we perhaps check the record. Is
it not true that the community colleges are
governed by boards of trustees for each col-
lege in each community?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord.
DELEGATE LORD: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Maurer.
DELEGATE MAURER: Therefore, your
reference to a governing board then was a
reference to a separate state board in com-
munity colleges in lieu of the coor-
dinating services offered by a state board
of education ?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord.
DELEGATE LORD: That is correct. Any
statement to the contrary I would like
to correct.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: Mr. Chairman, on a
little different subject, to Delegate Lord
if he will yield.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord, do
you yield to a question ?
DELEGATE LORD: Certainly.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: Delegate Lord, of
course you and I both know but perhaps
some of the delegates have not picked it up
at this point precisely, that what we have
here is a significant omission from the ma-
jority report, namely, the right of fiscal
self management given to the University
of Maryland and to the other institutions
of higher learning, the community colleges.
It is true, is it not, that the University of
Maryland is the only institution in the State
which has this right at the present time?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord.
DELEGATE LORD: That is correct.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Case.
DELEGATE CASE: Is the omission of
this language in the minority report to be
interpreted as in any way condemning the
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present statutory right of self management
that the university has or in any way
critical of it?
THE CHAIRMAN : Delegate Lord.
DELEGATE LORD: Absolutely not. I
think it is the opinion of the Committee
that absolute autonomy under the Constitu-
tion has worked well and it is certainly not
the intention of the Committee to detract
from it or alter it in any way.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: I have a ques-
tion to either Delegate Wheatley or Dele-
gate Lord.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley,
do you respond to a question?
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: In line 9, the
words "by law" are used. They are used
again in line 16, and in line 19 General
Assembly is mentioned. Is "by law" in line
9 meant to mean the General Assembly by
law or since you include community col-
leges, could the words "by law" be con-
sidered as covering both an action of the
General Assembly and an action of a
county through its governing body?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: I would say
the "by law" refers to the General Assem-
bly in that they would be primarily respon-
sible for the institutions enumerated and
that any effect it would have on community
colleges would be by an act of the General
Assembly rather than by charter.
However, if you can think of any prob-
lems that can be related there, it was not
meant to be deleterious to any existing
community colleges but rather com-
plimentary.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: So in both places
where by law is used it would mean by law
of the General Assembly?
THE CHAIRMAN : Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: This was
the basic intent, yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Penniman.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: I do not
mean to prolong the discussion or go over
the territory too often, but I still have a
question about the community colleges if I
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