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could address it to either Delegate Wheat-
ley or Delegate Lord.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley,
do you respond to a question?
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Penniman.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: In the two
discussions of the board, as I understand
it, a board was not mandated for the com-
munity colleges.
On the other hand, there are the local
boards which already exist for the com-
munity colleges. Would the General As-
sembly be free to change from the local
boards to a general board if they so chose?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: This would
not be a restriction. The only restriction
is that the type of regulation or govern-
ment of the institution shall be by board.
It does not say whether it shall forever be
mandated local or state. This was not in-
tended to be mandated. It is a decision to
be made by the local government or the
General Assembly which would be provided
for some time in the future I would say.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Penniman.
DELEGATE PENNIMAN: If the Gen-
eral Assembly decided, could it move from
the existing series of local boards to one
general board which controlled all or di-
rected all of the community colleges?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: This will be
a decision made by the General Assembly,
but it must be a board. That would be the
only limitation.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Maurer.
DELEGATE MAURER: A question for
Chairman Wheatley, please.
THE CHAIRMAN: State the question.
DELEGATE MAURER: Is it not true
that there is considerable difference in the
government of community colleges as com-
pared or contrasted to that of the Univer-
sity of Maryland or the state colleges?
Even the legislation which was considered
last year and which will come out of a
Legislative Council this year for the com-
munity colleges sees a state board which
would be a coordinating board working
with the local boards or trustees much the
way the state board works with the local
boards of education, whereas the regents
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and the trustees of the state colleges ac-
tually operate the university and the col-
leges so that it is not necessary to move
from local community college boards to a
state board, but that a combination is en-
visioned and that this article would allow
for such a combination?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley.
DELEGATE WHEATLEY: I could not
agree with you more. There are many dif-
ferences between the various boards of
higher education and in answer to your
specific question that this would allow the
greatest flexibility in any direction, the
final determination would be who governs
the institution and that would be made by
the legislature and/or in conjunction with
a local instrument of government. From
that point once it had been determined it
would then be essential that a board would
carry out the governing of that particular
institution of higher learning.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: I may have to
make a brief statement to get my question.
It is not controversial. I think Delegate
Robey's statement has clarified the real
issue here, the naming of the different
boards for the different colleges.
I would like to ask Delegate Lord one
or two questions. One or two of them may
be facetious.
I think in one of your answers you said,
Mr. Lord, that community colleges do not
have autonomy. Is it not true that the com-
munity colleges have more autonomy than
the state colleges or the University of
Maryland? I will tell you the answer is yes.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord.
DELEGATE LORD: I do not think I
made the statement that they do not have
autonomy. The statement I did make is
that there is not presently a statewide co-
ordinating board that has autonomy.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: I just want to
clear up that point. Coming back to the
question, Mr. Robey's answer has satisfied
most of it. I have just one or two ques-
tions of Delegate Lord because teachers
have been castigated a bit. Are not six of
the seven minority members lawyers?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Lord.
DELEGATE LORD: By quick calcula-
tion, I think that is correct.
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