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constitutions across the country, the one in California,

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the one in several of the other states, and we'll be

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glad to give background information on this to the extent

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that it is of some value to the Committee, makes the

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opportunity for the particular boards involved to be

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effective in their work. I think always there is a need

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for limitation. Certainly, in all of these there is the

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importance of the continuing legislative control with

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respect to annual budgeting, which is a very powerful

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control, as you well know. The complete audits, the

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complete review of everything that an institution of

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this type may do and the airing of this in public docu-

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ments that are published on a regular basis. There is

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no question in the minds of any of us, I am sure, that

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state government is growing rapidly, that all phases of

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education are growing rapidly. To some extent, in this

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kind of a situation, there is a tendency today for a

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greater portion of decisions to tend to move into bureaus

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or agencies not directly concerned with the area, such

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as higher education.

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The problem, of course, then is one in which