By Ken Camp
The Baylor Alumni Association will submit a final settlement offer to Baylor University in what a public statement from the organization characterized as “a last-ditch effort to avoid protracted litigation” between the group and the university.
The association’s board of directors voted Sept. 6 to submit a final settlement offer, but the group did not release details of the offer pending a response from Baylor’s board of regents.
Representatives from the alumni association and the university met during the summer to find a framework that would be mutually acceptable, said BAA President Keith Starr.
“We thought we had a framework that would work for both parties, but the university has been reluctant to move forward. So, we’ve decided to offer one final streamlined proposal.”
In June, the university filed suit against the BAA, seeking a judgment to prevent it from representing itself as the school’s official alumni association and compelling the organization to fulfill its charitable purpose by limiting itself to providing financial aid to Baylor students.
About two months later, the alumni association filed a counterclaim asserting the school breached its license and recognition agreements and its promise to provide the alumni organization a building.
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