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Section 21-1-26.11 - Higher education department; additional duties.

NM Stat § 21-1-26.11 (2019) (N/A)
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In addition to the duties imposed upon the higher education department by the Post-Secondary Educational Planning Act [Chapter 21, Article 2 NMSA 1978], the department shall plan and budget for the statewide adult basic education program and shall adopt and promulgate rules for all such adult educational programs. The department shall establish a uniform protocol for identifying, communicating with and providing direct and equitable access to funding for eligible agencies, which include:

A. local educational agencies;

B. community-based organizations;

C. volunteer literacy organizations;

D. post-secondary institutions;

E. public or private nonprofit agencies;

F. public libraries;

G. public housing authorities; and

H. a consortium of agencies, organizations, institutions, libraries or authorities as described in Section 203 of Public Law 105.

History: Laws 2003, ch. 394, § 1; 2005, ch. 289, § 22.

The 2005 amendment, effective April 7, 2005, changed "commission on higher education" to "higher education department".

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