The commission is the sole agency of the state for the supervision of the administration of federal aid funds relating to vocational education. The commission may:

A. enter into an agreement with the appropriate federal agency to procure for the state the benefits of the federal statute;

B. establish a state plan, if required by the federal statute, that meets the requirements of the federal statute to qualify the state for the benefits of the federal statute;

C. provide for reports to be made to the federal agency as may be required;

D. provide for reports to be made to the commission or the department from agencies receiving federal aid funds;

E. make surveys and studies in cooperation with other agencies to determine the needs of the state in the areas where the federal aid funds are to be applied;

F. establish standards to which agencies must conform in receiving federal aid funds;

G. give technical advice and assistance to any agency in connection with that agency obtaining federal aid funds;

H. coordinate as required by the federal agency with the state workforce development board; and

I. as required by the federal agency, make available a list of all school dropout, post-secondary and adult programs assisted pursuant to the state plan.

History: 1953 Comp., § 77-12-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 193; 2005, ch. 328, § 3.

Cross references. — For designation of public education department as the sole educational agency for state for administration or supervision of administration of state plan established for funds received pursuant to federal statutes generally, see 22-9-2 NMSA 1978.

For the powers and duties of the public education commission and the public education department, see N.M. Const., art. XII, § 6, 9-24-4 and 9-24-9 NMSA 1978.

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, deleted the former provision that the state board was the sole agency for the administration of federal funds and provided that the commission is the sole agency for the administration of federal funds relating to vocational education; added Subsection H to provide that the commission may coordinate as required by the federal agency with the state workforce development board; and added Subsection I to provide that the commission may as required by the federal agency make available a list of school dropout, post-secondary and adult programs assisted pursuant to the state plan.