2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 17 — Education
RS 17:1674 — Powers and duties of department


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§1674. Powers and duties of department

Subject to the provisions of this subpart and within the limits of appropriations made by the legislature, the department is authorized and empowered: (1) to prepare and supervise the issuance of public information concerning the scholarship program; (2) to prescribe the form and regulate the submission of applications for scholarships; (3) administer or contract for the administration of such examinations as may be prescribed by the department; (4) select qualified recipients of scholarship grants; (5) award scholarships; (6) accept grants, gifts, bequests and devises of real and personal property for the purposes of the scholarship program; (7) cooperate with approved institutions of higher education in the state and their governing boards in the administration of the scholarship program; (8) make the final decision pertaining to residency of an applicant for scholarship or renewal of scholarship; (9) prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all such employees; and (10) promulgate reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this section relating to the administration of the scholarship program.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 695, §1, eff. July 1, 1975.

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