2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 21 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 16 - HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY
21-16-602. Council duties; powers; required meetings; annual report to joint education committee.

(a) The council shall:

(i) Identify goals for education in Wyoming;

(ii) Coordinate a means to attain those goals;

(iii) Identify issues of importance to Wyoming education and serve as a forum for the discussion and resolution of those issues;

(iv) Collect and disseminate information affecting Wyoming education;

(v) Facilitate cooperative arrangements among state education institutions in the sharing of facilities, personnel and technology or otherwise assist in articulation between the institutions;

(vi) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 197, 2.

(vii) Enter into agreements with the federal government and serve as the state postsecondary review entity pursuant to section 494A of the federal Higher Education Act and may promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement provisions of and carry out duties assigned under any such agreement.

(b) The council may accept funds from private sources, and to the extent funds are available to the council through the governor's budget, contract for necessary services. To the greatest extent possible, the council shall use available resources from the governmental entities represented on the council.

(c) The council shall meet not less than two (2) times each year and shall on or before September 1 of each year, advise the joint education interim committee of the state legislature of its activities during the preceding year.