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§18B-1-5. Board of trustees and board of directors under department of education and the arts.

(a) The board of trustees and the board of directors, created in articles two and three of this chapter, are under the jurisdiction of the department of education and the arts created in article one, chapter five-f of this code, and are subject to the supervision of the secretary of education and the arts. Rules adopted by the governing boards shall be subject to approval by the secretary of education and the arts. The budget submitted by each board pursuant to the provisions of section eight of this article shall be subject to approval of the secretary of the department of education and the arts, all pursuant to the provisions of article two, chapter five-f of this code.
(b) The secretary of education and the arts is responsible for the coordination of policies and purposes of the state university system and the state college system and shall provide for and facilitate sufficient interaction between the governing boards, and between the governing boards and the state board of education, to assure appropriate mission and program coordination and cooperation among: (1) The state university system; (2) the state college system, exclusive of the community colleges; (3) the community colleges, including freestanding community colleges, and community college components; and (4) the vocational-technical centers in the state, recognizing the inherent differences in the missions and capabilities of these four categories of institutions. The governing boards and the state board of education shall provide any and all information requested by the secretary of education and the arts and legislators in a timely manner.
(c) The secretary of education and the arts, the chancellors of the board of trustees and the board of directors and the state superintendent of schools shall develop standards and suggest implementation methods for a standardized test to be used to predict post-secondary educational success such as the test offered by the American college testing program. The test, hereinafter referred as the post-secondary academic success score or PASS, is to be administered to all students during the fall semester of the eighth grade. The secretary of education and the arts, the chancellors of the board of trustees and the board of directors, and the state superintendent of schools shall submit a joint report outlining their findings to the governor and the legislative oversight commission on education accountability by the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three.