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