The state board of education shall, in conjunction with the board, prescribe the course of study for the technical and vocational institute. The board, in conjunction with the commission on higher education [higher education department], shall define official standards of excellence in all matters relating to the administration, course of study and quality of instruction.
History: 1953 Comp., § 73-34-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 108, § 7; 1999, ch. 219, § 13.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2005, ch. 289, § 29 provided that all references to the commission on higher education be construed to be references to the higher education department.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, added "The board, in conjunction with the commission on higher education" at the beginning of the second sentence.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 68 Am. Jur. 2d Schools §§ 298 to 302.
Failure of student to attain or maintain prescribed scholastic rating as ground for dropping him from roll of public educational institution, 86 A.L.R. 484.
78 C.J.S. Schools and School Districts § 85 et seq.