The department shall be the sole educational agency of the state for the administration or for the supervision of the administration of any state plan established or funds received by the state by virtue of any federal statute relating to aid for education, school construction or school breakfast or lunch programs, except as is provided in Section 21-1-26 NMSA 1978 and as may otherwise be provided by law.
History: 1953 Comp., § 77-7-2, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 102; 2004, ch. 27, § 22; 2011, ch. 35, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For designation of the state educational authorities for administration of federal grants, see 22-9-8 NMSA 1978.
For designation of higher education department to administer funds furnished under acts of congress to state educational institutions, see 21-1-26 NMSA 1978.
For designation of the public education commission for vocational education programs, see 22-14-2 NMSA 1978.
For the public education department, see 9-24-4 NMSA 1978.
For the higher education department, see 9-25-4 NMSA 1978.
The 2011 amendment, effective June 17, 2011, added breakfast programs to the list of programs that are administered and supervised by the department.
The 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, changed "state department" to "department" and changed a 1953 statutory reference to the NMSA 1978 section number.