A. The "higher education department" is created in the executive branch. The department is a cabinet department and includes the following divisions:
(1) the administrative services division;
(2) the planning and research division;
(3) the financial aid division;
(4) the public information and communications division;
(5) the adult basic education division;
(6) the information technology division;
(7) the private and proprietary schools division;
(8) the public schools liaison division; and
(9) the American Indian post-secondary education division.
B. The secretary may organize the department and divisions of the department and may transfer or merge functions between divisions and bureaus in the interest of efficiency and economy.
History: Laws 2005, ch. 289, § 4; 2007, ch. 22, § 1; 2009, ch. 60, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, added Paragraph (9) of Subsection A.
The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, in Subsection A, deleted the former provision that the secretary shall organize the department so that bureaus and divisions exist to focus on the needs of diverse categories of post-secondary institutions; added Paragraphs (1) through (8) of Subsection A to create divisions; and added Subsection B to provide that the secretary may organize the department and its divisions and assign functions among divisions and bureaus.