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. ANNOTATIONSThe 2005 amendment, effective April 7, 2005, changed 'commission on higher education' to 'higher education department'.
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