The department of elementary and secondary education shall: (1) Establish policies and procedures for the academy consistent with this chapter. (2) Carry out the following responsibilities: (i) Inform all school systems of the functions and funding of the academy; (ii) Help school systems to develop cooperative, partnership, or regional programs; (iii) Review and approve proposals submitted by local school systems; (iv) Help to create new and productive approaches to providing direct services to meet the needs of gifted and talented students; (v) Consult with the state advisory committee established in § 16-42-3 on operation of the academy program; (vi) Assure that services funded under the academy’s auspices are direct and supplementary service to gifted and talented students; (vii) Monitor funded programs; (viii) Report on progress of programs funded under the academy. History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 585, § 1.
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