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) Review and approve proposals submitted by local school systems; (iii) Help to create new and productive approaches of providing direct services to meet the needs of LEP gifted and talented students; (iv) Consult with the gifted and LEP state advisory committees on the operation of the academy program; (v) Assure that services funded under the academy’s auspices are direct and supplementary services to LEP gifted and talented students; (vi) Monitor funded programs; (vii) Report on progress of programs funded under the academy. History of Section.P.L. 1989, ch. 272, § 1.
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