TITLE 17. EDUCATION

CHAPTER 24-A. PROPRIETARY SCHOOLS

17:3141.19     Transition from the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to the Board of Regents

Any obligations incurred by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education prior to July 1, 1999 in any respect regarding the Proprietary School Commission or any aspect of providing for the licensing and regulation of proprietary schools shall be preserved and discharged by the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents shall act as successor to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education in all respects insofar as such obligations exist. Further, all books, papers, records, money and other property owned, possessed, controlled, or used by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education in the exercise of their functions relating to proprietary schools are hereby transferred to the Board of Regents. All employees heretofore engaged in the exercise of the function of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or the state Department of Education relating to proprietary schools shall, insofar as practicable, continue as employees of the Board of Regents, subject to Board of Regents approval, and shall retain all rights, privileges, and benefits enjoyed by each under the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the state Department of Education.

Added by Acts 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., No. 151, eff. July 1, 1999.