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Education Departments, 50 States

Agencies and commissions responsible for promoting and overseeing the policies of the state's education system.

These agencies have the statutory responsibility for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in the state, the administration of various student aid programs and the performance of designated regulatory functions.

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State Education Departments

State Education Departments & Agencies

These agencies have the statutory responsibility for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in the state, the administration of various student aid programs and the performance of designated regulatory functions.

Statutory responsibilities of these agencies include the approval of new academic programs at public two-year and four-year institutions, the annual funding recommendation to the Governor and the Legislature on behalf of the public higher education institutions and the approval of off-campus offerings of public two-year and four-year institutions.

These agencies also are responsible for monitoring program viability standards, developing and maintaining student and faculty electronic unit record databases and collecting and reporting information on institutional facilities.

These department's primary functions include:

• Identification of statewide needs for postsecondary education
• Statewide planning for postsecondary education
• Evaluation of student and institutional performance
• Review and enhancement of institutional missions
• Administration of a performance funding program encouraging the achievement of statewide priorities
• Submission of a unified annual budget request for public higher education to the governor and Legislature
• Administration of a statewide postsecondary technical education program
• Approval of new degree programs offered at public colleges and universities
• Policy setting for and administration of student financial assistance programs
• Administration of the School Certification Program

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