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urn: urn:us-la:rs:17:1674
citation: "R.S. 17:1674"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 17 › Chapter 5 › Part II › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1974, number: 695, section: 1, effective_date: 1975-07-01, role: enactment }
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# Powers and duties of department

Subject to the provisions of this subpart and within the limits of appropriations made by the legislature, the department is authorized and empowered: (1) to prepare and supervise the issuance of public information concerning the scholarship program; (2) to prescribe the form and regulate the submission of applications for scholarships; (3) administer or contract for the administration of such examinations as may be prescribed by the department; (4) select qualified recipients of scholarship grants; (5) award scholarships; (6) accept grants, gifts, bequests and devises of real and personal property for the purposes of the scholarship program; (7) cooperate with approved institutions of higher education in the state and their governing boards in the administration of the scholarship program; (8) make the final decision pertaining to residency of an applicant for scholarship or renewal of scholarship; (9) prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all such employees; and (10) promulgate reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this section relating to the administration of the scholarship program.