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HOUSE BILL NO. 474

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H0474.............................................................by GAGNER
EASTERN IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE - Amends existing law to bring current
practices into conformity with law at Eastern Idaho Technical College
relating to programming and granting of degrees, and to change the title of
superintendent of the college to president of the college.

01/14    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/15    Rpt prt - to Educ

Bill Text

H0474


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 474

                                        BY GAGNER

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO EASTERN IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE; AMENDING SECTION  33-2208,  IDAHO
 3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION;
 4        AMENDING SECTION 33-2210, IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THAT  INSTRUCTIONAL  PRO-
 5        GRAMS  HAVE  BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, TO
 6        PROVIDE FOR THE GRANTING OF AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND TO PROVIDE FOR  TRANS-
 7        FERABILITY OF COURSES; AND AMENDING SECTION 33-2211, IDAHO CODE, TO CHANGE
 8        THE  TITLE  OF  SUPERINTENDENT TO PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE, TO PROVIDE FOR
 9        THE GRANTING OF AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

10    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

11        SECTION 1.  That Section 33-2208, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
12    amended to read as follows:

13        33-2208.  EASTERN  IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE CREATED. There is hereby estab-
14    lished in Bonneville County, Idaho a   post-secondary  vocational  school
15        post-secondary  technical  college   to be designated and
16    known as the Eastern Idaho Technical College, consisting  of  such  vocational
17    and technical training  courses   programs, including academic
18    courses  necessarily  included in such programs,  as the state board for
19    vocational education may, from time to time authorize.

20        SECTION 2.  That Section 33-2210, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
21    amended to read as follows:

22        33-2210.    COURSES     PROGRAMS, CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES
23     OFFERED .   -- CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION.    The
24    Eastern Idaho Technical College shall offer and give instruction in vocational
25    and  technical   courses as are usually included in post-secondary 
26     programs as approved by the state  board  for    vocational  
27    schools     education . Such courses or programs may be given
28    or conducted on or off campus, or in night school, summer school, or by exten-
29    sion courses. The state board for vocational education  shall  grant  certifi-
30    cates  of completion , or associate of applied science degrees  for
31    successful completion of courses or programs prescribed by the college.  
32    The transferability of the Eastern Idaho Technical College courses shall be as
33    approved by the state board of education. 

34        SECTION  3.  That  Section 33-2211, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
35    amended to read as follows:

36        33-2211.  POWERS OF STATE BOARD FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. The state  board
37    for vocational education shall have the power:
38        1.  To adopt rules  and regulations  for its own government and
39    the government of the Eastern Idaho Technical College;


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 1        2.  To  employ  professional  and nonprofessional persons and to prescribe
 2    their qualifications;
 3        3.  To acquire and hold, and to dispose of, real  and  personal  property,
 4    and to construct, repair, remodel and remove buildings;
 5        4.  To  contract  for the acquisition, purchase or repair of buildings, in
 6    the  manner prescribed for trustees of school districts;
 7        5.  To dispose of real and personal property in the manner prescribed  for
 8    trustees of school districts;
 9        6.  To  convey  and  transfer  real  property of the college upon which no
10    buildings used for instruction are situated, to nonprofit corporations, school
11    districts, community college housing commissions, counties or  municipalities,
12    with  or  without consideration; to rent real or personal property for the use
13    of the college, its students or faculty, for such terms as may  be  determined
14    by  the  state  board  for vocational education; and to lease real or personal
15    property of the college not actually in use for instructional purposes on such
16    terms as may be determined by the state board for vocational education;
17        7.  To acquire, hold, and dispose of, water rights;
18        8.  To accept grants or gifts of money, materials, or property of any kind
19    from any governmental agency, or from any person,  firm,  or  association,  on
20    such terms as may be determined by the grantor;
21        9.  To  cooperate  with  any  governmental  agency, or any person, firm or
22    association in the conduct of any educational program; to accept  grants  from
23    any source for the conduct of such program, and to conduct such program on, or
24    off, campus;
25        10. To  employ a  superintendent   president  of the
26    college and, with his advice, to appoint such  assistants,  instructors,  spe-
27    cialists and other employees as are required for the operation of the college;
28    to  fix  salaries and prescribe duties; and to remove the  superintendent
29      president  or any other employee for cause;
30        11. With the advice of the   superintendent      president
31    ,  to  prescribe the courses and programs of study, the requirements for
32    admission, the time and standards for completion of such courses and programs,
33    and to grant certificates of completion  or associate of applied  science
34    degrees  for those students entitled thereto;
35        12. To employ architects or engineers in planning the construction, remod-
36    eling  or  repair of any building or property and, whenever no other agency is
37    designated by law so to do, to let contracts for such construction, remodeling
38    or repair and to supervise the work thereof;
39        13. To have at all times, general supervision and control of all property,
40    real and personal, appertaining to the college, and to insure the same.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

    





                           STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                 RS 07520
    
    To update current code for the awarding of associate of applied 
    science degrees that are being used at Eastern Idaho Technical 
    College as approved by the State Board of Education. To insure 
    transferability of academic courses and to more correctly define 
    the role of the head of the college.
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    None.
    
    Contact: Representative Lee Gagner
            332-1248
    
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    Bill No.
    
    H 474