85-1917 Commission; duties; rules and regulations. - Nebraska Statutes

85-1917. Commission; duties; rules and regulations.(1) The commission shall:(a) Supervise the issuance of public information concerning the Nebraska Opportunity Grant Act; and(b) Establish a reasonable and fair appeal procedure for students adverselyaffected by the actions of the commission or an eligible postsecondary educationalinstitution in the distribution of funds or granting of awards pursuant tothe act.(2) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessaryto carry out the act, including such rules and regulations for maintenanceof fiscal controls and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assureproper disbursement of funds and to assure that the eligible postsecondaryeducational institutions, as agents of the commission, have complied withthe act. Such rules and regulations shall be developed in cooperation withrepresentatives of eligible postsecondary educational institutions and shallbe designed, to the extent consistent with requirements of the act, to minimizethe administrative burden on the eligible postsecondary educational institutionsand the commission. SourceLaws 2003, LB 574, § 17; Laws 2010, LB956, § 15.Operative Date: July 1, 2010