There is hereby established within the department the division of program support, under the supervision of an unclassified director of program support who shall be responsible for the following functions, in accordance with applicable laws:
   I. Administering standards for certifying and recertifying educational personnel, including monitoring local staff development efforts.
   II. Assuring compliance with all federal equal opportunity and access requirements, including, but not limited to, those requirements concerning awareness and elimination of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, language, national origin, or disability.
   III. Providing school building construction services and administering the school building aid program.
   IV. Administering department responsibilities for nutrition programs and services.
   V. Administering department responsibilities for information services.
   VI. Collecting, compiling, analyzing, and reporting on education data.
Source. 1986, 41:1. 1987, 168:4. 1988, 179:3. 1989, 49:6. 1990, 140:2, XI. 1994, 379:1, eff. June 9, 1994.