{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-17-1674","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 17:1674","heading":"Powers and duties of department","body":"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.","path":["3046.5 Terminated July 9, 1998. See Acts 1992, No. 938, §1, and Acts 1995, No. 1296, §1."],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=79937","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:10Z","sha256":"f8876c812c7ad6f0865fd6d0bb5f7c51e21b213dd4cf51fbc273812e9bf2468a","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-17-1673","next":"us-la/rs-17-1675"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}