Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

The state board
shall have power to:
(1) perform all duties prescribed for it by the school laws of the state;
(2) acquire, hold and dispose of title, rights and interests in real and
personal property;
(3) have general supervision, through its executive departments and
offices, of all entities of public education supported in whole or in part by
state funds;
(4) delegate to its executive secretary, to its executive officer, or to
such other administrators as the board may appoint, such powers as said
officers require to carry out the policies, orders and directives of the
board;
(5) through its executive departments and offices;
(a) enforce the school laws of the state,
(b) study the educational conditions and needs of the state and recommend
to the legislature needed changes in existing laws or additional
legislation;
(6) in addition to the powers conferred by chapter 24, title 33, Idaho
Code;
(a) maintain a register of courses and programs offered anywhere in the
state of Idaho by postsecondary institutions which are: (1) located
outside the state of Idaho and are offering courses or programs for
academic credit or otherwise; or (2) located within the state of Idaho but
not accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by
the board and are offering courses for academic credit. The acceptance of
academic or nonacademic credit, at public postsecondary institutions in
Idaho, is the prerogative of the state board of education; provided
however, credit transferred into Idaho public postsecondary institutions
from nonaccredited postsecondary institutions can be accepted only upon
positive review and recommendation by the individual postsecondary
institutions and with the approval of the state board of education. A
nonaccredited postsecondary institution is one which is not accredited by
a regional accrediting agency recognized by the state board or the United
States department of education,
(b) require compliance by institutions which desire to offer courses or
programs in Idaho with the standards and procedures established in chapter
24, title 33, Idaho Code, or those standards, procedures and criteria set
by the board,
(c) violation of the provisions of this act will be referred to the
attorney general for appropriate action, including, but not limited to,
injunctive relief.
(7) prescribe the courses and programs of study to be offered at the
public institutions of higher education, after consultation with the
presidents of the affected institutions;
(8) approve new courses and programs of study to be offered at community
colleges organized pursuant to chapter 21, title 33, Idaho Code, when the
courses or programs of study are academic in nature and the credits derived
therefrom are intended to be transferable to other state institutions of
higher education for credit toward a baccalaureate degree, and when the
courses or programs of study have been authorized by the board of trustees of
the community college.

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