EXECUTIVE ORDER EO 78-02
DESIGNATING THE COUNCIL FOR
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
AS THE APPROVAL AGENCY FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
FOR ACADEMIC SCHOOLS,
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, BOTH PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE PURSUANT TO PUBLIC
LAW 89-358, ENTITLED THE VETERANS
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS ACT OF
1966
WHEREAS, on April 22, 1966, the
State Board of Education was designated by
Governor Daniel J. Evans as the "approval agency" for the State of
Washington to "approve all academic schools, colleges and universities,
both public and private" for veterans training; and
WHEREAS, in the interim since 1966
other agencies have been created and
assigned certain responsibilities for postsecondary education; and
WHEREAS, the State Board of
Education by resolution adopted August 26, 1977, has requested that the
Governor of the State of Washington relieve the State Board of Education of
this responsibility and appoint an appropriate agency to perform this function;
PROVIDED, that the approval function for high school graduation programs in
institutions of higher education continue to be the responsibility of the State
Board of Education;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
I, Dixy Lee Ray, Governor of the State of Washington and by the powers vested
in me by RCW 43.06.010(1), I do hereby order and direct as follows:
1. That the Washington State Council for
Postsecondary Education be hereby designated as the State Approving Agency for
academic schools, colleges and universities, both public and private pursuant
to Public Law 89-358; PROVIDED, that the approval function for high school
graduation programs in institutions of higher education continue to be the
responsibility of the State Board of Education;
2. That the Council for Postsecondary
Education is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the United States
of America for reimbursement by the Veterans Administration for reasonable and
necessary expenses of salary and travel incurred by employees of the state and
for work performed by its subcontractor in rendering necessary services in
ascertaining the qualifications of educational institutions to furnish courses
of education under the provisions of the law.
3. That, that certain order issued on
April 22, 1966, by Governor Daniel J. Evans be and the same is hereby rescinded
and revoked.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, I
have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the State
of Washington to be affixed at Olympia
this 27th day of January A.D., Nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
DIXY LEE RAY
Governor of Washington
BY THE
GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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