The Board shall establish statewide policies and procedures necessary to insure educational and financial accountability for operation of the technical education institutions and their programs.

The area commissions shall participate and provide input in the formulation of statewide policies and procedures through joint meetings, distribution of discussion documents and position papers, joint committees, service by area commission members on state board standing committees, and whatever other means which may be necessary or desirable.

The area commissions are delegated primary responsibility for local governance and supervision of the individual institutions in compliance with all state laws by adoption of appropriate local policies and procedures which are consistent with state-level policies and procedures.

Institutional fees and locally appropriated county funds must be retained in accounts held by the area commissions for expenditure under their direction in accordance with all applicable state and other laws.

An area commission has the right to appeal to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority any final decision or action of the Board in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) if differences occur between the state executive director and the local president, the executive director, local president, and state board congressional district member or a designated at-large Board member shall appear before the local area commission to resolve the differences;

(2) if the differences are not resolved as outlined in item (1) the area commission chairman, local president, and state executive director shall appear before the Board to resolve the differences;

(3) if the differences are not resolved by the Board all parties, including the chairman of the Board, shall appear before the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to resolve the differences.

HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 654, Section 6; 1988 Act No. 676, Section 1.