186:10-a Hearing Officer. –
The state board of education upon nomination of the commissioner shall appoint a qualified hearing officer to preside over such preliminary hearings as may be held prior to formal hearings held by the state board, and to render decisions which shall be binding until the state board's formal hearings are held.
Source. 1977, 57:1. 1986, 41:30, eff. April 3, 1988.