HIGHER
EDUCATION COMMISSION
NOTE:
The
Higher Education Commission was established in RSA 21-N:8-a, II pursuant to 2011,
224:126, effective July 1, 2011, with its rulemaking authority under RSA
21-N:8-a, II(e)(6). The former
Postsecondary Education Commission was abolished through the repeal of RSA
188-D by 2011, 224:125, X, effective July 1, 2011. Existing rules in the program areas listed in
2011, 224:149, I (Pos 1200, 1400, 1500, and 1700) were transferred to the
Department of Education, Division of Higher Education (with rulemaking authority
under the Board of Education pursuant to RSA 21-G:9, II(b)). Existing rules in the program areas listed
under 2011, 224:149, II (Pos 1000 and Pos 1100) were transferred to the Higher
Education Commission. Chapters Pos
600-900 and Pos 1600 were not transferred, and rulemaking authority for those
program areas was repealed by 2011, 224:125, IX and X.
The
Division of Higher Education of the Department of Education was established in
RSA 21-N:8-a, I pursuant to 2011, 224:126, effective July 1, 2011, and provides
“support for the higher education commission established in paragraph II in
furtherance of its duties.”
RSA
21-N:8-a was repealed and reenacted by 2013, 164:1, effective 6-28-13, with
rulemaking authority for the Higher Education Commission under RSA 21-N:8-a,
II(e)(8). Also, rulemaking authority for
the program area in Pos 1200 was transferred from the Board of Education to the
Higher Education Commission by 2013, 164:2, effective 6-28-13. Pos 1200 was thereby also transferred.
#10429* Adopt Hedc 400
Degree Granting Higher Ed Institutions (eff 10-5-13)
#10490* EXPEDITED REPEAL - Pos 1000 Degree Granting
Higher Education Institutions – REPEAL (eff 12-20-13)
#10520* Readopt w/Amend Hedc
300 (formerly Pos 1100) Private Postsecondary Career Schools (eff 2-12-14)
#10633* Readopt w/Amend Hedc
500 (formerly Pos 1200) Scholarships for Orphans of Veterans (eff 7-2-14)
#12644* Readopt w/Amend Hedc
300 Career School Licensing (eff 10-11-18)
#13802 Readopt w/Amend Hedc
400 Degree-Granting Higher Education Institutions with a Physical Presence in
NH (eff 11-2-23) EXPIRES: 11-2-33