Authorization to receive federal grants and to submit a state

plan. For purposes of receiving federal grants pursuant to Section 842 of Public Law 93- 380, Assistance to States for State Equalization Plans, the state department of public education [department] is designated the state agency and is authorized to submit a state plan to the United States secretary of education. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-7-6, enacted by Laws 1976, ch. 21, § 1; 1977, ch. 246, § 64; 1980, ch. 151, § 50; 1988, ch. 64, § 39.