A. The state approving bureau is created within the administrative services division of the department and is the state approving agency for the purposes of 38 USCA Section 3671.
B. The state approving bureau shall evaluate and approve educational programs and training programs for all persons and veterans eligible for educational assistance pursuant to the provisions of Title 38 of the United States Code. Approval of courses, educational programs and training programs, including training on the job, by the state approving bureau shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title 38 of the United States Code.
History: Laws 2004, ch. 19, § 13; 2017, ch. 84, § 5.
The 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, changed the state approving division to the state approving bureau within the administrative services division of the veterans' services department; deleted "division" and added "bureau" throughout the section; in the catchline, deleted "division" and added "bureau"; and in Subsection A, added "created within the administrative services division of the department and is".
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 9 - Executive Department
Article 22 - Veterans' Services Department
Section 9-22-4 - Department established.
Section 9-22-5 - Secretary of veterans' services; appointment.
Section 9-22-6 - Secretary; duties and general powers.
Section 9-22-7 - Department responsibilities.
Section 9-22-9 - Divisions; directors.
Section 9-22-10 - Bureaus; chiefs.
Section 9-22-11 - Administrative services division; duties.
Section 9-22-12 - Field services division; powers and duties.
Section 9-22-12.1 - Health care coordination division.
Section 9-22-13 - State approving bureau.
Section 9-22-14 - State benefits division.
Section 9-22-14.1 - Veterans' enterprise fund; purpose; administration.
Section 9-22-16 - Power to act as a personal representative or conservator.
Section 9-22-17 - Court proceedings for appointment as personal representative or conservator.
Section 9-22-18 - Action as a personal representative or conservator; bond.