Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part VII - Tuition Trust Authority › Chapter 1 - Bylaws › Section VII-101 - Definitions and Authority

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Words
				and terms not otherwise defined in these rules shall have the meanings ascribed
				to such words and terms in this Section. Where the masculine is used in these
				rules, it includes the feminine, and vice versa; where the singular is used, it
				includes the plural, and vice versa.
Assistant Executive Director
(as used in
				  these bylaws)-those persons appointed in the unclassified service as assistants
				  to the executive director.
Business of the Authority
(as used in these
				  bylaws)-activities on behalf of the authority, including attendance at
				  authority meetings and authority committee meetings; presentations at
				  legislative committee hearings on issues or bills which relate to the role,
				  scope, mission or programs assigned the authority; presentations to the public
				  and to federal and state officials related to the role, scope, mission, or
				  programs assigned the authority; and participation in projects, meetings or
				  conferences related to the role, scope, mission or programs assigned the
				  agency; all or any of the foregoing as directed by the authority, authorized by
				  the chairman or a committee chairman, or requested by the executive
				  director.
Chairman of the Authority
-the executive
				  secretary to the governor or his/her designee to the Louisiana Student
				  Financial Assistance Commission (LASFAC), who shall also serve as ex officio
				  chairman of the authority.
Deputy Executive Director
(as used in these
				  bylaws)-the principal assistant to the executive director.
Director
-that person appointed in the
				  classified service as the administrative head of a division of the Office of
				  Student Financial Assistance.
Division
-a subordinate organizational
				  element of the Office of Student Financial Assistance.
Executive Director
-that person duly
				  appointed by the Louisiana Student Financial Assistance Commission pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  17:3022(B) to serve in the
				  unclassified service as executive director of the Office of Student Financial
				  Assistance, who shall be its chief executive officer and the appointing
				  authority for all classified employees of the office.
Fiscal Officer
-that employee of the office
				  assigned responsibility for preparation and monitoring of the approved budget
				  of the authority, who may jointly serve as a director.
Louisiana Tuition Trust Authority or
				  Authority
-the statutory body created by
				  R.S.
				  17:3093 et seq., and composed of the members
				  who are duly appointed and qualified as provided by law. The authority shall
				  administer the Louisiana Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue Trust Program,
				  commonly referred to as the "START Saving Program," through the Office of
				  Student Financial Assistance
.
Office of Student Financial Assistance, Louisiana
				  Department of Education
or
Office
-the organization
				  created by
				  R.S.
				  36:650 to perform the functions of the state
				  relating to the programs of financial assistance and certain scholarship
				  programs for higher education in accordance with the directives of its
				  governing bodies and applicable law.
Services
(as used in these
				  bylaws)-conducting the business of the authority.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:3093 et
				  seq.