Delaware Code Title 14. Education § 8502. Advisory committee on private business and trade schools

(a) The Secretary of Education shall appoint an advisory committee of 5 persons whose function it shall be to advise the Secretary relative to the administration of this chapter in regard to policies concerning the conduct of private business schools serving clients in the State.

(b) One of the members of the committee shall be an executive or managerial person in a private business school in the State;  1 shall be a person occupied in commerce or industry in this State in an executive or managerial position;  1 shall be an executive or managerial person in a private trade school in the State;  1 shall be the president of the Delaware Technical and Community College system;  and 1 shall have, for at least 5 years, occupied managerial positions concerned primarily with the use of computers.

(c) Members of the advisory committee, except the president of the Delaware Technical and Community College, shall serve for rotating terms of 4 years.  At the initial meeting of the committee, members shall draw lots to determine the length of terms for 1, 2, 3 or 4 years.  The Secretary of Education shall appoint a person from the staff of the State Department of Education to serve as chairperson and secretary to the committee and shall provide the necessary clerical services to the committee from within the State Department of Education.

(d) Members of the advisory committee shall receive no salary or compensation for the performance of committee duties but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses incurred in carrying out the assignments of the committee.  The rate of such expenses shall be in accordance with any statutes from time to time promulgated by the State or according to rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Education.