His Majesty's Commission on National Education Standards
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| Limited Public Authority overview | |
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| Formed | August 5th, 1834 |
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| Type | Limited public authority |
| Jurisdiction | Belhavia |
| Headquarters | Government District, Provisa |
| Employees | 472 |
| Annual budget | $154 million |
| Minister responsible |
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His Majesty's Commission on National Education Standards, alternatively referred to as HMCoNES or HOMCONES, is a limited public authority and independent agency in the Imperial Government of Belhavia responsible for nominal regulation and supervision of the Empire's private education system. The Commission was created as a temporary government body, but its mandate was continually renewed by the Imperial Senate until 1903, when the Commission was made a permanent part of the Belhavian Imperial Cabinet.
Function
The Commission, in liaison with the Ministry of the Treasury, operates a universal voucher program funded by local taxes that is credited towards every family and eligible individual to pay for through education, from pre-kindergarden ("Pre-K") until high school. While the Treasury collects the tax receipts, the Commission ensures proper crediting of tax receipts per family and individual.
The Commission's chief role is the supervisory role over national curriculum standards. The Commission's highest body, the Council on Standards, is overseen by the Chief Commissioner and drafts, consults, debates, and votes on curriculum standards and other national school policy.
It also regulates and audits educational institutions' accreditation and standards compliance.
Organization
The Commission is headed by the Chief Education Commissioner, who is appointed by the President of Belhavia on a staggered, renewable term every 7 years.
The Council of Standards, formerly the High Commission, operates on a similar schedule of staggered, renewable terms to discourage the politicization of the public authority. The Council sits ten members, excluding the Chief Commissioner. Following the National Education Organizational Efficiency Reform Act of 1948, half of the seats of the Council must be given to appointees affiliated with the major opposition party to maintain partisan balance. The staggered term system was also introduced in the Act, to limit the availability of open seats for a President to stack the Council with his partisans.
Under the Council, there are departmental divisions:
- Department of Curriculum Development
- Department of Standards Enforcement
- Department of Voucher Reimbursement