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Largely a technical cleanup of existing law, this bill narrows how the State Board of Education can create rules by specifying that the board may only make rules either when a statute explicitly requires it to do so, or when a statute is silent on rulemaking but rules are necessary to carry out that statute's requirements. It also removes a previously added definition that interpreted the constitutional phrase "general control and supervision" of public education, and repeals an outdated reporting requirement related to assessment waivers. The practical effect is a tighter limit on the board's independent rulemaking authority, meaning the board must ground any new rule directly in a legislative mandate or statutory need rather than acting on broader interpretations of its constitutional role.