(a) The secretary, the board of regents and the state educational institutions shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and provisions of this act.

(b) When reviewing plans of each state educational institution and making decisions regarding expenditures from the Kan-grow engineering fund – KU, Kan-grow engineering fund – KSU and Kan-grow engineering fund – WSU, the secretary, in consultation with the board of regents, shall consider the different needs of each state educational institution to expand such institution’s program to increase the number of engineering graduates.

(c) On or before the first day of the 2017 regular session, the secretary shall conduct a review of each state educational institution’s plan to meet the goals established in the university engineering initiative act. The report shall include an analysis of whether or not the institutions are on course to meet the goals established in this act.

(d) On or before January 10, 2022, and annually thereafter, each state educational institution, the board of regents and the secretary shall report to the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives and the committee on ways and means of the senate on how many engineering graduates remain in the state over the previous three years. Such report shall provide detail concerning all efforts to increase retention of graduates and opportunities for graduates in the state and shall include information regarding the number of engineering graduates from each state educational institution that were initially enrolled as in-state or out-of-state students.