(1) The department of education may appoint an advisory committee from universities and colleges, the various fields of education, the voluntary health agencies, the department of public health, the department of mental health, the professional health associations and other groups or agencies it deems appropriate to advise it on the implementation of this act, including teachers, administrators and local boards of education.

  (2) The department of education shall cooperate with agencies of the federal government and receive and use federal funds for the purposes of this act.