An institute of higher education for the state of Idaho is hereby established in the city of Lewiston, in the county of Nez Perce, to be called the Lewis-Clark State College, heretofore called the Lewis-Clark Normal School, the purposes of which shall be the offering and the giving of instruction in college courses in the sciences, arts and literature, professional, technical, and courses or programs of higher education as are usually included in colleges and universities leading to the granting of appropriate collegiate degrees as approved by the state board of education.
Idaho Code § 33-3101