In order to ensure that all citizens of New Mexico have an equal opportunity to benefit from apprenticeship training programs, the department shall provide for statewide publication, in a manner recommended by the advisory committee and intended to give actual notice to all potential program sponsors, of the amount of funds that will be available to support apprenticeship training programs during the current and following fiscal years, the qualifications required of program sponsors and apprenticeship committees and the procedures to be followed in applying for state funds. The notice may also include other information recommended by the advisory committee and approved by the department; provided that the department shall publish any information concerning available funds given to a particular program sponsor in a manner recommended by the advisory committee and intended to give actual notice to all potential program sponsors statewide.