20-7-305. Funding for secondary vocational education and industrial arts programs -- application -- rules. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall annually distribute money from the biennial appropriation for secondary vocational education and industrial arts. The money shall be allocated to high school districts providing approved secondary vocational education and industrial arts programs in accordance with this section and 20-7-306.
     (2) A high school district providing secondary vocational education and industrial arts programs must apply to the superintendent of public instruction for funds available under this section and 20-7-306. The superintendent of public instruction shall by rule prescribe the method for ANB determination, the form of the application, budget procedures, and accounting rules for the funds. The superintendent of public instruction may prescribe other requirements for the receipt of funding not inconsistent with Title 20, chapter 7, part 3.
     (3) A secondary vocational education or industrial arts program or a course in such a program in a high school district may not be funded until that program or course has been offered by the school district for 1 school year.
     (4) As used in this section and 20-7-306 the term "school district" means a district organized for the purpose of providing educational services for grades 9 through 12, but the term does not include postsecondary vocational education centers.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1981.