20-7-306. Distribution of secondary vocational education and industrial arts funds. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall categorize secondary vocational programs into one of five weighted categories based upon the relative additional costs of those programs.
     (2) The superintendent of public instruction shall determine the weighted category to be assigned industrial arts programs.
     (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall adjust the weighted categories as necessary to assure that the procedures outlined in subsection (4) do not result in entitlements that exceed the amount appropriated.
     (4) Funding must be based upon the average number belonging (ANB) for secondary vocational education and industrial arts programs of the high school district in the ANB calculation period immediately preceding the year for which funding is requested. The ANB must be computed for each separate secondary vocational education and industrial arts program.
     (5) For secondary vocational education programs, the ANB generated for each category established in subsection (1) must be multiplied by the factor for that category, and the product must be multiplied by the district's direct state aid per-ANB. Industrial arts programs must be funded at 50% of the category assigned. The high school district is entitled to receive for secondary vocational education and industrial arts, the total of the computation of all secondary vocational education and industrial arts categories.
     (6) The superintendent of public instruction shall annually distribute the funds allocated in this section by November 1. The money received by the high school district must be deposited into the subfund of the miscellaneous programs fund established by 20-9-507 and may be expended only for approved secondary vocational education and industrial arts programs. The expenditure of the money must be reported in the annual trustees' report as required by 20-9-213.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 287, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 337, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 633, L. 1993.