20-7-309. Funding for career and technical education programs in middle grades. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall annually distribute money from the appropriation for middle grades career and technical education. The money must be allocated to elementary and K-12 school districts with accredited and approved junior high, middle school, or 7th and 8th grade programs.

(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall by rule prescribe the method for distribution, the form of the application, budget procedures, and accounting rules for the funds. The legislature intends that the state money be used to enhance distributions of federal funding under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 to support middle grades career and technical education in line with the plan developed under 20-7-330, except that the state money may not be limited by school size and that the distribution method adopted by the superintendent of public instruction be equitable. The superintendent of public instruction may prescribe other requirements for the receipt of funding consistent with Title 20, chapter 7, part 3.