‘ § 8814. Program fund grants; eligibility; calculation
Beginning in fiscal year 2017-18 and each subsequent year, the department, through a grant application process, shall provide from the program fund funding to cover 90% of the costs of summer success programs in school administrative units with greater than 50% student participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program pursuant to section 6602, subsection 1, paragraph A. Any remaining available funds must be provided to school administrative units with greater than 35% student participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program.
1. Eligibility. To receive program fund money calculated pursuant to subsection 2, a school administrative unit must be in compliance with any applicable standards and program requirements for summer success programs established by the commissioner pursuant to section 8813.
2. Program fund grants; calculation. The commissioner shall calculate one amount of program fund money that may be made available as a grant to the elementary school level and another amount of program fund money that may be made available as a grant to the high school level in accordance with the following.
A. For fiscal year 2017-18, the commissioner shall establish a per-pupil amount for program fund grants.
B. For fiscal year 2018-19 and each subsequent year, the commissioner shall recalculate the per-pupil amount by using the amount calculated under paragraph A as a base and adjusting for appropriate trends in the Consumer Price Index or other comparable index.
3. Budget recommendation. By December 15, 2016 and prior to December 15th of each subsequent year, the commissioner shall recommend to the Governor and to the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget the funding levels for the program fund for payment in the next fiscal year. The commissioner shall include these funding levels in the department's request to the Legislature for appropriations from the General Fund, allocations from federal funds and authorizations of Other Special Revenue Funds and social impact bonds to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
4. Appropriations and allocations. The commissioner shall provide funds authorized by the Legislature to carry out the purposes of this subchapter as grants to eligible school administrative units.’
