(1)On or before June 30, 2009, a regional service
council may apply to the state board on behalf of a regional service area for a one-time grant of up to ten thousand dollars for direct reimbursement of expenses
related to the development of the plan for the regional service area. The state
board shall provide an applying regional service council with the one-time grant for
reimbursement of expenses related to the development of the plan no later than
thirty days following the submission of the grant application.
(2)If the plan for a regional service area is approved by the state board
pursuant to section 22-5.5-105, on or after July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the
state board shall award to the regional service area a grant of up to fifty thousand
dollars, subject to avai
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(1) On or before June 30, 2009, a regional service
council may apply to the state board on behalf of a regional service area for a one-time grant of up to ten thousand dollars for direct reimbursement of expenses
related to the development of the plan for the regional service area. The state
board shall provide an applying regional service council with the one-time grant for
reimbursement of expenses related to the development of the plan no later than
thirty days following the submission of the grant application.
(2) If the plan for a regional service area is approved by the state board
pursuant to section 22-5.5-105, on or after July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the
state board shall award to the regional service area a grant of up to fifty thousand
dollars, subject to available appropriations by the general assembly. If available
moneys are insufficient to award each eligible regional service area a full fifty-thousand-dollar grant, the state board shall reduce proportionately all grant
awards for eligible regional service areas for that year. A regional service council
may choose not to accept funding on behalf of the regional service area if the
prorated amount is insufficient to allow the regional service area to function
effectively.
(3) In addition to the grants described in subsections (1) and (2) of this
section, on or after July 1, 2009, and annually thereafter, the department shall,
subject to available appropriations, allocate to each eligible regional service area
an amount equal to up to fifty cents per pupil based on the pupil enrollment for
each school district in the regional service area as of the pupil enrollment count day
of the previous year.
(4) Funding for a regional service area after the first grant pursuant to this
section is contingent upon the successful implementation of the regional service
area's plan, as evaluated by the state board and the department. The state board
shall annually notify each regional service council on or before September 1
regarding whether the regional service area will receive moneys pursuant to
subsections (2) and (3) of this section in the coming year and the amounts.
(5) A regional service council may use a maximum of ten percent of the
amount annually received by the regional service area for grant management and
fiscal oversight. For regions with a total pupil enrollment of less than fifteen
thousand students, the regional service council may use up to twenty percent of
the amount annually received by the regional service area for grant management
and fiscal oversight.
(6) Each regional service council that receives funding on behalf of a
regional service area pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall submit
to the department a revised annual budget on or before March 1, 2010, and on or
before March 1 each year thereafter. If a regional service council expects to exceed
by more than ten percent the projected expenditures specified in the budget
included in the original plan submitted to the state board pursuant to section 22-5.5-105, the regional service council shall seek prior approval for the expenditure
from the department.
(6.5) Each regional service council is authorized to seek and accept gifts,
grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this article;
except that a gift, grant, or donation shall not be accepted if the conditions
attached to the gift, grant, or donation require its expenditure in a manner contrary
to law. Any gifts, grants, or donations received by a regional service council shall be
submitted directly to the board of cooperative services that is acting as the regional
service council's fiscal agent pursuant to subsection (7) of this section.
(7) Each regional service council shall select one board of cooperative
services in the regional service area to act as its fiscal agent to receive the moneys
from the state treasurer or any gifts, grants, or donations accepted pursuant to
subsection (6.5) of this section.