§ 198:24 — Amount of Payment

I. Each school district shall be entitled to receive an amount not to exceed $200 per year for each foster child who attends a school in such district. If more than one school district is involved during any school year, the amount of payment to any one district will be distributed in accordance with RSA 198:26.
II. If the sums appropriated to the foster children tuition fund established by 1975, 505:1.06, 03, 03, 01, 21 is not totally expended for the purpose of paragraph I, then any amount remaining unexpended shall be divided equally between the following 2 categories: foster children placed in a program or school for persons with disabilities and foster children placed in a group home or nonprofit institution which averages 6 or more foster children annually. Each category shall be entitled to receive an equal share of this division; and, within each category, the amount so appropriated shall be distributed on a per capita basis based upon the number of children within the category.

Legislative History

1973, 277:1. 1977, 340:1. 1990, 140:2, III, eff. June 18, 1990.