§ 19-5-305 - Public School Fund. - Arkansas Statutes

19-5-305. Public School Fund.

(a) The Public School Fund shall consist of the following fund accounts and funds made available for the support of the Department of Education, the Department of Workforce Education, and the Arkansas State Library of the Department of Education and shall be used for the same purposes as set out for the following fund accounts:

(1) Department of Education Public School Fund Account. The Department of Education Public School Fund Account shall be used for grants and aids for the programs administered by the Department of Education consisting of, but not limited to:

(A) Teacher retirement matching;

(B) Handicapped children;

(C) Aid to the county general;

(D) Guidance services;

(E) Transportation aid;

(F) State equalization aid;

(G) State apportionment;

(H) Orphans' aid;

(I) Child guidance center;

(J) Surplus commodities distribution;

(K) Crippled children;

(L) Early childhood education;

(M) School food services;

(N) Economic education;

(O) Textbook grants; and

(P) Such other grants and aids as may be authorized by law for disbursement by the Department of Education;

(2) Department of Workforce Education Public School Fund Account. The Department of Workforce Education Public School Fund Account shall be used for grants and aids for the programs administered by the Department of Workforce Education consisting of, but not limited to:

(A) General adult education grants;

(B) Adult basic education grants;

(C) Manpower development and training grants;

(D) Vocational-technical and adult education; and

(E) Such other grants and aids as may be authorized by law for disbursement by the Department of Workforce Education; and

(3) State Library Public School Fund Account. The State Library Public School Fund Account shall be used for Aid to Public Libraries as administered by the Arkansas State Library of the Department of Education.

(b) The Public School Fund shall consist of those moneys as may be provided by:

(1) The Revenue Stabilization Law, 19-5-101 et seq.;

(2) Any federal mineral leasing funds, federal forest reserve funds, federal flood control funds, or any other similar turnback funds in the State Treasury for which the eligible county or school district cannot be identified;

(3) Fines collected pursuant to 6-21-410 under the Free Textbook Act of 1975, 6-21-401 et seq.;

(4) Funds remitted by county treasurers for those school districts which have local revenue per student in excess of the local base per student, as set out in 26-80-101(c);

(5) Amusement machine revenues up to and including thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), as set out in 26-57-407;

(6) Additional rental vehicle tax revenues in excess of two million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($2,850,000), 26-63-302, to be used exclusively for teacher salaries; and

(7) Such other funds as may be authorized by law.

(c) (1) There is authorized a transfer of up to two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year from the Public School Fund to the Department of Education Fund Account or the Department of Workforce Education Fund Account, or a portion thereof to both, by the Treasurer of State and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, upon certification as to the amount required by the Commissioner of Education or by the Director of the Department of Workforce Education, or both, to the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.

(2) This transfer shall be used to provide additional support for the administration of the handicapped children program and the vocational-technical and adult education program.