186:13 Appropriations, How Used. –
All money appropriated by the legislature for general educational purposes, in addition to the literary fund and all other funds created for the purposes enumerated in this section, shall be used for the following purposes:
I.
Illiteracy. For the abolition of illiteracy and for the instruction of illiterates over 14 years of age in common school branches and in the privileges, duties, and responsibilities of citizenship.
II.
Americanization. For the Americanization of immigrants, for the teaching of those 14 years of age and over to speak and read English and to appreciate and respect the civic and social institutions of the United States, and for instruction in the duties of citizenship.
III.
Equalization and General Aid. For equalizing educational opportunity and improving the public elementary and high schools.
IV.
Health. For promotion of the physical health and recreation of pupils, and for their medical and dental examination.
V.
Examination, etc. For the determination of mental and physical defects, for the employment of school nurses and the instruction of pupils in the principles of health and sanitation.
VI.
Instructing Teachers. For preparing teachers for the schools, particularly for rural schools, for encouraging a more nearly universal preparation of prospective teachers, and for extending the facilities for the improvement of teachers already in the service.
VII.
Expenses. For the expense of administration of the department of education.
VIII.
Federal Aid. For making available the funds provided by federal law for vocational or other education.
IX.
Tuition. For the payment of tuition as provided in this title.
X.
Education for the Deaf. For the expense of providing educational facilities for the deaf.
XI. (a) To share with local school districts, under Public Law 91-248, the cost of the national school lunch program, excluding state salary and administrative expenses, the state board of education shall from appropriated funds disburse such funds to schools in such manner that each school receives the same proportionate share of such funds as it receives of the federal funds apportioned to New Hampshire for the same federal fiscal year, under section 4 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended.
(b) To accomplish the requirements for school food service and nutrition education which each school board is required to implement under RSA 189:11-a, the state board of education may allocate from such matching funds, as required to be appropriated under Public Law 91-248, an amount not to exceed 1/2 of the appropriation. These funds are to be disbursed to school districts for the purchase of food service equipment and nutrition education learning materials as required to meet the requirements of RSA 189:11-a. Such disbursements are to be used first to meet the school district's share of non-food assistance matching under the federal program and to assist with the purchase of food service equipment in schools ineligible for federal non-food assistance funding; residual amounts available under this appropriation authority may be utilized to institute nutrition education programs, at the discretion of the state board of education.
(c) Subject to available appropriations, a chartered public school, nonpublic school approved by the department of education, or any residential facility for children, which meets state and federal school nutrition program requirements, may apply for reimbursement pursuant to RSA 189:11-a, VII, for all approved meals.
XII.
Revolving Fund. For a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the printed materials revolving fund which is hereby established to be administered by the department of education. The moneys in said fund shall be used for the purpose of printing materials for distribution. A reasonable charge shall be established for each copy of a document. Charges made shall be in the amount necessary to pay the cost of producing such documents. Receipts from the sale of any documents shall be credited to the fund established in this paragraph. The receipts from such charges shall be used for no other purpose than the subsequent printing of documents of the department of education. State agencies and members of the general court shall not be charged for printed materials which are paid for by the fund. Any available balance in this fund in excess of $50,000 on June 30 of each year shall be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue.