Section 188-E:9 Payment of Tuition and Transportation Funds.


   I. The state shall pay the receiving district for its portion of the tuition charge upon receipt by the department of education of forms showing the charges as requested by them. Payment of transportation shall be made to the sending district by the department of education upon certification of payment or liability of payment of transportation charges on forms prescribed by the department. School districts shall report actual tuition and transportation costs for reimbursement by the state to the department by September 30 of each year. Failure to file such information on the forms required under this paragraph shall result in withholding of funds.
   II. Reimbursement of tuition and transportation costs under this section shall be made annually and shall be calculated based upon the previous year's actual tuition and transportation costs for each school district. Funds shall be distributed to school districts on or before December 1.
   III. If the funds appropriated are inadequate to pay the total cost of tuition and transportation, both tuition and transportation payments will be reduced on a prorated basis.
   IV. All appropriations made for the purposes of tuition and transportation shall be nonlapsing.

Source. 1973, 567:1. 1990, 28:8, 9. 1993, 218:1, eff. July 1, 1993.