49-5-5011 - Funding of program.
49-5-5011. Funding of program.
(a) Funds paid out by the state under this part and parts 52-57 of this chapter shall not be subject to § 8-11-110 and shall not be subject to any reduction on account of § 8-11-110 or otherwise.
(b) Any cost to local government as determined by the general assembly in the general appropriations act that is mandated under the provisions of the Comprehensive Education Reform Act of 1984, compiled in this part and parts 52-57 of this chapter, shall not be borne by any local government but shall be solely an obligation of and payable by the state.
(c) Any funds appropriated for the implementation of the Comprehensive Education Reform Act of 1984 and not expended in the current fiscal year shall remain available for such purposes at the end of the fiscal year, and shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be maintained as a revolving fund for the purposes of implementing this part and parts 52-57 of this chapter.
(d) The department of education shall reimburse LEAs an amount not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) per day or the amount that the LEA regularly pays its substitute teachers, if more, for any necessary substitute while a career level teacher, principal or supervisor is performing duties under this part and parts 52-57 of this chapter.
(e) The department is authorized to make any necessary payments for career ladder supplements for any educators, as defined in § 49-5-5003, teaching at private schools that receive eighty-five percent (85%) of their funding from state funds. The payments shall be paid out of any funds appropriated for career ladder supplements and shall be in the amount and made in the manner provided in this part and parts 52-57 of this chapter.
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, §§ 11, 24, 90, 103; 1987, ch. 308, § 2; 1990, ch. 633, § 1.]