§44-1-73. Funding.  


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  • The youth services board and the state board of education shall cooperatively establish a funding formula which reflects the educational needs of the students assigned to its custody. The funds for the educational programs shall be appropriated by the legislature from the special educational trust fund and shall be used only for educational purposes, except when the board determines an emergency situation exists; and upon such a determination the board, as recommended by the director, may transfer funds between items of educational and noneducational sources of funding.

(Acts 1982, No. 82-485, §4.)