[§302A-1306] School priority program; established. (a) There is established within the department a school priority program to augment regular instruction and other educational services at the discretion of the individual public schools. Further, it is the intent of the legislature that the school priority program promote the equitable distribution of educational resources statewide, strengthen the scope of decisionmaking, increase flexibility in resource allocation at the school level, and provide a systematic method of conforming resource allocation to the unique needs and priorities of individual schools.

(b) All moneys to carry out the purposes of the school priority program under this section to section 302A-1309 shall be allocated by the legislature through appropriations out of the state general fund.

(c) The department shall include in its budgetary request for each upcoming fiscal period, the amounts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section to section 302A-1309. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]