[§302A-1504] School-level minor repairs and maintenance accounts. (a) The department shall establish school-level minor repairs and maintenance accounts for the use of each public school, which shall not exceed $8,000 per school. The accounts shall be comprised of funds appropriated to the department for school-level minor repairs and maintenance and shall not be used for any other purpose, nor shall any other funds be deposited into the accounts.

(b) Funds in this account shall be expended at the direction of the school principal to contract for minor repairs and maintenance. Any funds appropriated for this purpose that are unencumbered at the close of each fiscal year shall lapse into the general fund.

(c) Each school principal, through the superintendent, shall submit a report annually to the department of accounting and general services on expenditures made from this account. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]