(a) The total costs of operating the schools authorized by this chapter shall be borne entirely by the state and shall be paid from the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund.

Terms Used In Alabama Code 14-12-4

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Such costs shall be considered annually, upon the recommendation of the State Department of Education, by the joint interim committee made up of the Ways and Means Committee of the House and the Finance and Taxation Committee of the Senate. An estimate of costs for the 1977-78 school year and each succeeding year shall be made to the above mentioned committee when the budget estimates are presented by the State Department of Education.
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