Alabama Code 38-12B-4. Use of funds
Terms Used In Alabama Code 38-12B-4
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- 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
Appropriations for the program shall be used by the department on behalf of participants in each fiscal year to pay public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education or other publicly funded training programs in the state for benefits extended to participants by the Fostering Hope program. The department may also use not more than 10 percent of the total state appropriation made to the program in any fiscal year for costs associated with the mentor service. The department may not spend appropriations for the program for purposes other than those listed in this section. Any monies appropriated to the department for Fostering Hope that are unspent at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried over for use by the program in the next fiscal year. The department shall develop rules for ensuring that expenses of the Fostering Hope program in a fiscal year do not exceed funding for the program in that fiscal year. For that purpose, and any other provision of this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, the department may limit the acceptance of applications for Fostering Hope scholarships and may limit the award of scholarships.