ARTICLE 10
RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SECTION 1. Section 16-21.1-7 of the General Laws in Chapter
16-21.1 entitled
“Transportation of
16-21.1-7. Statewide transportation of students with special needs. --
Notwithstanding the
regional structure created in this chapter, and pursuant to the
obligation of school committees to transport children with
special needs to and from school either
within the school district or in another school district of
the state created by 16-24-4, the
department of elementary and secondary education, in
collaboration with the office of statewide
planning of the department of administration, and the
develop a plan for the creation and implementation of a
statewide system of transportation of
students with special needs to and from school. The statewide
school transportation system for
children with special needs shall be provided through a
competitive request for proposals to
which vendors of transportation services may respond.
Effective upon the implementation of this
statewide system of transportation for students with special
needs, each school committee shall
purchase the transportation services for their own resident
students with special needs by
accessing this integrated statewide system of transportation
for children with special needs on a
fee-for-service basis for each child; provided, however, that any
school committee that fulfills its
transportation obligations primarily through the use of
district-owned buses or district employees
may continue to do so. The goals of the statewide system
of transportation for students with
special needs shall be the reduction of duplication of cost
and routes in transporting children from
the various cities and towns to the same special
education program providers using different
buses from each city and town, the improvement of services
to children through the development
of shorter ride times and more efficient routes of
travel, and the reduction of cost to local school
committees through achieving efficiency in eliminating the need
for each school district to
contract for and provide these specialized transportation services
separately. The department of
elementary and secondary education shall submit a report of
their findings and plans to the
general assembly by March 30, 2008.
SECTION 2. Section 16-21.1-8 of the General Laws in Chapter
16-21.1 entitled
“Transportation of
follows:
16-21.1-8. Statewide transportation system for all students
to be established. --
Statewide transportation
system for all students. –
(a) Notwithstanding
the regional structure created in this chapter, and upon
implementation of the
department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with
the office of statewide planning of the department of
administration, and the
transit authority shall conduct a comprehensive study of all
current transportation services for
students in
implementation of a statewide system of transportation of all
students to and from school. The a
statewide school transportation system for all students shall
be provided through a competitive
request for proposals to which vendors of transportation
services may respond. Effective upon the
implementation of this statewide system of transportation for all
students, each school committee
shall purchase the transportation services for their own
resident students by accessing this
integrated statewide system of transportation on a
fee-for-service basis for each child; provided,
however, that any school committee that fulfills its
transportation obligations primarily
predominantly through the use of district-owned buses or district
employees may apply for a
variance from the commissioner of education, or the
commissioner’s designee, thereby requesting
that its transportation obligations continue to be achieved through the use of the
buses owned by
the district and staffed by district employees. do so. All
fees paid for transportation services
provided to students under the statewide system shall be paid
into a statewide student
transportation services restricted receipt account within the
department of elementary and
secondary education. Payments from the account shall be limited
to payments to the
transportation service provider and transportation system
consultants. This restricted receipt
account shall not be subject to the indirect cost recoveries
provisions set forth in 35-4-27. The
goals of the statewide system of transportation for all
students shall be the reduction of
duplication of cost and routes in transporting children from the
various cities and towns using
different buses within and between each city and town, the
improvement of services to children
through the development of shorter ride times and more
efficient routes of travel, and the
reduction of cost to local school committees through achieving
efficiency in eliminating the need
for each school district to contract for and provide
these transportation services separately. The
comprehensive study of all current transportation services for
students in
districts and development of a plan for a statewide system of
transportation of all students to and
from school shall be completed, with a report to the general
assembly by March 30, 2008.
(b) There shall be
deducted from the final aid payment to each school district any
amounts owed to the state at the end of the fiscal year for
transportation of the district’s students
under the statewide transportation system established
pursuant to this section. Districts shall
receive monthly invoices summarizing the basis of the
transportation fees charged. Any such
deductions in aid shall be transferred to the statewide student
transportation services restricted
receipt account, as set forth in R.I.G.L. section 35-4-27.
SECTION 3. Sections 31-22.1-1, 31-22.1-2, and 31-22.1-3 of
the General Laws in
Chapter 31-22.1 entitled
“Pupil Transportation Vehicles” are hereby amended to read as follows:
31-22.1-1.
Pupil transportation vehicle - Definition.
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A
pupil transportation vehicle is a motor vehicle designed
and constructed to seat not
more than eight (8) passengers in addition to including
the operator, used by a school committee
to provide the transportation services required by
law or regulation to students being conveyed
along a fixed school transportation route. In
particular, such vehicles may be used to provide the
transportation services required by § 16-21-1, §
16-21.1-1, et seq., and §16-24-4 on routes in
which only small numbers of students are being conveyed.
31-22.1-2.
Pupil transportation vehicle - Vehicle standards.--
Vans, sport utility
vehicles, and heavy automobiles as defined by applicable federal
regulations may be used as
pupil transportation vehicles provided that these
vehicles meet the
highest federal crashworthiness standards for these
categories of vehicles. Unless otherwise
specifically provided for herein, the provisions of §
31-20-4, et seq. (Special Stops Required)
shall be applicable to
pupil transportation vehicles. The provisions of §
31-23-42 (First aid kit and
heating equipment), § 31-23-42.2 (Power equipment on
school buses), § 31-23-54 (Fire
extinguishers), and § 31-23-55 (Speedometer and
odometer) and § 31-23-56 (Stop arm) shall be
applicable to pupil transportation vehicles. A
pupil transportation vehicle shall not be required to
be painted school bus yellow, provided it carries
a sign in school bus yellow visible from forward
and from in back of the vehicle containing the
lettering required by § 31-20-11.
31-22.1-3.
Equipment and operation of pupil transportation vehicles.
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No person shall operate
any student transportation vehicle, and the owner or custodian of
a student transportation vehicle shall not
permit the same to be operated to convey students unless
the following requirements are complied with:
(1) The operator of a
pupil transportation vehicle shall not allow the number of
school
students riding in the
pupil transportation vehicle at any one time to exceed the
number of
adequate seats therein nor shall the operator drive said bus
until each student is seated.
(2) No person shall
operate a pupil transportation vehicle referred to in this
section, nor
knowingly allow any passenger to ride in such
vehicle unless the operator and all passengers are
wearing a safety belt which is properly adjusted and
fastened.
(3) All doors shall be
kept closed while the pupil transportation vehicle is in motion.
The
vehicle shall have an audible open door warning alarm and an
audible back up warning alarm.
(4) No fueling shall
take place while any pupil transportation vehicle is occupied by
students passengers.
(5) Each pupil transportation vehicle shall
be equipped with Type I Class A turn signal
lamps, which shall have a four-way hazard warning signal
switch to cause simultaneous flashing
of the turn signal lamps which may be activated when a
pupil transportation vehicle is
approaching a stop to load or discharge school students and when
needed as a vehicular traffic
hazard warning. Each
pupil transportation vehicle shall also be equipped with front
and rear
alternating flashing school bus red signal lamps, which shall remain
flashing when school
pupils are entering or leaving the
pupil transportation vehicle. All aforementioned lamps shall
comply with applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards and any applicable rules and
regulations promulgated by the department of motor vehicles. The
operator of a
pupil transportation vehicle shall cause its
headlamps to be illuminated while such bus is in
operation.
(6) Any person who
operates such a pupil transportation vehicle shall not permit
the
boarding or discharging of school students therefrom
unless the pupil transportation vehicle is
stopped as close as is practicable to the right-hand side or
edge of the ways and shall announce
when discharging passengers there from that all persons
who wish to cross to the other side of the
way shall do so by passing in front of the
pupil transportation vehicle immediately upon alighting
therefrom. No person shall operate a
pupil transportation vehicle on a way away from the
point of
boarding until it is safe for after discharging all discharged
passengers therefrom unless all
persons who wish to cross to the other side have done so. The
monitor requirement of § 16-21-1
shall not apply to pupil transportation vehicles.
(7) Each
pupil transportation vehicle shall be required to be equipped
with one pair of
adequate chock blocks and three (3) flares in compliance with
United States Motor
Vehicle D.O.T. Safety Standard No. 125, which
shall be placed upon the roadway in
conformance with section 14 B of chapter 85 when such
vehicle becomes disabled upon the
traveled portion of any way, and seat belts for each permanent
seating accommodation designed
and installed in compliance with applicable United States
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
(8) All pupil transportation
vehicles shall include an approved emergency airway and
bodily fluid spill kits.
(8)(9) All
pupil transportation vehicles used to transport school students
under the
provisions of this section shall display sticker as authorized by
the department of motor
vehicles for a reasonable fee established by the
department of motor vehicles.
(9)(10) All
persons operating a pupil transportation vehicle to convey students shall hold
a shall operate a pupil transportation vehicle when
the vehicle is
being used to convey students, who and has shall have passed a
written test as may be prescribed
by the department division of motor
vehicles. In addition, all persons who operate a pupil transportation
vehicle to convey students shall submit to a national and
statewide criminal and driving record
background check by the hiring agency.
SECTION 4. Section 31-22-11.6 of the General Laws in Chapter
31-22 entitled
“Miscellaneous Rules” is
hereby amended to read as follows:
31-22-11.6.
Child care vehicles and school extra-curricular vehicles.
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(a) (1)
Pursuant to § 31-22-10, the division of motor
vehicles is authorized to promulgate
rules and regulations concerning the type, construction,
and equipment of motor vehicles used for
the transportation of children to and from child care
facilities and to and from school sponsored
activities including athletics and
extra-curricular activities.
(2) (i) For the purposes of this section, "school bus",
as referred to in § 31-1-3(v), is
defined as a vehicle which is used to carry children to
or from school on school bound routes at
the outset of the children's school day and/or on home
bound routes at the end of the children's
school day. For these routes, a school bus or a pupil
transportation vehicle as set forth in § 31-
22.1-1 and § 31-22.1-2 must be used
regardless of the number of students being transported.
(ii) For purposes of
this section, "school extra-curricular vehicles" is defined as
vehicles designed to transport fewer than fifteen (15)
students to and from school sponsored
activities including athletics, internships, work experiences,
and extra-curricular activities where
school buses are not used because of the small number of
students being transported.
(iii) For the purpose of
this section, "child care vehicle" is defined as a motor
vehicle owned or leased by a licensed child care agency
that does not exceed fifteen (15)
passengers and is being used to transport children from schools
to child care facilities and/or from
child care facilities to schools. Two (2) door sedans shall
not be considered child care vehicles or
school extra-curricular vehicles.
(b) The division
of motor vehicles shall have the authority to suspend the registration of
any vehicle used for child care transportation or
school extra-curricular transportation that does
not meet the following requirements:
(1) Seating. Adequate
seating space for all passengers shall be provided. The maximum
seating capacity of a child care vehicle and school
extra-curricular vehicle shall be fifteen (15)
persons, including the driver. No standing shall be permitted
while the vehicle is in operation.
(2) Safety belts. Safety
belts shall be required for all passengers riding in the child care
vehicle and school extra-curricular vehicle.
(3)
Vehicle registration. All child care vehicles and school
extra-curricular vehicles shall
be registered as public vehicles.
(4)
Vehicle inspection. All child care vehicles and school
extra-curricular vehicles shall
be inspected for excessive emissions and/or safety items
according to a staggered appointment
schedule as determined by the director of revenue, or his or
her designee, and from time to time
thereafter as may be required, and the vehicle owner shall
display upon the vehicle the certificate
of inspection and approval issued to the
vehicle until the certificate shall expire.
(5) Inspector's
rejection notice. The director of revenue, or his or her designee, may affix
a notice of rejection to any vehicle that fails to
pass the required inspection requirements. The
rejection notice shall not be destroyed or removed from the
vehicle until the vehicle has passed
the inspection requirements, or its removal has been
authorized by the director of revenue or his
or her designee.
(6) (i) Vehicle identification. Any and all child
care vehicles and school extra-
curricular vehicles must have the name of the child
care organization conspicuously placed on the
side of the vehicle. The identification shall be required
to possess two inch (2") letters, and be
permanently affixed on the side of the vehicle.
(ii) Should any child
care vehicle and school extra-curricular vehicle be a leased
vehicle,
the vehicle shall forego the requirement of having
the name of the child care facility or school
permanently affixed to the side of the vehicle, but instead may
satisfy the identification
requirement by placing a magnetized sign naming the child care
facility or school or any other
temporarily affixed apparatus; provided, that the temporary
identification sign not be
interchanged, replaced, or modified to change the purpose or
function of the child care
vehicle and school extra-curricular vehicle.
(7) (i) Fire extinguisher. The child care vehicle and
school extra-curricular vehicle shall
be equipped with at least one pressurized, potassium
bicarbonate base dry chemical-type fire
extinguisher, mounted in the manufacturer's extinguisher bracket,
and located in the driver's
compartment in full view of and readily accessible to the driver.
A pressure gauge shall be
mounted on the extinguisher so as to be easily read without
removing the extinguisher from its
mounted position.
(ii) The fire
extinguisher shall have a minimum capacity of not less than two and a half
pounds (21/2 lbs.) and be of a type approved by the
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., with a rating
of not less than ten (10) B:C. The operating mechanism
shall be sealed with a type of seal that
will not interfere with use of the fire extinguisher.
(8) First-Aid,
Airway, and Bodily Fluid Spill kits. Every child care vehicle and
school
extra-curricular vehicle shall be equipped with a first-aid
kit mounted in an area accessible to the
operator which consists of bandages, sterile pads, adhesive
tape, and Band-Aids, as well as an
approved Emergency Airway Kit, for use in the administration of first-aid treatment.
In addition,
every child care vehicle and school extra-curricular
vehicle shall be equipped with a bodily fluid
spill kit.
(9) Each vehicle
shall also have an audible door alarm and an audible back up alarm.
(10) All persons
operating a pupil transportation vehicle to convey children shall
hold a
department of motor vehicles. In addition, all such persons who
operate a pupil transportation
vehicle to convey children shall submit to a national and
statewide criminal and driving record
background check by the hiring agency.
(9)(11)
School extra-curricular vehicles purchased after January 1, 2000
shall further
comply with regulations which the division of motor
vehicles is authorized to promulgate which
require these vehicles to meet appropriate safety
standards. The additional safety requirements of
this subsection shall, effective January 1, 2008, also
apply to school extra-curricular vehicles in
service prior to January 1, 2000, which are still in service
after January 1, 2008.
SECTION 5. Chapter 16-26 of the General Laws entitled
"School for the Deaf" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section:
16-26-12. Other sources of funding. -- (a) The 2009 general assembly, through the FY
2010 appropriation act, established a fee for a
service program, also known as a tuition program,
for the Rhode Island school for the deaf effective July
1, 2009 in accordance with the fee
structure developed and implemented by the department of
elementary and secondary education.
Under this fee for service program, and the provisions
of
7.1 notwithstanding,
districts shall be assessed tuition to cover the costs of educational services
that are additional to the core deaf and hard-of-hearing
education program that is provided to
resident students at the
(b) Tuition assessed
at the school for the deaf to cover costs of educational services that
are additional to the core deaf and hard-of-hearing
education program shall be based on a
graduated tuition schedule correlating to the varying needs of
students. Districts shall receive
three (3) times each school year, invoices summarizing the
basis for the tuition charged. There
shall be deducted from the final aid payment to each school
district at the end of the fiscal year
any amounts owed to the state for these additional
educational services. All tuition paid by
districts and any aid deducted for non-payment shall be
deposited in a restricted receipt account
and shall be exempt from the indirect cost recovery
provisions of section 35-4-7.
(c) The school for
the deaf is hereby authorized to rent or lease space in its school
building. The school shall deposit any revenues from such
agreements into a restricted receipt
account, to be known as the school for the deaf rental income
account, to be used for the same
educational purposes that its state appropriation is used. Any
such rental agreements must receive
prior approval from the school's board of trustees and by
the state properties committee.
SECTION 6. Relating to Regional Vocational Schools - Section
16-45-6 of the General
Laws in Chapter 16-45
entitled “Regional Vocational Schools” is hereby amended to read as
follows:
16-45-6. Powers additional to previous authority. --
(a) The powers delegated and
authorized in this chapter for the board of regents for elementary
and secondary education and the
department of elementary and secondary education shall be in
addition to those previously
authorized by any other general or public law.
(b) The governance,
funding, and programming of the William M. Davies, Jr. vocational
technical school and the Metropolitan Career and
the rules and regulations formulated by the board of
regents for elementary and secondary
education pursuant to chapter 35 of title 42. Provided,
however, the additional appropriation by
the General Assembly in fiscal year 2005 for the William
M. Davies, Jr. Vocational Technical
School shall be used to fund sixty (60) additional
placements. Forty (40) of those placements
shall be made available to students from the City of
(c) The purpose of this
chapter is to restructure the system of career and technical schools
in
paramount aim is to enable the schools to make more significant
contributions in providing the
state's students with the career preparation they need to
compete and succeed in the world of
today and of the future. To ensure student success, a
system of model career and technical schools
will be established and supported. These schools will
provide: integrated academic and vocational
curricula, up to date technology, programs to meet the varying
needs of all students, and strong
links to business, industry, postsecondary education, and
the community.
(d)(1) There
shall be a system of state operated career and technical schools serving
geographic areas of the state. Students attending these regional
schools will do so on a full time
basis with the costs for their education at the regional
school fully funded by the state.
(2) These schools shall
be operated as local education agencies and each shall be
governed by a board of trustees. With the exception of those
powers and duties reserved by the
director, the commissioner of elementary and secondary
education, and the board of regents for
elementary and secondary education, the board of trustees shall
have the powers and duties of
school committees. The Davies school shall be the first
school operated under the provisions of
this chapter and shall be renamed the William M. Davies,
Jr. career and technical high school.
The Metropolitan Career and
provisions of this chapter.
(e)(1) The board
of regents for elementary and secondary education shall appoint the
members of the board of trustees from nominations made by the
commissioner of elementary and
secondary education. The chairperson shall also be selected in
this manner. The board of regents
shall determine the number, qualifications, and terms of
office of members of the board of
trustees. The board of trustees will be broadly representative
of the local communities served by
each school and the larger statewide workforce interests.
(2) The board of regents
shall establish strategic directions for the career and technical
education system that are consistent with the state's economic
development plans, workforce
requirements, and educational priorities and learner outcomes
established by the board of regents.
(3) The board of regents
shall provide parameters for the overall budget requests, approve
the budget, and participate in budget development as
required in subsection (i).
(f)(1) The
commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall recommend
parameters for the overall budget requests, recommend a budget
and participate in budget
development as required in subsection (i).
(2) The commissioner
shall approve the process for selection of a director of each
regional school. The commissioner shall develop a plan for
statewide implementation of the
provisions of this chapter.
(g) The board of
trustees shall meet monthly and serve without compensation. Nine (9)
members of the board of trustees shall be required to attend
teacher appeal hearings conducted
pursuant to § 16-13-4. The board of trustees shall have broad
policy making authority for the
operation of the school consistent with subsection (e) and the
following powers and duties:
(1) To identify the
educational needs of the communities in the district.
(2) To develop
educational policies to meet the needs of students in the communities
served by the school district.
(3) To appoint a director
of its regional school to serve as its chief executive officer and
to approve assistant and associate directors from
nominations made by the director.
(4) To provide policy
guidance and participate in budget development as required in
subsection (i).
(5) To develop staffing
policies which ensure that all students are taught by educators of
the highest possible quality.
(h)(1) The
director will serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees with the initial
appointment to be for a period of not more than three (3) years,
provided, that the term and
conditions of employment are subject to the approval of the
board of regents for elementary and
secondary education.
(2) It is the
responsibility of the director to manage and operate the school on a day to day
basis. The director's duties shall include the following:
(i)
To be responsible for the entire care, supervision, and management of the
career and
technical high school.
(ii) To recommend to the
board of trustees educational policies to meet the needs of the
district, and to implement policies established by the board
of trustees.
(iii) To present
nominations to the board of trustees for assistant and associate directors
and to appoint all other school personnel.
(iv)
To provide for the evaluation of all school district personnel.
(v) To establish a
school based management approach for decision making for the
operation of the school.
(vi)
To prepare a budget and participate in budget development as required in
subsection
(i), and to authorize
purchases consistent with the adopted school district budget.
(vii) To report to the
board of trustees on a regular basis the financial condition and
operation of the school, and to report annually on the
educational progress of the school.
(viii) To establish
appropriate advisory committees as needed to provide guidance on new
directions and feedback on the operation of the school.
(i)
With policy guidance from the board of trustees and extensive involvement of
the
administrators and faculty in the school, the director of each
regional school shall annually
prepare a budget. The board of trustees will approve the
budget and transmit it to the
commissioner. The board of regents for elementary and secondary
education, upon
recommendation of the commissioner of elementary and secondary
education, shall provide
parameters for the overall budget request. Based on review and
recommendation by the
commissioner, the board of regents shall approve the total budget
and incorporate it into its
budget request to the governor and to the general assembly.
Line item budgeting decisions shall
be the responsibility of the director.
(j) Nothing in this
section shall be deemed to limit or interfere with the rights of teachers
and other school employees to bargain collectively
pursuant to chapters 9.3 and 9.4 of title 28 or
to allow the board of trustees or the director to
abrogate any agreement by collective bargaining.
Employees at the William M. Davies school shall
continue to be state employees and the
bargaining units which are presently established at the school
shall remain intact.
(k) Any tuition
payments, which are made to the William M. Davies Career and
Technical high school from the
district of residence of its students, as authorized in R.I.G.L.
section 16-7.2-5, shall be deposited into a restricted
receipt account to be used for the same
educational purposes that its state appropriation is used. Any
such funds shall be exempt from the
indirect cost recovery provisions of section 35-4-7.
SECTION 7. Relating to Restricted Receipt Accounts - Section
35-4-27 of the General
Laws in
Chapter 35-4 entitled “State Funds” is hereby amended to read as follows:
35-4-27. Indirect
cost recoveries on restricted receipt accounts. -- Indirect cost
recoveries of ten percent (10%) of cash receipts shall be
transferred from all restricted receipt
accounts, to be recorded as general revenues in the general
fund. However, there shall be no
transfer from cash receipts with restrictions received
exclusively: (1) from contributions from
non-profit charitable organizations; (2) from the assessment of
indirect cost recovery rates on
federal grant funds; or (3) through transfers from state
agencies to the department of
administration for the payment of debt service. These indirect cost
recoveries shall be applied to
all accounts, unless prohibited by federal law or regulation,
court order, or court settlement. The
following restricted receipt accounts shall not be subject to
the provisions of this section:
Department
of Human Services
Veterans'
home – Restricted account
Veterans'
home – Resident benefits
Organ
transplant fund
Veteran's
Cemetery Memorial Fund
Department
of Health
Pandemic
medications and equipment account
Department
of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals
Eleanor
Slater non-Medicaid third-party payor account
Hospital
Medicare Part D Receipts
RICLAS
Group Home Operations
Vigneron Memorial Fund Grant
Department
of Environmental Management
National
heritage revolving fund
Environmental
response fund II
Underground
storage tanks registration fees
Art
for public facilities fund
Historic
preservation revolving loan fund
Historic
Preservation loan fund – Interest revenue
Department
of Public Safety
Forfeited
property – Retained
Forfeitures
– Federal
Forfeited
property – Gambling
Donation
– Polygraph and Law Enforcement Training
Rhode
Island State Firefighter’s League Training Account
Attorney
General
Forfeiture
of property
Federal
forfeitures
Attorney
General multi-state account
Department
of Administration
Restore
and replacement – Insurance coverage
Convention
Center Authority rental payments
Investment
Receipts – TANS
Car
Rental Tax/Surcharge-Warwick Share
OPEB
System Restricted Receipt Account
ARRA
Administrative Expenses – Bureau of Audits
ARRA
Administrative Expenses – Purchasing
Legislature
Audit
of federal assisted programs
Department
of Elderly Affairs
Pharmaceutical
Rebates Account
Department
of Children Youth and Families
Children's
Trust Accounts – SSI
Military
Staff
RI
Military Family Relief Fund
Treasury
Admin. Expenses – State Retirement System
Retirement
– Treasury Investment Options
Business
Regulation
Banking
Division Reimbursement Account
Office
of the Health Insurance Commissioner Reimbursement Account
Securities
Division Reimbursement Account
Commercial
Licensing and Racing and Athletics Division Reimbursement Account
Insurance
Division Reimbursement Account
Historic Preservation Tax Credit Account.
Judiciary
Arbitration
Fund Restricted Receipt Account
Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education
Statewide
Student Transportation Services Account
School
for the Deaf Fee for Service Account
Davies
Career and
Office
of the Governor
ARRA
Administrative Expenses – Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment
Department
of Labor and Training
Job
Development Fund – Title XII loans principal and interest
SECTION 8. Section 5 of this Article, except for the fee for
service program, which
became effective on July 1, 2009, shall take effect upon
passage and apply retroactively to July 1,
2010. The remainder of this
article shall take effect upon passage.