CHAPTER 406
RELATING TO EDUCATION
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14, DELAWARE CODE OF 1953 ENTITLED "EDUCATION" BY INCREASING THE SUM WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED FOR EACH UNIT OF PUPILS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. § 1706, Title 14, Delaware Code of 1953 is amended by adding the words "provided that the sum allocated during the school year for new and additional units in a school district in which the additional units have no facilities and in which the additional units give a total number of units in excess of the maximum present at any time during the past five years, may exceed the uniform amount appropriated for expenses included in Division II; such moneys shall be used for the purchase of text-books, furniture, and other classroom equipment".
Section 2. For such additional new units there is appropriated to the State Board of Education the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for the year ending June 30, 1954 and a further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for the year ending June 30, 1955.
Section 3. The State Board of Education shall determine the amounts which are to be allotted to each qualifying school district, taking into consideration the funds appropriated in Section 2 and the actual number of additional units to be provided for, and shall notify the State Auditor of Accounts who shall then cause such amounts to be included with the funds due according to Section 1 of this Article to the district.
Section 4. This is a supplementary appropriation and the funds appropriated shall be paid out of the general fund of the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved July 15, 1953.