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ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 118
(By Senators Bowman, Jackson, Plymale and White)
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[Originating in the Committee on Education;
reported March 17, 1997.]
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A BILL to amend article one, chapter twenty-nine of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifteen,
relating to creating a special revenue fund to be known as the
student enrichment fund to be used for school sponsored
educational trips in this state; requiring the secretary of
education and the arts to administer the fund; and requiring the
promulgation of a legislative rule to establish standards and
criteria for allocation of the fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section fifteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF CULTURE AND HISTORY.
§29-1-15. Student enrichment transportation fund.
There is hereby created a special revenue fund in the state
treasury which shall be designated and known as the "student
enrichment fund". The fund shall consist of all appropriations
to the fund, all interest earned from the investment of the fund
and any gifts, grants or contributions received by the fund.
The secretary of education and the arts shall administer the
fund pursuant to standards and criteria specifically designed to
provide for the allocation and distribution of funds for the
purpose of school sponsored educational trips to anywhere within
the boundaries of this state.
The standards and criteria established for the allocation of
these funds shall be established by legislative rule, proposed
for legislative approval pursuant to the provisions of article
three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.