Delaware General Assembly

CHAPTER 336

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS OF THE STATE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. In addition to any other funds appropriated to the State Board of Education or other Boards of Education or Boards of School Trustees, there is hereby appropriated to the Boards of Education or Boards of School Trustees of the school districts listed herein the amounts listed below for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, for the purpose of maintaining and repairing public school buildings and grounds, and repairing, replacing, and maintaining public school equipment.

Middletown #60 5,243

Newport #21 6,336

Oak Grove #130 11,308

Odessa #61 923

Richardson Park #20 9,791

Rose Hill-Minquadale #47 12,341

Stanton #38 2,529

Townsend #81 2,673

Yorklyn #91 932

Millside #132 7,110

Newport #106 2,916

L. L. Redding #120 5,980

Clayton #119 2,039

Felton #54 5,202

Frederica #32 2,070

Hartly #96 1,251

Houston #125 762

Magnolia #50 1,377

William W. M. Henry #133 5,661

Blades #172 815

Bridgeville #90 8,755

John M. Clayton #97 5,083

Delmar #163 5,539

Ellendale #125 1,296

Greenwood #91 4,523

Gumboro #37 778

Lincoln #3 961

Lord Baltimore #28 6,414

Millsboro #23 5,440

Milton #8 7,596

Selbyville #32 6,318

Bridgeville #220 1,571

Frankford #206 1,513

William C. Jason 5,341

Millsboro #204 1,246

State Board of Education 10,835

(1-2-3 Teacher Schools)

TOTAL $618,930

Section 2. There is also appropriated to the State Board of Education the sum of $75,000 for the purpose of maintaining a reserve fund for unforeseen emergencies, such fund to be expended in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Section 3. The amounts appropriated shall be expended in the school districts according to the rules and regulations of the Board of Education or Board of School Trustees of the school district, except that in the case of 1, 2, and 3 teacher schools the funds shall be administered by the State Board of Education.

Section 4. The Board of Education or Board of School Trustees of the school district and the State Board of Education, in letting of contracts, shall be governed by Section 6702, Title 29, Delaware Code. All contracts, excepting those excluded from the operation of Section 6702 (a), Title 29, Delaware Code, by Section 6702 (b) thereof shall be accompanied by proof of possession of workmen's compensation and public liability insurance.

Section 5. The funds herein appropriated shall not be used for salaries of regular employees or for any other operating expenses or for new construction, but shall be used only for such purposes as listed in Section 1 of this Act.

Section 6. Any amounts of the sums hereby appropriated directly to each of the school districts and to the State Board of Education for use in 1, 2, and 3 teacher schools which are unexpended on June 30, 1962, shall on that date revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware. The sum hereby appropriated to the State Board of Education as a reserve fund for emergency purposes, shall not revert to the General Fund of the State but shall remain available until expended for carrying out the purposes for which such reserve fund is established.

Section 7. This Act is a supplementary appropriation and the money so appropriated shall be paid from the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Approved July 9, 1960.