State funds tied to a nutrition program are treated as reimbursement, and leftover funds at year-end or after program termination stay with the receiving authority or operator rather than reverting to the state.
§199. Retention of reimbursement funds by governing authorities of nutrition program providers A. Any state funds received by any governing authority of a nutrition program provider or other agency or person for the operation of a nutrition program pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart shall constitute reimbursement to the governing authority, agency, or person receiving such funds for expenditures made or obligations incurred prior to the receipt of such state funds. State funds shall be deemed to have been expended by the state Department of Education at the time of disbursement by said governing authority to the nutrition program provider of the nutrition program and shall be deemed to be encumbered by the state Department of Education as of the date upon which the report of meals served during any reporting period fixed by the governing authority is received by the state Department of Education. B. Should any state funds be received by the operator of a nutrition program after the close of the school year or the termination of the nutrition program for the school year, or should any funds previously received as reimbursement funds remain in the hands of any governing authority of a nutrition program provider or other agency or person charged with responsibility for the operation of a nutrition program at the close of any fiscal year, such funds shall remain the property of the governing authority, agency, or person, and no portion thereof which may remain unexpended or unencumbered at the close of any fiscal year shall revert to the state, its general fund, or to the state Department of Education. Added by Acts 1959, No. 93, §1; Acts 2009, No. 279, §1.