SECTION 210:40-63-5. Program administration

(a)   The LEA agrees to provide inservice training or make provisions for inservice training for teachers and other school personnel involved in implementing the Arts in Education program.

(b)   The LEA agrees to organize an Arts Planning Team at the site or district level which represents administration, arts specialists, classroom teachers and (optional) student and community representatives. The purpose of the Arts Planning Team is to assist the LEA in assessing the current status of the arts, identify needs and plan programs to satisfy these needs. Additionally, the Arts Planning Team will assist in incorporating community arts resources as well as monitoring and evaluating the program.

(c)   The LEA agrees to name a contact person (Arts Coordinator) who shall carry out the following duties:

(1)   Plan and coordinate the use of local and state resources in the Arts in Education program.

(2)   Serve as a resource person to the Arts Planning Team.

(3)   Review, evaluate, and procure useful and effective Arts in Education instructional materials for school personnel.

(4)   Regularly organize or make provisions for inservice training to school personnel and other appropriate community members.

(5)   Develop and implement an Arts in Education program as defined in 210:40-63-2.

(6)   Initiate Arts In Education programming which complements or extends that which currently exists at the LEA.

(7)   Monitor and evaluate the local Arts in Education program and file the necessary reports with the State Department of Education.

(8)   Prepare an annual plan of progress and budget reports for submission to the State Department of Education.

(9)   Attend a minimum of four state Arts Coordinator meetings during the grant period.

(d)   The LEA assures awareness that grant is for a one year period and there is no assurance of further funding. The LEA assures awareness that programs will not be funded for more than three consecutive years.

(e)   A copy of the grant application and approved amendments, all records of fund expenditures, program results and other documents relative to this program will be readily available for review. Amendments to the original application will be requested in writing and approved by the grant administrators.

(f)   Subsequent to the project, the materials purchased for this program will continue to be used for purposes specified in the grant unless permission to change is given by the State Department of Education.

(g)   After the completion of the fiscal year in which the grant funds are awarded, each district receiving said funds will be audited by State Department of Education auditors. Grant funds spent for purposes or items other than those delineated by the State Board of Education and determined by the audit to be so misspent, will be withheld in like amount in state aid funds to that district.