Retention of funds by the department. Grant to supplement existing programs. Reports. Audits

(a) The Department of Education shall retain up to two and one-half per cent of the amount appropriated for purposes of section 10-266t for state-wide technical assistance, program monitoring and evaluation, and administration. (b) Each grant pursuant to section 10-266t shall be awarded on an annual basis. Funding in subsequent years shall be based on available appropriations, compliance with this section and section 10-266t and program evaluations. (c) Each school district which receives a grant pursuant to section 10-266t shall use the grant to supplement existing programs. If the Commissioner of Education finds that any grant is being used for other purposes, or to decrease the local share of support for schools or to supplant a previous source of funds, he may require repayment of such grant to the state. (d) Each such district shall prepare an annual program report which describes and documents program operation, student participation and other indicators of success and shall submit the report to the Commissioner of Education in such form and at such time as he prescribes. (e) Within sixty days after the close of the school year, each such district shall file with the Commissioner of Education a financial statement of expenditures, in such form as the commissioner prescribes. On or before December thirty-first of the fiscal year following the grant year, each district shall file, as part of the local government single audit process, an appropriate financial audit of the grant funds. (f) On or before December first annually, the Commissioner of Education shall file, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, an evaluation report of the program established pursuant to section 10-266t with the Governor, the General Assembly and the Office of Policy and Management.