TITLE 3: HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION 1: EDUCATION
§ 1171. Authorization for Appropriation and Transfer of Funds. (a) The Commonwealth Secretary of Finance shall, on a monthly basis, transfer no less than eight and three tenths percent (8.3%) of the Public School System appropriated “personnel” funds to the Public School System. (b) The Commonwealth Secretary of Finance shall transfer no less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the Public School System appropriated “all others” funds to the Public School System in the first month of each fiscal year. Thereafter, the Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, transfer no less than six and eight tenths percent (6.8%) of the remaining “all others” funds to the Public School System. (c) Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Fund. There is established a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Fund to be maintained separate and apart from all other funds of the Public School System. All money received by the government of the Northern Mariana Islands from the United States Department of Defense for the operation of JROTC programs shall be placed in the JROTC Fund to be used solely for the operational and logistical support of the CNMI JROTC Program. The Commissioner of Education or his/her designee, shall have expenditure authority for the JROTC Fund. The JROTC Director of Army Instruction shall report annually to the Board of Education, the Commissioner of Education, the Governor and legislature on the receipts, expenditures and balances of the JROTC Fund. Source: PL 20-48 § 3 (Mar. 28, 2018), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a).