The General Assembly shall appropriate funds to implement the provisions of this article with initial funding for planning and organizing to begin with the fiscal year 1972-1973. Costs for all programs for handicapped children shall be shared with the school districts on the same basis that education costs are currently provided for such children attending the public schools. The provisions of this article are supplementary to all existing programs for the education of handicapped children.
S.C. Code § 59-33-70