Section 20-20-18.5-2 - Establishment of fund; administration; criteria(a) The mental health counselor licenses for school counselors fund is established for purposes of funding the grant set forth in section 1 of this chapter.(b) The department shall administer the fund.(c) The fund consists of the following:(1) Appropriations from the general assembly.(3) Grants, including grants from private entities.(d) In awarding a grant under this chapter, the department shall ensure that the following criteria are met: (1) Not more than one hundred (100) school counselors may be awarded a grant annually.(2) An individual receiving a grant under this chapter must have been employed as a school counselor before July 1, 2015, and must be currently employed as a school counselor.(e) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from the fund.(f) Money in the fund that is not needed to pay the obligations of the fund may be invested in the manner that other public money may be invested. Interest from the investment of money in the fund becomes part of the fund.(g) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.Added by P.L. 185-2015, SEC. 18, eff. 7/1/2015.