Distribution of funds.

A. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the department shall adopt formulas and administrative procedures to be used in requesting appropriations of state funds as a budgetary line item for the apprenticeship system of adult vocational education. B. The advisory committee shall prepare an update to the apprenticeship-related instruction cost study adopted by the department prior to each session of the legislature. C. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the department shall adopt forms, formulas and administrative procedures for the distribution of available funds to apprenticeship training programs. Distribution formulas shall be uniform in application to all local program sponsors. D. Upon recommendation of the advisory committee, the department shall reserve until March 1 of each year a percentage of the funds appropriated under the line item described in this section to be used solely for apprenticeship-related instruction programs. This percentage shall be established by the formulas required by this section. Reserved funds that are not obligated on March 1 may be used for preparatory and supplementary instruction programs as well as related instruction programs. E. No funds shall be distributed to an apprenticeship committee until the apprenticeship committee has filed all reports required by the Apprenticeship Assistance Act and by the department. Funds shall not be distributed to programs not in compliance with their approved standards. Programs determined to be in noncompliance with their standards will be required to refund all funds to the department for the current fiscal year.