[§302A-435]  Financing adult and community education program.  The financial support for this program shall be in part from fees collected from students enrolled, and in part from public funds appropriated for this purpose.  Fees shall be set in accordance with the recommendations of the advisory council, and may be collected from students regularly enrolled; provided that:

     (1)  Adults registered with the department of labor and industrial relations and unemployed shall be granted free enrollment in such courses as will tend to assist these persons in securing employment;

     (2)  Adults certified by the department of human services as indigent may be enrolled on a nonfee basis in classes that will tend to assist these persons in becoming self-sustaining;

     (3)  Discharged veterans who are entitled to federal educational assistance shall be enrolled upon authorization of the Department of Veterans Affairs and fees shall be charged against federal funds in accordance with Department of Veterans Affairs contract regulations; and

     (4)  Administrative and supervisory costs, costs of instruction, and all other necessary expenses not covered by fees and other authorized charges shall be paid for out of funds appropriated for this purpose. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]