34:15F-9 Annual report on progress of mentoring program; report to Governor, Legislature after three years.
9. a. An educational foundation shall submit an annual report on the progress of its mentoring program to the department and to the joint committee on or before May 1 of each year. The report shall include information concerning the number of mentors and students participating in the program, the approximate number of hours each mentor spent with the students over the course of the preceding year, the utilization of grant funds, and a general description of activities conducted pursuant to the program. The department may establish additional reporting requirements as necessary.
b. On or before January 1 of the third year of the program, the commissioner shall report to the Governor, the joint committee, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the Minority Leaders of the Senate and the General Assembly on the effectiveness and implementation of the program. The report shall include a recommendation on whether the program should be continued. If the Legislature does not act on the recommendation by the adoption of a concurrent resolution within 60 days of the commissioner's submission of the report, then the commissioner's recommendation regarding continuation of the program shall take effect following the expiration of the third year of the program.
L.1999,c.279,s.9.