§ 97-jjjj. Education assessment account. 1. There is hereby
established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the
commissioner of taxation and finance an account of the miscellaneous
special revenue fund to be known as the "education assessment account".

2. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
the state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to receive for
deposit to the credit of the education assessment account all revenues
received pursuant to an appropriation for such account, including but
not limited to funds transferred from another account.

3. Moneys of this account, following appropriation by the legislature,
shall be available to the state education department for services and
expenses relating to state assessments of elementary and secondary
school students, including but not limited to the state high school
equivalency diploma examination. Moneys of this account shall only be
available for expenditure pursuant to approval of an expenditure plan by
the director of the budget.