Moneys appropriated under the terms of Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 shall be paid out upon the order of the State Board of Education, duly countersigned and approved by the secretary of the State Board of Education, and itemized vouchers shall be filed with the Comptroller General as in the case of other funds.

For high schools and joint vocational schools having a vocational agriculture program, monies appropriated for this purpose shall be disbursed for use by such schools to conduct vocational agriculture programs on a full-time twelve-month per year basis. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit monies appropriated for vocational agriculture to be used in programs of less than twelve months per year. The local school board shall decide whether all or any part of its vocational agricultural program shall be 12 months or less than 12 months after consideration of the local board's needs assessment for vocational agriculture and the findings of the State Department of Education's review of the local vocational agricultural program.