In accordance with the provisions of this act the state Superintendent of Schools shall distribute among the several counties of the state each year such amounts of free textbook money as the Legislature may provide for such distribution. The amount of money that a county shall so receive shall be determined as follows:Each county shall share in state aid for the purchase of state-adopted textbooks according to the ratio which its total net enrollment in public schools, grades one to eight inclusive, for the preceding school year, bears to the total net enrollment in public schools for the state as a whole, grades one to eight inclusive, for the preceding year.
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