(a) Each city and town may contract with the Rhode Island School for the Deaf to establish and operate programs for the hearing impaired.
(b) When these programs are operated by the Rhode Island School for the Deaf, each participating city or town shall be assessed for the cost of the program in the proportion that their enrollment bears to the total enrollment in the program. The assessments shall be deposited in a restricted receipt account for the purpose of funding expenditures necessary to operate the regional program.