(a) Applications for grants under the program shall be prepared and submitted in the form and manner required by the state board. The application shall be accompanied by any information required by the state board.

(b) The amount of money awarded through a grant shall not exceed the amount of actual expenses incurred by the district in the establishment and maintenance of the district’s plan of interventions. If a district is paid more than it is entitled to receive under the program, the state board shall notify the district of the amount of such overpayment, and such district shall remit the same to the state board. The state board shall remit any moneys so received to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state school district finance fund. If any district fails so to remit, the state board shall deduct the excess amounts so paid from future payments becoming due to the district. If any district is paid less than the amount to which it is entitled under any distribution made under this act, the state board shall pay the additional amount due at any time within the school year in which the underpayment was made or within 60 days after the end of such school year.

(c) The board of education of any district which is awarded a grant for an improvement plan shall make periodic and special reports to the state board of education as it may request.