From the funds available to it the School Building Authority shall maintain a reserve fund in the amount of not less than $600,000 for the purpose of making emergency grants to financially distressed county boards to assist them in making repairs or performing urgent maintenance to facilities or facility related equipment or facility related equipment replacement necessary to maintain the serviceability or structural integrity of school facilities currently in use or necessary for educating the students of the county.  The grants shall be made in accordance with guideline established by the school building authority.  For the purposes of this section, “financially distressed county” means a county either in deficit or on the most recently established watch list established by the Department of Education of those counties at-risk of becoming in deficit.