(1) The department of revenue shall determine annually the total amount designated pursuant to section 39-22-4202 and shall report that amount to the state treasurer and to the general assembly. The state treasurer shall credit that amount to the public education fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) The general assembly shall appropriate annually from the public education fund to the department of revenue its costs of administering moneys designated as contributions to the fund. All moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, after subtracting the appropriation to the department of revenue, shall be appropriated to the department of education for use in the Colorado preschool program created in article 28 of title 22, C.R.S.