Section 26C. The commonwealth and the school committee of any town may accept funds from the federal government for the purposes of sections twenty-six A to twenty-six F, inclusive. The school committee of any town may receive contributions in the form of money, material, quarters or services for the purposes of said sections from organizations, employers and other individuals. Such contributions received in the form of money, together with fees from parents and any allotments received from the federal government for said purposes, shall be deposited with the treasurer of such town and held as a separate account and expended by said school committee without appropriation, notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three of chapter forty-four.