File: DB
The annual budget is the financial expression of the educational
program of the school department, and it mirrors the problems and difficulties
that confront the school system.
The budget then is more than
just a financial instrument and requires on the part of the committee, the
staff, and the community orderly and cooperative effort to ensure sound fiscal
practices for achieving the educational goals and objectives of the school
system.
Public school budgeting is
regulated and controlled by legislation, state regulations, and local school
committee requirements. The operating
budget for the school system will be prepared and presented in line with state
policy and will be developed and refined in accordance with these same
requirements.
The superintendent will serve as budget officer, but he may delegate portions of this responsibility to members of his staff, as he deems appropriate. The three general areas of responsibility for the superintendent as budget officer will be budget preparation, budget presentation, and budget administration.
[Adopted: 10/26/98]
[Reviewed: November 2003]
This policy replaces Policy DC
LEGAL REFS: M. G.
L. 71:34, 71:37, and 71:38N