CHAPTER 370
An Act to amend and reenact §22.1-93 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to governing bodies of counties; approval of school budget.
[S 842]
Approved March 19, 2015
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-93 of the Code of Virginia is amended and
reenacted as follows:
§22.1-93. Approval of annual budget for school purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including but not
limited to Chapter 25 (§15.2-2500 et seq.) of Title 15.2, the governing body
of a county shall prepare and approve an annual budget for educational
purposes by May first or within thirty days of the receipt by the county of the
estimates of state funds, whichever shall later occur, and the governing
body of a municipality shall each prepare and approve an annual budget
for educational purposes by May fifteen 15 or within thirty
30 days of the receipt by the county or municipality of the
estimates of state funds, whichever shall later occur. Upon approval, each local
school division shall publish the approved annual budget, including the
estimated required local match, on the division's website, and the document
shall also be made available in hard copy as needed to citizens for inspection.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, no later than
the fifteenth day following final adjournment of the Virginia General Assembly
in each session, submit estimates to be used for budgetary purposes relative to
the Basic School Aid Formula to each school division and to the local governing
body of each county, city and town that operates a separate school division.
Such estimates shall be for each year of the next biennium or for the then next
fiscal year.
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