§ 20-A §15693 — School budget; budget formats

1.
Content.
A school administrative unit shall include in its school budget document:
2.
Budget deadlines.
The following time limitations apply to adoption of a school budget under this section.
3.
Budget format.
The following provisions apply to a budget format.
4.
Budget format; town or city charter.
In a municipality where the responsibility for final adoption of the school budget is vested by municipal charter in a council, the school budget format may be changed through amendment of the charter under the home rule procedures of Title 30‑A, chapter 111, except that the amendment must be approved by a majority of voters in an election in which the total vote is at least 20% of the number of votes cast in the municipality in the last gubernatorial election.
5.
Budget format; town meeting.
When the final budget authority is vested in a town meeting operating under the general enabling procedures of Title 30‑A, the format of the school budget may be determined by the town meeting or under the procedures of Title 30‑A, section 2522 or 2528.
6.
Budget format; community school district.
The following provisions apply to the budget format of a community school district.
7.
Budget format; articles.
The articles prescribed in this chapter must be included in the budget format and be voted on in the adoption of the budget in order to determine state and local cost sharing.
8.
Change in budget format.
Any change in the budget format must be voted on at least 90 days prior to the budget year for which that change is to be effective.

Legislative History

PL 2005, c. 2, §D62 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 2, §§D72,74 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 12, §WW18 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 571, Pt. E, §27 (AMD).