File: DBG

BUDGET ADOPTION PROCEDURES

Authority for adoption of the final school operating budget lies with the City’s legislative body, the City Council. The law requires every city and town to annually provide an amount of money sufficient for the support of the public schools and sets up procedures for budgetary deficiencies to be determined and rectified by the courts if a City does not approve sufficient funds for the school budget.

LEGAL REFS.: M.G.L. 71:34 Agawam City Charter, 5

Agawam Public Schools