                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTIMATE OF MONEYS NEEDED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; NOTICE OF COSTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED
(§ 22.1-92)

A. It shall be the duty of each division superintendent to prepare, with the
approval of the school board, and submit to the governing body or bodies
appropriating funds for the school division, by the date specified in &#xA7;
15.2-2503, the estimate of the amount of money deemed to be needed during the
next fiscal year for the support of the public schools of the school division.
The estimate shall set up the amount of money deemed to be needed for each major
classification prescribed by the Board of Education and such other headings or
items as may be necessary.
			Upon preparing the estimate of the amount of money deemed to be needed during
the next fiscal year for the support of the public schools of the school
division, each division superintendent shall also prepare and distribute, within
a reasonable time as prescribed by the Board of Education, notification of the
estimated average per pupil cost for public education in the school division for
the coming school year in accordance with the budget estimates provided to the
local governing body or bodies. Such notification shall also include actual per
pupil state and local education expenditures for the previous school year. The
notice may also include federal funds expended for public education in the
school division.
			The notice shall be made available in a form provided by the Department of
Education and shall be published on the school division&#8217;s website or in
hard copy upon request. To promote uniformity and allow for comparisons, the
Department of Education shall develop a form for this notice and distribute such
form to the school divisions for publication.

B. Before any school board gives final approval to its budget for submission to
the governing body, the school board shall hold at least one public hearing to
receive the views of citizens within the school division. A school board shall
cause public notice to be given at least seven days prior to any hearing by
publication in a newspaper having a general circulation within the school
division. The passage of the budget by the local government shall be conclusive
evidence of compliance with the requirements of this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 22-120.3, 22-120.5; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 79, § 1; 1980,
c. 559; 1986, c. 282; 1994, cc. 453, 788; 2011, c. 216; 2012, cc. 805, 836;
2023, cc. 506, 507.