Total budget expenditures for each fund as adopted in the budget shall constitute the appropriations of the district for the ensuing fiscal year. The board shall be limited in the incurring of expenditures to the grand total of such appropriations.
Board
members, administrators or staff who knowingly or negligently violate or
participate in a violation of this policy by incurring expenditures in excess
of appropriations shall be held civilly liable, jointly and severally, for such
expenditures, including consequential damages, for each such violation. If as a
result of any civil or criminal action the violation is found to have been done
knowingly, such board member, administrator or staff member who is found to
have participated in such breach shall immediately forfeit his/her office or
employment.
In
the event of an emergency requiring expenditures in
excess of the budget, the board may adopt a resolution which states the conditions
constituting the emergency and the amount of the appropriation necessary to
correct the situation. At any other time that the budget is to be increased by
making an additional appropriation, the board, after proper notice, shall adopt
a resolution stating the facts and the amount of appropriation necessary to
correct the situation. Any person may appear at the meeting at which the
appropriation resolution is to be voted on and may be heard for or against the
adoption. Passage of the resolution requires a majority vote of all members of
the board.
Legal References: RCW 28A.225.250 Voluntary, tuition-free attendance programs among school districts, scope — Rules and regulations
28A.505.150 Budgeted expenditures as appropriations — Interim expenditures — Transfer between budget classes — Liability for non-budgeted expenditures
28A.505.170 First class school districts — Emergency or additional appropriation resolutions — Procedure
28A.505.180 Second class school districts –Additonal appropriation resolutions - - Procedure
WAC 392-123-071 Budget extension — First class district
WAC 392-123-072 Budget extension — Second class district
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