Final Operating and Maintenance Budget. After conducting a public hearing consistent with G.L. Chapter 71, section 38M, the Committee shall adopt an annual operating and maintenance budget for the ensuing fiscal year not later than forty-five days prior to the earliest date on which the business session of the annual town meeting of any member town is to be held, but in no event later than March 31, provided that said budget need not be adopted earlier than February 1. Said adoption of the budget will require a combined total of weighted votes equal to or exceeding 66.7% of the weighted vote of the entire Regional School Committee (i.e., not merely two-thirds of the weighted vote of those present at the meeting). Said annual operating and maintenance budget shall include debt and interest charges and any other current capital costs as separate items, and the said Committee shall apportion the amounts necessary to be raised in order to meet the said budget in accordance with the provisions of Section IV. The amounts so apportioned to each member community shall be certified by the district treasurer to the treasurer of such member community within thirty days from the dates on which the annual operating and maintenance budget is adopted by the Committee, and each such community shall, at the next annual town meeting or meeting of the city council, appropriate the amounts so certified. The annual Regional School District budget shall require approval by the local appropriating authorities of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the member communities consistent with G.L. Chapter 71, section 16B.
Final Operating and Maintenance Budget. The Committee shall adopt an annual operating and maintenance budget for the ensuing fiscal year not later than forty-five days prior to the earliest date on which the business session of the annual town meeting of any member town is to be held, but in no event later than March 31, provided that said budget need not be adopted earlier than February 1. Said annual operating and maintenance budget shall include debt and interest charges and any other current capital costs as separate items, and the said Committee shall apportion the amounts necessary to be raised in order to meet the said budget in accordance with the provisions of Section IV. The amounts so apportioned to each member town shall be certified by the district treasurer to the treasurer of such member town within thirty days from the dates on which the annual operating and maintenance budget is adopted by the Committee, and each such town shall, at the next annual town meeting, appropriate the amounts so certified. (Amendment #1 -- 11/20/73) If the amount necessary to meet the annual operating and maintenance budget for a fiscal year in which the admission of one or more new member towns becomes or is to become effective, shall have been determined and apportioned without regard to the payments to be received from any such member town as its share of the capital and operating costs of the District, the Committee may reopen the budget, may re-determine the amounts necessary to meet the budget taking account of such payments, and may reapportion such amounts among the other member towns in accordance with the provisions of Section IV; provided, however, that the shares of such amounts reapportioned to the member towns (other than such new member towns) shall be less than the amounts previously apportioned to such towns. (Amendment #2 -- 2/20/79) SECTION VI TRANSPORTATION School transportation shall be provided by the regional school district and the cost thereof shall be apportioned to the member towns as an operating cost. During the first fiscal year in which the admission pursuant to Section VIII of a new member town is effective, such town shall be responsible for providing school transportation for pupils from the town enrolled in the regional district school and for paying the costs of such transportation. (Amendment #2 -- 2/20/79) SECTION VII AMENDMENTS
Final Operating and Maintenance Budget. After conducting a public hearing consistent with G.L. Chapter 71, section 38M, the Committee shall adopt an annual operating and maintenance budget for the ensuing fiscal year not later than forty-five days prior to the earliest date on which the business session of the annual town meeting of any member town is to be held, but in no event later than March 31, provided that said budget need not be adopted earlier than February 1. Said adoption of the budget will require a combined total of weighted votes equal to or exceeding 66.7% of the weighted vote of the entire Regional School Committee (i.e., not merely two-thirds of the weighted vote of those present at the meeting). Said annual operating and maintenance budget shall include debt and interest charges and any other current capital costs as separate items, and the said Committee shall apportion the amounts necessary to be raised in order to meet the said budget in accordance with the provisions of Section
