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RSA 195:12-a · Budget Committee

Title
XV: EDUCATION
Chapter
195 · COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Status
current
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195:12-a Budget Committee. –

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I.

A cooperative school district at an annual meeting, under a proper article in the warrant, may vote to establish a budget committee pursuant to RSA 32:14 and may rescind such action in a like manner. The budget committee shall have the same number of members as the cooperative district school board plus one additional member from the school board as provided in this paragraph. The terms of office and manner of election of members shall be determined in the same manner as for the cooperative school board. Whenever it is voted to establish a budget committee, the moderator in the first instance shall appoint the members of the budget committee, except for the additional member appointed from the school board, within 15 days of the vote establishing the committee. The members appointed by the moderator shall serve until the next annual meeting when the meeting shall elect their successors. No member of the cooperative school board shall be appointed or elected to the budget committee except that the chairperson of the cooperative school board shall appoint a member of the board to serve on the budget committee in an ex-officio, non-voting capacity. After appointment or election the budget committee shall promptly organize and choose a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary. The secretary shall keep records of the proceedings of the budget committee, which shall be public records open to public inspection.

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II.

Such cooperative school budget committee shall have the powers and duties of the municipal budget committee under the provisions of RSA 32 insofar as the budget for the cooperative school district is concerned and insofar as RSA 32 is applicable to the cooperative school budget. Additionally, the committee shall review and make a recommendation on all proposed warrant articles or supplemental appropriations involving the expenditure of funds. Such articles shall contain a notation of whether or not that appropriation is recommended by the budget committee. No such additional amount or purpose of appropriation may be disclosed or discussed at one or more public hearings unless the budget committee has first had an opportunity to review the proposal and make its recommendation. The budget committee shall vote on each such warrant article that proposes an appropriation or expenditure, and that vote shall be recorded and printed on the warrant.

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III.

Such committee shall seasonably provide the cooperative school board with a sufficient number of copies of the budget prepared by it, and the same shall be posted with each copy of the warrant in the manner provided by RSA 195:13. Source. 1961, 206:6. 1963, 258:10, 10-a. 1967, 136:1, 2. 1971, 252:3. 1979, 321:4. 1996, 158:6, eff. July 1, 1996; 222:17, eff. July 1, 1996. 2025, 128:1, eff. July 1, 2025.

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Source note

Source. 1961, 206:6. 1963, 258:10, 10-a. 1967, 136:1, 2. 1971, 252:3. 1979, 321:4. 1996, 158:6, eff. July 1, 1996; 222:17, eff. July 1, 1996. 2025, 128:1, eff. July 1, 2025.

Source history

  • 1961, 206:6
  • 1963, 258:10, 10-a
  • 1967, 136:1, 2
  • 1971, 252:3
  • 1979, 321:4
  • 1996, 158:6, eff. July 1, 1996; 222:17, eff. July 1, 1996
  • 2025, 128:1, eff. July 1, 2025

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