Work has
begun on preparing next year's budget for the Fulton County School System.
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officer Adrian Bailey said schools and department heads are busy assesing
their needs and will soon submit preliminary numbers for the FY 2001-2002
budget.
Last year's
budget was $542 million and Bailey expects numbers to be similar for
this year's proposal.
The budget
process is a lengthy series of meetings and proposals that actually
started in October.
When students
and employees come back to school after the winter break, officials
will start crunching numbers on enrollment projections.
In February,
department heads will submit their figures for their needs.
Starting
in late February and continuing through the spring, Fulton County school
board members will examine the figures and conduct a series of public
hearings on the proposed budget.
In April,
the board will adopt a tentative budget and property tax rate.
The final
budget will be approved at the board's June 14 meeting.
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