North Carolina General Statutes
Article 31 - The School Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
§ 115C-425 - Annual balanced budget resolution.

115C-425. Annual balanced budget resolution.
(a) Each local school administrative unit shall operate under an annual balanced budget resolution adopted and administered in accordance with this Article. A budget resolution is balanced when the sum of estimated net revenues and appropriated fund balances is equal to appropriations. Appropriated fund balance in any fund shall not exceed the sum of cash and investments minus the sum of liabilities, encumbrances, and deferred revenues arising from cash receipts, as those figures stand at the close of the fiscal year next preceding the budget year. The budget resolution shall cover one fiscal year.
(b) It is the intent of this Article that all moneys received and expended by a local school administrative unit should be included in the school budget resolution. Therefore, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, after July 1, 1976, no local school administrative unit may expend any moneys, regardless of their source (including moneys derived from federal, State, or private sources), except in accordance with a budget resolution adopted pursuant to this Article.
(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to funds of individual schools, as defined in G.S. 115C-448. (1975, c. 437, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; 1993, c. 179, s. 1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education

Article 31 - The School Budget and Fiscal Control Act.

§ 115C-422 - Short title.

§ 115C-423 - Definitions.

§ 115C-424 - Uniform system; conflicting laws and local acts superseded.

§ 115C-425 - Annual balanced budget resolution.

§ 115C-426 - Uniform budget format.

§ 115C-426.1 - Vending facilities.

§ 115C-426.2 - Joint planning.

§ 115C-427 - Preparation and submission of budget and budget message.

§ 115C-428 - Filing and publication of the budget; budget hearing.

§ 115C-429 - Approval of budget; submission to county commissioners; commissioners' action on budget[Effective until June 30, 2023]

§ 115C-430 - Apportionment of county appropriations among local school administrative units.

§ 115C-431 - Procedure for resolution of dispute between board of education and board of county commissioners.

§ 115C-432 - The budget resolution; adoption; limitations; tax levy; filing.

§ 115C-433 - Amendments to the budget resolution; budget transfers.

§ 115C-434 - Interim budget.

§ 115C-435 - School finance officer.

§ 115C-436 - Duties of school finance officer.

§ 115C-437 - Allocation of revenues to the local school administrative unit by the county.

§ 115C-438 - Provision for disbursement of State money.

§ 115C-439 - Facsimile signatures.

§ 115C-440 - Accounting system.

§ 115C-440.1 - Report on county spending on public capital outlay.

§ 115C-441 - Budgetary accounting for appropriations.

§ 115C-441.1 - Dependent care assistance program.

§ 115C-442 - Fidelity bonds.

§ 115C-443 - Investment of idle cash.

§ 115C-444 - Selection of depository; deposits to be secured.

§ 115C-445 - Daily deposits.

§ 115C-446 - Semiannual reports on status of deposits and investments.

§ 115C-447 - Annual independent audit.

§ 115C-448 - Special funds of individual schools.

§ 115C-449 - Proceeds of insurance claims.

§ 115C-450 - School food services.

§ 115C-451 - Reports to State Board of Education; failure to comply with School Budget Act.

§ 115C-452 - Fines and forfeitures.