Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 09 - State Support of Schools
Article 2 - School Operating Fund
4 AAC 09.120 - Budget review

(a) Repealed 3/1/2017.

(b) After reviewing a budget submitted under 4 AAC 09.110, the department will either approve the budget or reject a budget that

(c) The department will notify each district of its determination made under (b) of this section by September 1. Notification will include either an approval or a rejection of the budget submission. Notification that a budget is rejected under this section will include the department's specific reasons for the rejection. A budget rejected under this section must be resubmitted within 20 days of the date of the department's mailing of the notice of rejection.

(d) A district that has had its budget rejected under this section is not eligible for state aid under AS 14.09 or AS 14.17 until the district has submitted a revised budget that has been approved by the department.

(e) A budget of a district that contains a prior year fund balance as revenue will be reviewed again by the department upon receipt of the district's prior year audit under 4 AAC 09.130. If an audited fund balance less than the amount budgeted is found, the budget will be deemed to be out of balance and the procedures in (c) and (d) of this section will apply.