Author(s)

M. David Alexander With Richard G. Salmon and Lisa G. Driscoll

Publisher

ICPEL Publishing

Release Date

April 2025

Summary

Updated for fiscal years 2019 & 2020 - Virginia’s school districts are fiscally dependent upon the local governing bodies, both county boards of supervisors and city councils. The local school superintendent is responsible, with the approval of the local school board, for the preparation and submission of the annual school budget to the governing bodies. The governing bodies have been given the authority by the General Assembly to have near complete fiscal control over local school budgets.