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§ 6-56-204. Municipal School Budget

The municipal school budget submitted by the board of education to the governing body shall include estimates of school revenues, as well as estimates of expenditures necessary for the operation of the school system for the next fiscal period. The governing body shall have no authority to modify or delete any item of the school […]

§ 6-56-205. Excess Appropriations Prohibited — Emergencies

The governing body shall not make any appropriations in excess of estimated available funds, except to provide for an actual emergency threatening the health, property or lives of the inhabitants of the municipality and declared by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of the governing body present, when there is a quorum.