Section 14050.

The county superintendent of schools shall on or before June 30 of each year submit a tentative budget and, on or before October 1 of each year, a final budget to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the succeeding fiscal year, in the form that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe, setting forth all known and estimated revenues of the county school service fund for the succeeding fiscal year from all sources, and the proposed expenditures from the county school service fund for the succeeding fiscal year. The budget shall be approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. When a budget is submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for his or her approval, he or she shall make a review of each program prior to approving the budget. No allowance shall be made under Sections 14050 to 14056, inclusive, whichever are in effect, to a county superintendent of schools for any item of current expenses or capital outlay with respect to which the county superintendent has failed to comply with the regulations of the Superintendent of Public Instruction which he or she is herewith authorized to adopt applicable to such item. The regulations adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction hereunder shall not be limited to, but shall, among other matters:

(a) Prescribe procedures relating to budgeting, purchasing and replacing capital outlay items.

(b) Prescribe procedures relating to the purchase, replacement, operation and maintenance of automotive equipment.

(c) Prescribe the conditions under which the county superintendent of schools may provide services to districts by contract.

(d) Prescribe the conditions under which allowances may be made to the county superintendent of schools to contract for the services of special consultants.

(e) Prescribe the conditions under which allowances may be made to the county superintendent of schools to assume functions authorized by law to be performed either by the county superintendent of schools or another public agency.

(f) Prescribe conditions under which allowances will be made to meet conditions of an emergency nature requiring the establishment and maintenance of emergency schools, the providing of emergency teachers for regular elementary schools, the providing of emergency transportation to regular elementary schools, or emergency apportionments to school districts.

(g) Define county school service fund publications and prescribe the procedures to be followed relating to budgeting, printing and distributing those publications.

Upon the approval of the budget by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, he or she shall note his or her approval thereon and transmit one copy thereof to the county superintendent of schools and one copy to the county auditor of the county.

(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 82.)