Program
A plan of activities and procedures designed to accomplish a predetermined objective or set of objectives.
Proposition 2½
A state law enacted in 1980, Proposition 2½ regulates local property tax administration and limits the amount of revenue a city or town may raise from local property taxes each year to fund municipal operations.
Purchase Order
An official document or form authorizing the purchase of products and services.
Receivables
An expectation of payment of an amount certain accruing to the benefit of a city or town.
Reserve
A line item which appropriates an amount to be transferred to other line items to fund a particular cost which is not already included in those other line items. Reserves fund accounts that have anticipated expenses that are not known at the time of the appropriation. An electronic form generated from whenever a department generates a request to purchase goods or services from a vendor. Once a requisition is fully approved, it becomes a Purchase Order.
Requisition
Revenues
All monies received by a governmental unit from any source
Revenue Offsets
Some revenues received by NPS for fee-based programs, such as Early Morning Drop-off Program, Student Parking Passes at Newton South High School, or Use of School Buildings, are then used to offset parts of the budget that have direct costs associated with the revenue- generating program. A fund that allows a community to raise revenues from a specific service and use those revenues without appropriation to support the service. A program that allows a parent to enroll his or her child in a school district that is not the child's home district. Every year the school committee in each school district decides whether it will accept new enrollments under this program and, if so, in what grades. Social and emotional learning (SEL) involves the processes through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Revolving Fund
School Choice
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
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