**DBG - BUDGET ADOPTION PROCEDURES** **Last Updated Date:** 02/25/2014 **Adoption Date:** 01/10/2006 The School Committee shall, after a public hearing, vote on a final budget amount to be presented to the South Hadley Town Meeting. The Town Meeting has the right by law to change the amount of the total appropriation but not the individual amounts that comprise each line item. Should the appropriation differ, the School Committee shall review line items so that the total coincides. Established by law **Policy References:** M.G.L. 71:34; 71:38N