At a legally constituted meeting of the Lincoln Board of Education, the Board shall hold a public hearing on the budget statement subsequent to publication. Such hearing shall be held separately from any regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body and shall not be limited by time.
Notice of place and time of the public hearing, a summary of the proposed budget statement, and distribution of the information through general circulation media will be made as prescribed by law.
Short forms or summaries of the budget document will be available to the public from the time of the official notice of the hearing until and including the hearing itself.
The proposed annual budget statement shall be presented and available to the public with recommended expenditures and anticipated receipts and a summary of significant changes from the previous budget. The public shall be given an opportunity to comment on the proposed budget.
The school district will comply with the Property Tax Request Act and the requirement to participate in a joint public hearing as prescribed by law.