Fairfax County Government and Fairfax County Public Schools
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Budget Process Timeline
Nov. 27: FY 2020 Budget forecast presented at joint budget meeting of Board of Supervisors and School Board
Jan. 10: FCPS Superintendent releases FY 2020 Proposed Budget
Jan. 28-30: School Board holds public hearings on budget
Feb. 7: School Board adopts FY 2020 (proposed) Budget Plan
Feb. 19: County Executive presents FY 2020 Advertised (proposed) Budget Plan
Feb. 26: Joint Board of Supervisors and School Board Meeting
Early March: General Assembly adopts state budget
March 5: Board of Supervisors authorizes proposed real estate tax rate for FY 2020.
April 9: School Board presents FCPS budget to Board of Supervisors
April 9-11: Board of Supervisors holds public hearings on budget
April 26: Board of Supervisors Budget Committee meeting for pre-markup to discuss changes to County Executive’s FY 2020 (proposed) Budget plan
April 30: Board of Supervisors FY 2020 Budget mark‐up; determines budget package and tax rate
May 7: Board of Supervisors adopts FY 2020 Budget, tax rate and budget transfer amount to FCPS
May 23: School Board adopts FCPS FY 2020 Approved Budget
July 1: FY 2020 begins
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