Fairfax County Government and Fairfax County Public Schools
Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Budget Process Timeline
Nov. 26: FY 2021 Budget forecast presented at joint budget meeting of Board of Supervisors and School Board
Jan. 9: FCPS Superintendent releases FY 2021 Proposed Budget
Jan. 27-29: School Board holds public hearings on budget
Feb. 6: School Board adopts FY 2021 (proposed) Budget Plan
Feb. 25: County Executive presents FY 2021 Advertised (proposed) Budget Plan
TBD: Joint Board of Supervisors and School Board Meeting
March 10: Board of Supervisors authorizes proposed real estate tax rate for FY 2021.
April 14: School Board presents FCPS budget to Board of Supervisors
April 14-16: Board of Supervisors holds public hearings on budget
April 24: Board of Supervisors Budget Committee meeting for pre-markup to discuss changes to County Executive’s FY 2021 (proposed) Budget plan
April 28: Board of Supervisors FY 2021 Budget mark‐up; determines budget package and tax rate
May 5: Board of Supervisors adopts FY 2021 Budget, tax rate and budget transfer amount to FCPS
May 21: School Board adopts FCPS FY 2021 Approved Budget
July 1: FY 2021 begins
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