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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-25-4-1

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
   Sec. 1. A contract or an obligation is not binding on the board unless the board makes an appropriation for the contract or obligation.

[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-3-11-14.]

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.9.