POLICY 3-3.6                PAYMENT AND PAYROLL PROCEDURES

 

                Payment Procedures

 

                The Montgomery County School Board shall receive each month a list of bills for payment from school division funds.  The School Board will certify the list as correct and approved for payment at its regularly scheduled meetings.  The School Board may, by resolution, appoint an agent and deputy agent to perform the payment certification and approval functions.

 

                The division superintendent or his/her designee is authorized to issue warrants between regularly scheduled monthly meetings to meet payment deadlines for special circumstances such as utility and debt service payments.  A list of such payments will be made available to the School Board at its next regularly scheduled monthly meeting.

 

                Every warrant issued in accordance with the above shall bear signatures of authorized signers from the school division and the County Administrator or his/her designee and/or the County Treasurer or his/her designee dependent upon the source of funds.

 

                Warrants may be drawn on the County Treasurer and shall be payable from funds made available to the School Board for public schools in payment of compensation when the compensation has been earned and is due.  Payments will be made from authorized written contracts or certified time sheets.

 

                Every warrant issued in accordance with the above shall bear signatures of authorized signers from the school division and the County Treasurer or his/her designee.

 

                Payroll Procedures

               

Pay Schedule

 

                All compensation for salaries, wages and supplements paid to employees will be paid in accordance with a schedule approved by the School Board.  Records that accurately reflect the compensation and related benefits of each employee will be maintained.

 

Salary Deductions

 

                Federal and state taxes will be automatically deducted from each School Board employee's paycheck based on the most recent withholding statement provided by the employee. In the absence of a withholding statement, deductions will be made based on federal and/or state tax regulations.  A list of all voluntary deductions available to employees will be published annually and provided to all employees. Any additional voluntary deduction requests must be recommended by the division superintendent and approved by the School Board.

 

 LEGAL REFERENCE: Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, §§ 22.1-78, 22.1-296.

 

Adopted:  April 2004