PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION; POWERS AND DUTIES
§12-302. Fiscal Year.
The Board of Education shall adopt a date for the
beginning of each fiscal year appropriate to the requirements of the District
and shall adopt a fiscal calendar consistent with such fiscal year and with all
public notice and other timing requirements of this Article and state law. Any
change in fiscal year shall be made only after public notice and public hearing
on the proposed change. Not less than ninety (90) days prior to any proposed
change in fiscal year, the Board shall publish, by advertisement at least once
in two newspapers of general circulation printed in the City, notice of such
proposed change; such advertisement shall include notice of public hearing
scheduled for not less than sixty (60) days before such change is to become
effective.