(1) The board of education of each school district shall adopt a budget and an appropriation resolution for each fiscal year, prior to the beginning of the fiscal year. The board shall ensure that the district uses the full accrual basis of accounting when budgeting and accounting for any enterprise funds included in the district budget. (2) If a new school district is organized during a fiscal year and the school districts included therein do not operate the schools until the end of the school year, the board of education of the newly organized district shall adopt a budget and appropriation resolution to cover only the remaining portion of the fiscal year. Such budget shall be based on the total of the amounts budgeted and appropriated by the board of education of any former district wholly included in the new district and the pro rata amounts budgeted and appropriated by the board of education of any district only partly included therein, to the respective funds, functions, and objects in the budget of the newly organized district.
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