Division funds shall be disbursed by properly authorized and signed cheques only.
The Secretary Treasurer may without prior approval of the school board pay all accounts that are payable by the School Division or School District and that have been included in the estimates of the School Division or School District for the year in which the account is payable if he considers payment without prior approval of the school board to be in the best interests of the School Division or School District and pay all other accounts that are payable by the School Division or School District and that have been approved by the school board. [PSA 53(3) (4)].
The Board may grant honorariums.
“A school board may spend monies raised for school purposes:
For extending courtesies of providing tributes and recognition to any person;
For sponsoring or participating in activities in co-operation with educational organizations;
For making grants to or becoming members of such organizations of an educational or related nature as the school board may determine; and,
For the in-service education of teachers or other employees.” [PSA 48 (2)]