Terms Used In California Codes > Education Code > Title 2 > Division 3 > Part 25 > Chapter 5 > Article 14 - Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program

• 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
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.