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Emmett board debates pay-to-play fees; agrees to keep proposed full-time rates and revisit after implementation
Summary
The Emmett school board debated and tentatively backed administration-recommended participation fees for full-time students but postponed any final decision on higher fees for part-time or homeschool-linked students.
Trustees on the Emmett Independent District board spent a large portion of the meeting reviewing proposed changes to Policy 3030, the district's participation-fee policy, and debating what families should pay to participate in athletics and extracurricular activities.
Superintendent Woods presented recommended fee levels and legal guidance, noting state education counsel had advised districts cannot use fees to generate profit. "As Ed Law has told us, you can't make money off of their fees," he said, explaining that fees should offset cost but not be a revenue source.
The draft policy presented three categories: full-time…
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