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Finance committee amends school fees rule, forwards R277-407 to full board
Summary
The committee approved an amendment clarifying that local education agencies must ensure each school that awards credit toward graduation offers at least one no-fee option for each graduation requirement, and forwarded the revised R277-407 school fees rule to the full State Board of Education for second reading.
The Utah State Board of Education finance committee on April 3 amended and approved R277-407, the proposed rule on school fees, then forwarded the rule to the full board for second and final reading.
The committee adopted a committee amendment to change the rule’s phrasing so that the Local Education Agency, not each school in isolation, must “ensure that each school within the LEA that awards credit toward graduation provides at least one option for each graduation requirement” that does not require payment of a fee. Deputy Superintendent of Policy Alyce Newey led the staff presentation on the rule and explained that the amendment is intended to clarify how the statutory language will apply to small schools and charter operators.
Why it matters: The rule implements changes to school fee definitions and procedures that the…
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