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Board approves higher nonresident tuition rates, staff report 30 nonresident students
Summary
The board approved proposed nonresident tuition rates for in‑state/out‑of‑county and out‑of‑state students, and staff reported 30 nonresident students currently enrolled, most of them children of district staff.
The Saint Mary's County Board of Education on Wednesday approved the district’s recommended nonresident tuition rates for the upcoming school year.
Jeff Dorenzo, director of student services, explained the district sets four tuition rates annually: in‑state/out‑of‑county regular and special education rates and out‑of‑state regular and special education rates. He said the proposed in‑state/out‑of‑county regular rate would increase from $8,616 to $9,089 and the in‑state/out‑of‑county special education rate from $25,848 to $27,600. The proposed out‑of‑state regular rate was $18,043 and the proposed out‑of‑state special education rate $54,129; Dorenzo said the rates follow prescribed formulas that allocate state and local revenues across the district’s pupil counts.
Dorenzo told the board the district currently has 30 nonresident students: 23 are children of staff, two are paying full tuition at one northern county school, and five are transfers moving into the county mid‑semester. Board member questions about revenue drivers prompted staff to explain that local funds used in the per‑pupil calculation (listed as $11,318,533 in the presentation) have been increasing and that the tuition calculation generally rises year over year as state and local allocations increase.
A motion to approve the recommended nonresident tuition rates carried. Staff noted the district prorates tuition for students enrolled fewer than 180 days, that contracts are paid by semester through fiscal services, and that the board routinely waives tuition for employees' children.
