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District explains athletic "pay‑to‑participate" increase; board approves finance resolutions
Summary
Nutley officials confirmed a resolution on the agenda to raise the district's pay‑to‑participate athletics fee; administration said the proposal sets a per‑family fee plus per‑student surcharge and finance resolutions were approved by roll call.
The board included a resolution to adjust the district's pay‑to‑participate athletic fee on the night's agenda and fielded public questions about the change.
A resident asked whether the fee applied per sport or per year. District administration clarified the approved change moves the pay‑to‑participate amount to $150 per family plus $75 for each additional student in that family, and that the fee is assessed per year, not per sport. The administration said the change applies to all sports and to varsity participants as well. The speaker also confirmed the fee amount is an increase from the $100 annual charge that had been assessed in the prior school year.
During the meeting the finance committee moved finance resolutions 1 through 9; roll call voting showed the set of finance resolutions passed, with one board member recorded as voting "no" on item 8. The public Q&A and the roll call indicate the athletic fee increase was on the board's finance agenda and that related finance resolutions were approved by the board during the meeting.
