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Fairfax City school board to raise modernization of School Services Agreement in joint meeting with Fairfax County
Summary
At a Oct. 20 work session, the City of Fairfax School Board agreed to present concerns about the 1978 School Services Agreement (SSA) and the associated tuition bill to the Fairfax County School Board, emphasizing the need to 'modernize' the agreement and asking staff to send the full SSA and related tuition documents ahead of the joint meeting.
A City of Fairfax School Board member said Monday that the City will press for a discussion about modernizing the School Services Agreement with Fairfax County at an upcoming board-to-board meeting, and asked staff to provide the county board with the SSA and the itemized tuition documents in advance.
The board member said the agreement, signed in 1978, predates many modern educational programs and services and has left unclear who pays for some operational costs. “I would like to in some way, shape, or form, talk about modernizing the SSA,” the board member said during the Oct. 20 work session. The board member later said the contract was signed in 1978 and that the first official tuition bill arrived after the contract was signed.
Board members said the goal for the joint meeting is to open a conversation with Fairfax County Public…
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