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Board approves first reading of 2025–26 school fee schedule; activity card and rental limits among changes
Summary
The board approved the proposed 2025–26 fee schedule on first reading, including an opt-in activity card, higher maximum third-party instrument rental, a $10 increase for remediation credit, and other changes for junior-high and high-school fees.
Davis County School District trustees approved the proposed 2025–26 school-fee schedule on first reading, setting parameters schools will use while the district posts the proposed fees for public comment ahead of a final vote before April 1.
The proposed schedule includes multiple changes district staff said respond to state rules and local cost pressures. A key change required by the Utah State Board of Education will make the existing high-school “activity fee” an opt-in activity card rather than an automatic charge for all students; students without the card may pay at the gate to attend events. The district said the dollar amount for the card remains unchanged but the mechanism is now optional.
The district also added language to cover third-party instrument rentals (for example, when families rent band instruments from private vendors). The maximum account for such rentals was raised to $400 to reflect higher-cost instruments, while school-rental rates for instruments managed by the district would remain near prior levels, district staff said. The remediation/original-credit fee for summer or make-up work was increased from $45 to $55 per quarter credit to better cover teacher costs.
Other changes approved on first reading include a $5 increase to the activity-apparel fee and converting a per-couple dance ticket to an individual ticket price ($15 each). The draft also groups transportation and travel costs into a per-sport annual cap (the schedule sets a $1,400 per-sport participation cap and a $2,000 travel cap per sport per year) to reduce the need for year-to-year fee adjustments by the board.
Junior-high changes mirror many high-school updates; the proposal also raises some cheer and color-guard fees to better cover uniform and equipment costs. Elementary fees were unchanged.
Secondary Director Dave Tanner presented the proposed schedule and said the district convened a committee of parents, principals, directors and four parents to review fee requests. The board approved the schedule for public posting and comment; a final vote is required before April 1 to adopt fees for 2025–26.
"We met twice formally and a few times informally," Tanner said. "We had many directors, from various departments. We had four parents, and then we had a number of principals ... a number of people participated in this."
