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District advances personalized education program policy to public hearing; procedures and tuition schedule to follow
Summary
The school district presented a proposed Neola policy to allow students on PEP/FES/Family Empowerment scholarships to take district classes for a fee; the board agreed to a 28‑day public hearing cycle and requested that procedures and a finalized fee matrix be presented with the policy at the next meeting
District staff presented a proposed policy on July 29 to allow students using the Family Empowerment Program (PEP) or similar scholarship programs to enroll in district courses on an a‑la‑carte, fee‑for‑service basis.
Assistant Superintendent Barbara Kidder and Dawn Williams, supervisor of School Choice, told the school board the policy would permit PEP scholarship students to take one or more classes at Hernando County Schools and that the district would charge tuition based on a fee matrix that the board received in the workshop materials.
Staff said the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for…
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