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Box Elder board eliminates class fees and proposes using TSSA funds to cover costs
Summary
The Box Elder School District board voted June 11 to remove itemized class and general student fees and to use Teacher Student Success Act (TSSA) funds to cover most of the cost for the 2025–26 school year, while keeping certain extracurricular fees and fee-waiver rules in place.
At its June 11 meeting, the Box Elder School District Board of Education voted to eliminate general and itemized class fees for secondary students and use a portion of the district's Teacher Student Success Act (TSSA) funds to cover most of the resulting cost for the 2025'26 school year.
The move came after administrators described two options to comply with new state law, House Bill 415, which takes effect July 1 and requires districts to itemize fees by course rather than collect a single general fee. Administrators told the board they could either present an itemized fee schedule or eliminate class fees and use TSSA funds to pay for student supplies and equipment.
The decision followed a detailed staff presentation led by Keith Meekum, assistant superintendent of secondary schools, who explained the financial tradeoffs and recommended…
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