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Lawmakers restrict school fees, require no-fee graduation pathways and new notices; USBE and monitors outline compliance steps
Summary
House Bill 344 (2025) restricts many school fees, requires at least one fee-free option for each graduation requirement starting school year 2026-27, and moves annual board approval of fee schedules to June 1 to allow LEAs time to incorporate legislative changes.
The Utah school-fees framework changed in the 2025 legislative session. USBE school-fees staff Scott Crapo and Gina Smith briefed LEA finance and administrative staff on the practical implications for fee schedules, allowable charges and site-level practice.
Major changes required by law - Elimination of "general fees": fees that are charged to all students but do not provide a direct, specific benefit are no longer allowable. Fees must be directly related to the expense of a particular activity, course or program and may not subsidize otherwise-prohibited charges or normal instructional costs. - Fee-free graduation pathway: starting with school year 2026-27, any LEA that awards graduation credit must offer at least one option for each graduation requirement that does not require a fee or fee waiver…
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