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District says new state school-fee law will eliminate roughly $1 million in classroom fees; board weighing options
Summary
Board staff told the Washington County School District working session that a recent state law restricting curricular and general fees will cost the district “just over a million dollars” in classroom fee revenue and could shift costs onto extracurricular participants unless the district or state provides offsets.
Board staff told the Washington County School District’s Dec. 9 working session that a recent state law restricting what schools may charge students for curricular items will eliminate roughly $1,000,000 in classroom fees and force changes in how the district funds supplies and activities.
The district’s presentation summarized the law’s current interpretation: general fees and most curricular fees must be eliminated except where an item is an elective or the student keeps the item after the course (for example, a finished pottery vase). Consumable supplies that are used up in class may not be charged. The law…
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