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USBE school‑fee guidance clarifies HB 415 changes, waivers and monitoring
Summary
State school‑fee monitors told charter directors that House Bill 415 adds IB materials to fee rules, removes fundraising from fee maximums, and that LEAs must post fee schedules with spend plans and offer waivers; monitoring and corrective actions were outlined.
Barbie Faust, a school‑fee monitor with the Utah charter team, told directors the state has revised how public schools must treat fees and what local education agencies (LEAs) must publish and monitor. She said the changes sharpen the definition of a fee, add International Baccalaureate (IB) materials to the fee code, and remove fundraising from the fee‑maximum calculation.
Faust said an LEA cannot charge fees for grades K–6 during the regular school day except in narrowly defined circumstances and reminded directors that, “a fee is something of monetary value, a charge, expense, deposit, rental, fine, or payment regardless of how the payment is termed or described” that is required for participation. She emphasized that if an item is implied to be required, it qualifies as a school…
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