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Board hears public presentation on school fees as TSSA covers class costs; marching band may charge participation fee
Summary
Parents and administrators told the Box Elder School District board that eliminating class fees last year and covering them with TSSA funds has reduced out-of-pocket costs for families, though a new marching-band package could cost some participants up to $1,000. District staff said they will track fee-waiver data and report back.
Keith Meekum, the district presenter on school fees, told the Box Elder School District board that class fees were eliminated last year and replaced with TSSA funding to ensure students can take classes regardless of family income. "So at the end of the day, we made the decision, 'Let's let everybody have a chance to go to school and take the classes that they want and need,'" Meekum said.
Meekum said class fees removed about $58,000 in previously waived fees the district had been…
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