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Bedford board weighs open-enrollment warrant to let select nonresidents attend high school
Summary
Faced with a recent court ruling that can make sending districts responsible for tuition, Bedford administrators recommended placing an open‑enrollment warrant on the ballot, likely limited to Bedford High School (examples discussed: allow 30 in, 0 out or prioritize IB students).
Administrators and board members at the Bedford School Board’s Dec. 15 budget session debated whether to place an open‑enrollment warrant on the town ballot, focusing on limiting the program to Bedford High School and setting admission parameters.
Superintendent (unnamed in the transcript) framed the conversation around a recent court outcome where a sending district was required to pay a receiving district for an out‑of‑district student. The superintendent said the ruling prompted districts across the state to consider warrant language that would let them control how many…
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