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Oyster River board approves warrant asking voters to allocate zero dollars for open-enrollment tuition
Summary
The Oyster River Cooperative School District board voted to place a warrant asking voters to appropriate 'the sum of zero dollars' for tuition of students who attend open-enrollment schools, citing fiscal and oversight concerns after a recent court ruling and examples of out-of-state online academies.
The Oyster River Cooperative School District school board voted Jan. 6 to place a warrant before district voters asking them to appropriate the sum of zero dollars for tuition costs of district students who attend open-enrollment schools or programs under RSA 194-D.
Superintendent Dr. Shaps framed the proposal as a way to preserve voters’ control over district appropriations after a recent court decision involving northern districts that, he said, has prompted statewide activity. “As the law currently stands, the sending district would be responsible for paying the receiving district up to 80% of the per pupil cost,” he said, describing the potential local fiscal exposure.
Board members spent…
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