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Board approves $7,500 out-of-state transfer tuition in student transfer policy amendment
Summary
The board amended its student transfer policy to permit out-of-state students to enroll for a $7,500 annual tuition ($3,750 per semester) if they are in good standing, a change administrators said roughly aligns with state funding per student.
The Southwest School Corporation Board of Trustees on May 20 approved an amendment to the district’s student transfer policy to explicitly address out-of-state transfers and set a tuition rate of $7,500 per year, payable at $3,750 per semester.
According to the superintendent’s presentation, the change responds to a family inquiry from Hudsonville seeking to enroll a student who lives out of state. The superintendent said the $7,500 figure is "pretty much in line with what we get from the state per student." He told the board that the district could permit such transfers if the student is in good standing at their current school.
Board members moved to approve the change during the meeting. The transcript does not include detailed fiscal modeling or a projection of expected revenue from this policy change; administrators did not provide a count of potential out-of-state enrollees. The board did not attach additional eligibility contingencies beyond the "good standing" requirement noted by the presenter.
Next steps: the board approved the amendment at the May 20 meeting; administrators will update policy language and publish the revised policy as part of district records.
