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Officials say sending tuition doesn’t cover CTE costs; receiving district subsidizes out‑of‑district students
Summary
Board members and finance staff said up to one in four CTE students are from sending districts and that sending tuition (recently adjusted to about $15–16k) falls short of per‑student costs (~$28k), leaving the district to cover the gap.
Councilors and school leaders raised concerns that Newport’s career and technical education (CTE) programs attract out‑of‑district students but that tuition payments from sending districts do not match program costs. "Last year, we learned about 1 in 4 students in the CTE program is an out of district placement," a councilor said, and finance staff estimated the district spends roughly $28,000 per CTE student while receiving about $15,000 in tuition from sending districts.
The district said it has an East Bay agreement and has recently increased the tuition ask to about $16,000 to move closer to allowable maximums, but staff warned that raising tuition too quickly can drive other districts to respond in kind and shift costs back to Newport taxpayers.
