Post by title1parent on Jul 21, 2008 6:26:00 GMT -5
D203 to charge tuition for late enrollments
July 21, 2008
By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com
Families who move within Naperville School District 203 after Aug. 19 will have to pay tuition to enroll their children in the public schools this school year.
Aug. 19 is District 203's first day of classes.
To bring its policy in line with the state's school code, District 203 has revised its residency policy to make families moving to the district pay to send their children to its schools. The District 203 School Board approved this policy change at an April meeting.
"We've always allowed people who could show us proof that they've closed on a house in the district to go ahead and enroll their kids in school here so that they can start on time because it's just not fair to make them wait or start late," School Superintendent Alan Leis said. "But we found that we were wrong in doing that, and that we have to charge them some tuition."
Effective this year, families moving into the district within 60 calendar days must pay tuition of $53.27 per day, per child, to send their children to the district's schools. The cost, said Leis, is based on the district's per-pupil instructional expenditure calculations.
At the time of registration, the students' parents must present "appropriate evidence of the plans to move into the district," such as a signed sales contract or lease agreement, and they must agree to immediately withdraw students should they not become residents within 60 days of the first day they attend classes in the district.
Such students will not be allowed to re-enroll following withdrawal until they become actual residents of District 203, according to the policy.
Except for families moving into District 203, the district does not accept tuition or allow anyone who does not reside in the district to attend classes in its schools
July 21, 2008
By Tim Waldorf twaldorf@scn1.com
Families who move within Naperville School District 203 after Aug. 19 will have to pay tuition to enroll their children in the public schools this school year.
Aug. 19 is District 203's first day of classes.
To bring its policy in line with the state's school code, District 203 has revised its residency policy to make families moving to the district pay to send their children to its schools. The District 203 School Board approved this policy change at an April meeting.
"We've always allowed people who could show us proof that they've closed on a house in the district to go ahead and enroll their kids in school here so that they can start on time because it's just not fair to make them wait or start late," School Superintendent Alan Leis said. "But we found that we were wrong in doing that, and that we have to charge them some tuition."
Effective this year, families moving into the district within 60 calendar days must pay tuition of $53.27 per day, per child, to send their children to the district's schools. The cost, said Leis, is based on the district's per-pupil instructional expenditure calculations.
At the time of registration, the students' parents must present "appropriate evidence of the plans to move into the district," such as a signed sales contract or lease agreement, and they must agree to immediately withdraw students should they not become residents within 60 days of the first day they attend classes in the district.
Such students will not be allowed to re-enroll following withdrawal until they become actual residents of District 203, according to the policy.
Except for families moving into District 203, the district does not accept tuition or allow anyone who does not reside in the district to attend classes in its schools