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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 279.8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 The board shall make rules for its own government and that 1 4 of the directors, officers, employees, teachers and pupils, 1 5andfor the care of the schoolhouse, grounds, and property of 1 6 the school corporation,andfor the charging of reasonable 1 7 fees for admission to school district sponsored activities, 1 8 shall aid in the enforcement of the rules,and require the 1 9 performance of duties imposed by law and the rules. The board 1 10 shall include in its rules provisions regulating the loading 1 11 and unloading of pupils from a school bus stopped on the 1 12 highway during a period of reduced highway visibility caused 1 13 by fog, snow or other weather conditions. The board shall 1 14 have the authority to include in its rules provisions allowing 1 15 school corporation employees to use school credit cards to pay 1 16 for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 1 17 performance of work-related duties. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 282.6, Code 1995, is amended to read as 1 19 follows: 1 20 282.6 TUITION AND FEES. 1 21 Every school shall be free of tuition to all actual 1 22 residents between the ages of five and twenty-one years and to 1 23 resident honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, 1 24 as many months after becoming twenty-one years of age as they 1 25 have spent in the military or naval service of the United 1 26 States before they became twenty-one, provided, however, fees1 27may be charged covering instructional costs for a summer1 28school or drivers education program.The board of education1 29may, in a hardship case, exempt a student from payment of the1 30above fees.Reasonable fees may be charged for instructional 1 31 costs of summer school and driver education programs; for the 1 32 use of textbooks such as books, book substitutes, reusable 1 33 workbooks, loose-leaf or bound materials, and computer 1 34 software materials used as book substitutes; course materials 1 35 that become the property of the student and are used in home 2 1 economics, vocational education, art, and photography classes 2 2 or courses; rental or use of property owned by the school 2 3 district such as padlocks, towels, musical instruments, and 2 4 uniforms; use of computer or technological equipment; parking 2 5 permits; participation in school-sponsored trips and field 2 6 trips; and participation in extracurricular activities. 2 7 School districts may sell nonessential items to students based 2 8 upon their actual cost, such as yearbooks, student activity 2 9 tickets, pens, and pencils, provided purchase is optional. 2 10 The sale of student activity tickets, however, shall be 2 11 subject to the rules relating to waiver of school fees for 2 12 indigent families pursuant to section 256.7. Every person, 2 13 however, who shall attend any school after graduation from a 2 14 four-year course in an approved high school or its equivalent 2 15 shall be charged a sufficient tuition fee to cover the cost of 2 16 the instruction received by such person. 2 17 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 282.6A WAIVED FEE REIMBURSEMENT. 2 18 Fees charged pursuant to section 282.6 shall be subject to 2 19 the rules adopted by the state board of education requiring 2 20 the waiver of school fees for indigent families pursuant to 2 21 section 256.7. A school district shall report to the 2 22 department of education no later than January 15, and July 15, 2 23 of each school year the total amount of fees waived during the 2 24 preceding six-month period, and the department shall promptly 2 25 forward the information to the department of management. 2 26 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 2 27 the department of management, for each fiscal year, an amount 2 28 sufficient to reimburse school districts for waived fees. The 2 29 department of management shall make the reimbursement payments 2 30 to school districts no later than March 1 and September 1, 2 31 respectively, each year. 2 32 Sec. 4. This Act takes effect for the school year 2 33 beginning July 1, 1996. 2 34 EXPLANATION 2 35 This bill provides for the charging of reasonable fees by a 3 1 school district for the costs of a prescribed list of courses, 3 2 materials and activities. School districts are authorized to 3 3 sell nonessential items to students at cost, and shall make 3 4 rules for the charging of reasonable fees for admission to 3 5 school district-sponsored activities. 3 6 Under section 256.7 the state board of education is 3 7 directed to adopt rules that require the waiver of fees by 3 8 school districts for indigent families who have students 3 9 enrolled in school in the district. Waived fees are eligible 3 10 for reimbursement from the general fund of the state. School 3 11 districts shall report to the department of education the 3 12 amounts of fees waived by January 15 and July 15 each year, 3 13 and shall be reimbursed by the department of management by 3 14 March 1 and September 1. An appropriation is made from the 3 15 general fund of the state to the department of management for 3 16 reimbursement purposes. 3 17 This bill takes effect for the school year beginning July 3 18 1, 1996. 3 19 LSB 4338SC 76 3 20 rn/jj/8
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